Record #:

35429

Author(s):

Hunt, Evan

Abstract:

How bird beaks fit the bill when it comes to food consumption is by the shape of the bird’s beak. According to Evan Hunt, the shape determines what the bird eats (grass, fish, nuts, and insects) as well as how it eats (impaling or clamping down on its prey, for example).

Source:

North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 24 Issue 3, Summer 2016, p5

Subject(s):

Birds, Protection of--Oak Island; Birds--Anatomy