PHYLUM CORDATA: THE VERTEBRATES MARINE BIRDS WARM BLOODED ANIMALS WATERPROOF FEATHERS - OIL GLAND BY TAIL HOLLOW BONES AID IN FLIGHT NEST ON LAND – FEED AT SEA VARIATION AMONG SPECIES DUE TO DIFFERENT BEAKS, LEGS, DIVING ABILITY, AND HABITAT
SHOREBIRDS / WADERS FEET NOT WEBBED TO ALLOW EASY WALKING IN WATER LONG LEGS FOR SHALLOW WATER LONG NARROW BEAKS TO PROBE SEDIMENT & CATCH FISH ex: HERONS, EGRETS, PLOVERS
TRI-COLORED HERON
GREAT BLUE HERON
BLACK-NECKED STILT
PIPING PLOVER
SNOWY EGRET
GLOSSY IBIS
DIVING/SWIMMING BIRDS HAVE WEBBED FEET TO AID IN SWIMMING 3rd EYELID PROTECTS EYES UNDERWATER SEE FISH & SQUID FROM ABOVE AND DIVE TO CATCH PREY ex: CORMORANTS, TERNS, GULLS, PUFFINS
ATLANTIC PUFFINS
BROWN PELICAN
HERRING GULL
SEA GULL VIDEO 2:30
BLACK-BACKED GULL
COMMON TERN
ARCTIC TERN
CORMORANT
CORMORANT DRYING
PENGUINS FLIGHTLESS BIRDS WITH VERY DENSE FEATHERS THICK LAYER OF BLUBBER FOR INSULATION FEED ON KRILL AND SMALL FISH HEAVY BONES TO HELP STAY UNDERWATER ONLY FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
PENGUIN HABITATS
HOLLOW FLYING BIRD BONE SOLID PENGUIN BONES
PENGUINS “FLY” UNDER WATER
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN
ROCK HOPPER PENGUIN
CHIN-STRAP PENGUIN & CHICK
KING PENGUINS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYHmLQcaeUU