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Feeding Strategies

Feeding Strategies Carrion: eating dead fleshr Generalist: eating a variety of prey, depending on what’s available Specialist: an animal That eats one or very few types of food.

How do birds catch food? Surface Feeders Pursuit Diving Dip mouths in while Swimming/sitting on water. Pursuit Diving Swim underwater in pursuit of prey - use feet or wings. Enlarges area to hunt food. Plunge Diving These species ‘dive bomb’ into the water directly from flight – very specialized! Kleptoparasitism Aquilina Lestenkof Scavenging, and predation. Stealing

How do birds feed their chicks? Feed whole prey. Regurgitation. Throat or gular pouch. Stomach Oil.