1. 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

2. 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

3. TRI-COLORED HERON

4. GREAT BLUE HERON

5. BLACK-NECKED STILT

6. PIPING PLOVER

7. SNOWY EGRET

8. GLOSSY IBIS

9. 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

10. ATLANTIC PUFFINS

11. BROWN PELICAN

12. HERRING GULL

13. SEA GULL VIDEO 2:30

14. BLACK-BACKED GULL

15. COMMON TERN

16. ARCTIC TERN

17. CORMORANT

18. CORMORANT DRYING

19. 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

20. PENGUIN HABITATS

21. HOLLOW FLYING BIRD BONE
SOLID PENGUIN BONES

22. PENGUINS “FLY” UNDER WATER

23. MAGELLANIC PENGUIN

24. ROCK HOPPER PENGUIN

25. CHIN-STRAP PENGUIN & CHICK

26. KING PENGUINS