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Marine Bird Lecture Questions

1. Characteristics:

2. Where are they usually found?

3. What reduces competition between species?

4. Describe how the following birds feed:

1. stilt-legged

2. terns/skimmers

3. gulls

4. cormorants

5. Pelicans

6. frigate birds

7. What is the longest migration for an animal?

8. List the adaptations in marine birds..Buoyancy:

Insulation:

Diving:

Sight:

Hearing/smell/taste:

Penguins

1. History when did they evolve and who were their anscestors?

2. Distribution

3. Habitat requirements:

4. Population

5. Adaptations:

6. coloration

7. Sizes

8. sex differences

9. Hearing and other senses

10. social behavior

11. diet

12. Covering

13. reproduction

14. Hatching/feeding yound

15. life span