Sea Birds Part 2

This type of sea bird has an extraordinary sense of sense which helps it locate food on the open ocean:

• gulls

• pelicans

• tubenoses

• cormorants

These sea birds have the largest wingspan of any bird:

• petrels

• albatrosses

• pelicans

• terns

These sea birds spend an incredible amount of time flying above the ocean and hardly ever touch the water (if they land on water they can drown):

• albatrosses

• pelicans

• frigates

• cormorants

These sea birds have a huge pouch under their bills to help them feed without needing pin point accuracy:

• tubenoses

• pelicans

• gulls

This sea bird makes the longest annual migration of any animal on Earth:

• wandering albatross

• magnificent frigate

• arctic tern

These sea birds are known to steal food from other birds, each other birds' eggs, and even kill baby penguins:

• stormy petrels

• brown pelican

• jaegers/skuas

• cormorants

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How are frigate birds able to fly for months at a time?

• they can have half their brain sleep at a time

• they will have all their brain sleep for a few seconds

• both answers are correct

What sea bird partially waterproofs its feathers so that it can dive better in pursuit of prey (also used to catch fish for fishermen in Asia for 100's of years):

• pelicans

• cormorants

• gulls

• terns

These birds flap their wings under water to pursue fish, they are the Arctic equivalent of penguins:

• puffins/razorbills

• terns

• jaegers/skuas

What features do pelicans, cormorants, and frigates share?

• webbing between four toes

• pouch beneath their beak

• non-waterproof feathers

• a forked tail

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