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Birds

Birds. Feathers make the bird. Order Gaviiformes Loons Specialized for swimming and diving. Come ashore only to breed. In flight, head lower than body. Wingbeats fast. Eat fish, crustaceans, some water plants. Common loon – Gavia immer. Order Podicipediformes Grebes

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Birds

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  1. Birds

  2. Feathers make the bird

  3. Order Gaviiformes Loons Specialized for swimming and diving. Come ashore only to breed. In flight, head lower than body. Wingbeats fast. Eat fish, crustaceans, some water plants.

  4. Common loon – Gavia immer

  5. Order Podicipediformes Grebes Swimming and diving birds, smaller than loons. Flat lobes on toes. Short legs far back on body. Flight weak and hurried. Taxi before becoming airborne. Dive and pursue aquatic animals.

  6. Pied-billed grebe – Podilymbus podiceps

  7. Order Pelecaniformes Pelicans and their Allies Large, aquatic fish-eating birds with all four toes webbed. Most nest in large colonies and are silent outside breeding grounds.

  8. American white pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

  9. White pelicans in flight.

  10. Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

  11. Brown pelican diving For fish.

  12. Double-crested cormorant – Phalacrocorax auritus

  13. Double-crested cormorant

  14. Anghinga (snake bird) – Anhinga anhinga

  15. Order Sphenisciformes Flightless birds that have stiff wings and distinct coloration (black or gray feathers on their backs and white feathers on their bellies). Their wing bones are fused to form flipper-like limbs and enable the birds to dive and swim with great skill.

  16. Penguins

  17. Order Anseriformes Waterfowl Aquatic, with webs between the three front toes. Long necks and narrow pointed wings. Flattened bills with tooth-like edges that serve as strainers.

  18. Canada goose – Branta canadensis

  19. Snow goose – Chen caerulescens

  20. Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos

  21. Pintail – Anas acuta

  22. Blue-winged teal Anas discors

  23. Blue-winged teal

  24. Green-winged teal – Anas crecca

  25. Wood duck (drake) – Aix sponsa

  26. Female wood duck

  27. Redhead – Aythya americana

  28. Canvasback – Aythya valisneria

  29. Ring-necked duck – Aythya collaris

  30. Lesser scaup – Aythya affinis

  31. Common goldeneye – Bucephala clangula

  32. Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola

  33. Hooded merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus

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