Seabirds

There is a great variety of seabirds in the area. Seabirds are vertebrates in the Class Aves. In this area, there are four main groups of seabirds, as defined by their feeding strategies: scavengers, shallow divers, deep divers, and waders.

This is a Western Gull and it is a scavenger, eating whatever it can find, including French fries. (Image from Wikimedia Commons.)

Brown Pelicans are shallow divers. (Image from Wikimedia Commons.)

Pelagic Cormorants are deep divers. They have denser bones and less oil in their feathers compared to other birds. This makes it possible for them to dive deeply to catch fish. (Image from Wikimedia Commons.)

Egrets are waders, walking in shallow water to spear fish. (Image from Wikimedia Commons.)

Modified from pages developed by John Turbeville.