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Beaks
• Probing – hummingbird• Drilling – woodpecker• Cracking – macaw, finch• Spearing – great blue heron• Tearing – hawk• Filtering - duck
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Probing beak
• The hummingbird’s beak allow it to sip nectar from flowers. Some birds have probing beaks that allow them to find food in sand or mud.
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Drilling beak
• Also referred to as a chisel-type beak, a woodpecker can locate and extract insects below the surface of a tree’s bark.
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Cracking beak
• Many birds that eat seeds must be able to crack open the hull that surrounds the seed. Birds such as finches and sparrows do this.
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Spearing Beak
• These birds have a beak with serrated edges and a hooked tip that helps them catch fish or minnows. The heron is such a bird.
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Tearing Beak
• Birds of prey such as the eagle, hawk, falcon, and owl use their beak to tear their food into small pieces they can swallow.
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Filtering Beak
• The bill of a duck is fringed to allow mud and water to escape while straining plants, seeds, and small animals for it to eat.