RT @lizbwood@twitter.com
Cooperative feeding circle as seen in #CentralPark. #NorthernShovelers are filter feeders that feast on what they can churn up and strain through their that their baleen-like combs (#lamellae.) @BirdCentralPark@twitter.com
#lamellae #northernshovelers #centralpark
#NorthernShovelers #cooperatively feeding in a foggy #CentralPark #NYC today. They are filter feeders, with strainer-like combs (#lamellae) similar to the #baleen found in some #whales.
#northernshovelers #cooperatively #centralpark #nyc #lamellae #baleen #whales