Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Family: Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Black Skimmer is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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They primarily feed during low light levels at night, but have been observed to forage in the daytime in preparation for nighttime feeding.
Female skimmers are more likely to be involved in caring for and feeding their chicks, though male skimmers have been observed feeding larger prey to their older chicks.
Parents feed the young almost exclusively during the day with almost no feeding occurring at night, due to the entire population of adults sometimes departing the colony to forage.