Fig. 3. Digital images showing the use of distal rhynchokinesis during the strike of a prey suspended in the water column (A) and in the transport of a small prey by a Sanderling in the field (C). (B) Use of distal rhynchokinesis to grip a prey in the water column by a dunlin in the laboratory (B). A digital image of a captive dunlin with its bill in the resting position is shown for comparison (D).