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Habitat Pompano are common along Gulf beaches and passes where they feed on beach fleas, shrimp, small fish and animals buried in the sand. In September and October, adults move into the bays.
Migrating Whimbrels also eat crabs, beach fleas, marine worms, oysters, beetles, spiders, and grasshoppers. Crabs may comprise over a third of the Whimbrel's diet.
Fleas also transmit several species of tapeworms that sometimes infest humans. The chigoe is a flea. Water fleas and beach fleas are crustaceans and not closely related to the insects.
 See also: Western gull, Gull, Ounce, Hummingbird, Beetle
  
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