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1. The Brown Pelican The Brown Pelican is a large, stocky bird with a twelve inch bill and trademark throat pouch. Although it is considered a large bird, it is the smallest of the eight species of pelicans found in the world today. It is a coastal bird with two subspeci...
2. The American White Ibis The White Ibis is a wader. It can be seen along the shore, up to its knees in water, sweeping its head from side-to-side in search of food. Its long, curved bill is handy for probing the mud while searching for crabs and crayfish. This efficient hunt...
3. The Northern Pintail The Northern Pintails are diligent parents. The female will protect her brood by flying at an intruder, or by pretending to be injured and leading the predator away. I love to watch a family group in the pond close to our house. They spend the entire...
4. The Great Blue Heron The Great Blue Heron is the largest of the North American herons, dwarfing other herons as well as its closest relatives, the egrets and bitterns. It is a wader and is often seen standing in or around water.
5. Trumpeter Swans Similar in appearance to the Tundra Swan, listening to the Trumpeter Swan's call is usually the easiest way to identify it. It has a deep, resonant, trumpet-like voice whereas the voice of the Tundra Swan is soft and melodious.
6. The Double-crested Cormorant The Double-crested Cormorant is a seabird and can be seen along the coast and inland waterways. Its name is derived from the crests that appear during breeding season. The Crests are funky looking. They look like little wings growing out of either si...
7. The Snowy Egret Snowy Egrets are the beautiful birds that inhabit marshes, swamps, ponds, lakes, and shallow coastal areas and tidal flats. In the 19th and early 20th century, they were hunted to near extinction for their beautiful white feathers.
8. The Mute Swan The Mute Swan was first introduced in the United States as an ornamental bird in the 19th century. Since then their population has exploded. The aggressive Mute Swan is crowding out native species and stripping rivers and lakes of its foliage disrupt...
9. Herring Gulls The Herring Gull is a familiar bird. It is often seen along the coast and in coastal urban settings. It has a gray mantle and black wing-tips and can be seen dining in garbage dumps and following the fishing vessels to shore.
10. The Ring-billed Gull The Ring-billed Gull is a highly social bird. They occupy large colonies, especially during breeding season. They are a playful bird and can be seen dropping objects while flying just to swoop down and catch it again. They are also an opportunistic b...
11. The Cattle Egret The Cattle Egret is classified as a wader, but are usually seen foraging in grassy fields rather than along waterways. They follow along behind cattle and horses, even tractors to catch the insects they stir up.
12. The Common Loon The Common Loon or the Great Northern Diver is often called the "Symbol of the North." They are reported to be among the oldest groups of birds still living today, with a history stretching back close to 50 million years. The Loon is silent...
13. The Tundra Swan The Tundra Swan was formerly called the "Whistling Swan" due to the sound made by the powerful beating of the wings in flight. It is a beautiful swan often confused with the Trumpeter Swan.
14. The Black-crowned Night Heron The Black-crowned Night Heron is one of the few nocturnal aquatic birds. Instead of heading for the roost at dusk, it starts foraging for its next meal. They are a noisy bird, but when in hunting mode, they stand quietly and wait for their prey to w...
15. Sanderlings Sanderlings are the most widespread of all the shorebirds. They are often seen on beaches scurrying after waves as they roll back to the sea. They are looking for crustaceans and mollusks exposed by the retreating water.
16. The Whimbrel The Whimbrel is one of the eight remaining species of curlew. It is a shy bird, but can be spotted along the shore of North America, Europe and Asia in the summer and in South America in the winter. They are waders and use their long curved beaks to...