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1. The Laughing Gull Named for its well-known laughing call, the Laughing Gull is a common sight along the Atlantic Coast. They are a social bird and are often seen (and heard) in large flocks. More scavenger than hunter, they pick the beach clean of editable trash and f...
2. 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...
3. American White Pelican The American White Pelican doesn't dive for its dinner as most pelicans do. They simply dip their heads underwater and come up with a pouch full of water. Using its beak as a strainer, the water is expelled leaving fish and other delectable treat...
4. 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.
5. 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...
6. 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...
7. 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.
8. Marbled Murrelet - a Remarkable Rare Bird Is a fast flying seabird belonging to the auk family or Alcidae. The Marbled Murrelet nests in the coastal, old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act In North America.
9. Red-necked Phalaropes Red-necked Phalaropes breed on the Arctic tundra across Asia and North America.  This group of phalaropes was migrating along the  coast of California in the fall.  They spend their winters out on the open ocean off the coast of S...