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Coastal Dunes20 Bird Species
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Bridled TernA slender, dark-backed tern, breeds in the Florida Keys. Alternate Adult has black wings, dark gray back, forked tail extending past wings, gray stripe down center of spread tail, white underparts, black legs, black cap and eyeline, white forehead extending past eye, and thin black bill. Basic Adult more... Length: 39 cm Wingspan: 76 cm |
Common Ground-DoveSmall, stocky dove with short, stubby, rounded wings, a short tail, and red eyes. Eastern adult male: gray-brown overall with bright pinkish wash on belly, breast, head and wings. Scaly-looking breast. Scaly-looking, bluish-gray crown and nape. Bronze spots on wing coverts. Reddish bill with black ti more... Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 28 cm |
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Common NighthawkA slender, long-winged, partly nocturnal bird, widespread across North America. Adult is cryptically plumaged when perched, with long black primaries extending past tail, white wing spot underneath shoulder, softly-patterned upperparts marbled and spotted with brown and black tones, buffy or whitish more... Length: 24 cm Wingspan: 61 cm |
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Great Black-backed GullA very large, bulky, blocky-headed, four-year gull of the Atlantic. Alternate Adult has dark slate-gray (near black) mantle that is darker than any other regular North American gull, black wingtips with small white spots, white head and underparts, usually pale eye, pink legs, and yellow bill with re more... Length: 76 cm Wingspan: 165 cm |
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Horned LarkThis species exhibits as much geographic variation in appearance as any North American passerine, with 21 recognized subspecies (http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/195). Adult male has upperparts that vary from a cold pale sandy-brown to warmer medium brown with reddish tones. Median wing cover more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 30 cm |
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Mountain PloverA medium-sized plover, with long legs and a slender long-winged profile. Alternate Adult has sandy-brown wings and back, black flight feathers, black-tipped tail, gray legs, white underparts, yellow wash on head and neck, white throat, forehead, and supercilium, black forecrown and lores, and a short more... Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 58 cm |
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Northern HarrierLong rounded wings, a long banded tail, and a white rump patch in all plumages help to distinguish this species from all other North American raptors. At close range, note the ruff of feathers around the head that forms an owl-like facial disc. Males: Pale gray above, mostly white below. In flight, n more... Length: 41 cm Wingspan: 97 cm |
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Piping PloverA small, stocky plover with pale orange legs and a stubby, orange bill with black tip. Upperparts, crown and face are very pale sandy brown. Eyebrow, throat, collar, and underparts are clean white. White forehead with black upper border. Thin, dark breast band wraps around neck. Basic Adults and juve more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Prairie WarblerAlternate Adult male is mostly olive-green above and bright yellow below, with thick black streaks on flanks. Distinctive head pattern, is comprised of a broad yellow supercilium, a dark eye line, a wide yellow arc under the eye, and a black swash that sweeps down from in front of the eye curling be more... Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 18 cm |
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Rufous HummingbirdThis species, nearly identical to Allen’s Hummingbird, ranges farther north than any other hummingbird. Male: Rusty-orange overall, with green on the crown, and variable amounts of green on the back of some individuals. The gorget is coppery-red, often with a greenish sheen. The breast is white. Th more... Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 12 cm |
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Savannah SparrowThis little grassland sparrow shows much variation across the continent. In all plumages, look for the short notched tail, heavily streaked breast (often with a central spot), and pink legs and feet. Most subspecies have a distinctive yellow spot above the lores. The color of the upperparts ranges fr more... Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm |
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Semipalmated PloverAlternate Adult male has single dark breastband that is wider laterally, white throat, and collar. Head pattern is distinctive; white on forehead, black arching from the front of the eye across the forecrown, partial white supercilium above and behind the eye, broad black mask through the eye that co more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 48 cm |
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Short-eared OwlA mid-sized owl of open fields, often active at dusk. Stocky and rounded; tiny ear-tufts usually not visible in the field. Adult male is patterned buff and brown overall, with streaked breast, pale belly, spotted wings with orange-yellow primaries, pale face, dark eye-patches, and yellow eyes. Female more... Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 96 cm |
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Snow BuntingIn all plumages, this species can be recognized its mostly white plumage and its bold black and white wing pattern in flight. Alternate Male: White overall, with a black back, black wing tips, and black inner tail feathers. The bill is black. Alternate Female: White underparts. Back is dark ashy-gray more... Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 30 cm |
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Snowy OwlA large, mostly white owl of the far north. Stocky and rounded, lacking ear tufts, with glaring yellow eyes. Adult male is almost entirely white with scattered black spots on body, wings, and tail. Females are more heavily marked, and immatures are thickly barred and spotted with black; face is white more... Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 132 cm |
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Snowy PloverThis light-colored little plover is found on both sandy beaches and on inland alkali flats and salt pans. In all plumages, the bill is thin and black, and the legs are dark gray. Alternate Adult: Upperparts are pale gray-brown, the color of dry sand. Small black patches occur on the forecrown, auricu more... Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 33 cm |
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Bridled Tern
1 Photograph -
Common Ground-Dove
14 Photographs -
Common Nighthawk
13 Photographs -
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Photographs -
Horned Lark
37 Photographs -
Mountain Plover
6 Photographs -
Northern Harrier
25 Photographs -
Piping Plover
13 Photographs -
Prairie Warbler
6 Photographs -
Rufous Hummingbird
21 Photographs -
Savannah Sparrow
26 Photographs -
Semipalmated Plover
21 Photographs -
Short-eared Owl
15 Photographs -
Snow Bunting
22 Photographs -
Snowy Owl
20 Photographs -
Snowy Plover
28 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Salt Water |
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Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes |
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Common NighthawkChordeiles minor |
Coastal Dunes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts |
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Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Horned LarkEremophila alpestris |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Mountain PloverCharadrius montanus |
Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus |
Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Piping PloverCharadrius melodus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor |
Coastal Dunes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Song SparrowMelospiza melodia |
Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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StonechatSaxicola torquatus |
Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Thickets |
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White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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WrentitChamaea fasciata |
Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
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Human-altered Areas |
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Common NighthawkChordeiles minor |
Coastal Dunes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts |
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Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Song SparrowMelospiza melodia |
Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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Fresh Water |
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Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus |
Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Piping PloverCharadrius melodus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Song SparrowMelospiza melodia |
Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Common NighthawkChordeiles minor |
Coastal Dunes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Clearcuts |
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Horned LarkEremophila alpestris |
Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Mountain PloverCharadrius montanus |
Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains |
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Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus |
Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Song SparrowMelospiza melodia |
Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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StonechatSaxicola torquatus |
Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Thickets |
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White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus |
Coastal Dunes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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WrentitChamaea fasciata |
Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |
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Forest and Woodlands |
Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus |
Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor |
Coastal Dunes, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus |
Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Song SparrowMelospiza melodia |
Coastal Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets |
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StonechatSaxicola torquatus |
Coastal Dunes, Open Country and Grasslands, Thickets |
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WrentitChamaea fasciata |
Coastal Dunes, Shrubby Slopes, Chapparal, Thickets |