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Inshore Waters104 Bird Species
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Ancient MurreletNamed for its ragged patch of head feathers resembling gray hair in alternate plumage, the diminutive Ancient Murrelet has a black head and bib, partial white collar, gray back, straw-yellow bill, and white underparts. In winter, the white head streaks fade and the black bib is encroached by white. A more... Length: 26 cm Wingspan: 43 cm |
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Arctic LoonAccidental outside Western Alaska. In all plumages, note the white flank tuft above waterline. Otherwise, similar to Pacific Loon but slightly larger and heavier-billed; alternate adult has black back with white patches, black throat, vertical white lines on neck, and gray head and nape. Nape is slig more... Length: 69 cm Wingspan: 102 cm |
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Arctic TernOne of several small white terns that do not attain full adult alternate plumage until at least their third summer (three years after hatch year), this species is slightly smaller, shorter-legged, and shorter-billed than similar Common, Forster's and Roseate terns. Alternate adult has gray back and w more... Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 78 cm |
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Atlantic PuffinUnmistakable; the only puffin found in the Atlantic Ocean. Crisply marked with black upperparts, white underparts, a black breast band, white face, orange legs, and large blue and orange bill. A bit smaller than Tufted and Horned Puffins, which are unknown from Eastern North America. Without range as more... Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 53 cm |
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Belcher's GullA stocky, medium-sized, four-year gull. Relatively long yellow legs and long, straight-edged, yellow bill with black ring and red tip. Dark eye. Adult: White underparts; slaty-black upperparts. Nonbreeding are dark-hooded with white eye arks. White head in breeding plumage contrasts with smoky-gray w more... Length: 51 cm Wingspan: 124 cm |
Black GuillemotIn alternate plumage, adults are black with a broad white wing patch, red legs, and a slender bill. In basic plumage, mostly white with black flight feathers and mottled black back. Compared to its western counterpart, Pigeon Guillemot, Black is paler in basic plumage, and has no dark bar in the whit more... Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 53 cm |
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Black NoddyA dark, tern-like bird, rare on Texas coast and Dry Tortugas in Florida. Adult, unusual in North America, is black with white cap, slender black bill, and short black legs. Juveniles and immatures are entirely dark with sharply contrasting white cap and pale wing coverts. Brown Noddy is browner overa more... Length: 34 cm Wingspan: 76 cm |
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Black ScoterThe smallest of the three scoter species, Black Scoters are recognized by their smaller bills and round foreheads. Males: Plumage is all black. The base of the bill is covered by an orange-yellow knob. Females: Dark brown with a small dark bill. Pale cheeks and throat contrast with dark crown and hin more... Length: 43 cm Wingspan: 76 cm |
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Black SkimmerA distinctive coastal bird of Eastern and Southern North America. Adult is tern-like, with long wings, short legs, and short neck. Back and wings are black, underparts white. Head is white with black cap and, in alternate plumage, black nape. Unique bill is long and relatively thick vertically, while more... Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 112 cm |
Black-headed GullDespite the name, the hood of this gull is actually chocolate brown. Black-headed Gull is similar to Bonaparte's Gull, with which it often associates, but is larger, with a heavier bill. In all plumages, the undersides of the primaries are dark. Alternate Adult: The mantle is pale gray. The primaries more... Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 90 cm |
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Black-legged KittiwakeThis smallish gull is short-legged and short-billed. At rest, the tail is slightly notched. Alternate Adult: Medium gray mantle, with all-white head, tail, and underparts. The legs are short and black. Bill is all yellow. At close range, note the red eye ring and gape. Basic Adult: Blackish spot on a more... Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 93 cm |
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Black-tailed GullThis Asian species is one of the few gulls that shows black on the tail as an adult. Distinguished in all plumages by its long thin bill with no gonydeal expansion. Alternate Adult: The mantle is dark gray. The head and underparts are white. The tail has a broad black band, completely edged in white. more... Length: 46 cm Wingspan: 119 cm |
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Black-vented ShearwaterA small, compact shearwater of the Southern Pacific Coast. Adult is uniformly dark above and mostly white below with a thin dark bill. Undertail is dark. Underwing linings are white, framed by a narrow dark leading edge of the underwings and dark flight feathers. Face and neck are dusky with these ma more... Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 86 cm |
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Blue-footed BoobyBoobies are large and distinctive in shape with long slightly crooked, pointed wings, fairly long necks that taper into a slender head and long pointed bill, with a lot of neck and head extension in front of the wing. The rump and tail extend well behind the wings tapering to a fairly narrow wedge-sh more... Length: 81 cm Wingspan: 157 cm |
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Bonaparte's GullThis small gull is recognized in all plumages by the thin all-black bill, and in flight by the white wedge on the leading edge of the upper surface of the outer wing, and the black trailing edge of the primaries. The underside of the wing is very pale gray, fading to white on the primaries. The upper more... Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 80 cm |
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Brandt's CormorantSimilar in length, but slightly slimmer overall than Double-crested Cormorant. In flight, they hold their necks straighter; neck and head more streamlined than Double-crested. Adults are all black. During nesting season, they show some greenish iridescence, a bright azure blue throat pouch, and may h more... Length: 80 cm Wingspan: 120 cm |
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Ancient Murrelet
5 Photographs -
Arctic Loon
1 Photograph -
Arctic Tern
18 Photographs -
Atlantic Puffin
9 Photographs -
Belcher's Gull
1 Photograph -
Black Guillemot
4 Photographs -
Black Noddy
1 Photograph -
Black Scoter
12 Photographs -
Black Skimmer
11 Photographs -
Black-headed Gull
10 Photographs -
Black-legged Kittiwake
14 Photographs -
Black-tailed Gull
12 Photographs -
Black-vented Shearwater
3 Photographs -
Blue-footed Booby
5 Photographs -
Bonaparte's Gull
24 Photographs -
Brandt's Cormorant
8 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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King EiderSomateria spectabilis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Kittlitz's MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostris |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters |
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Salt Water |
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Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Arctic LoonGavia arctica |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Arctic TernSterna paradisaea |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Belcher's GullLarus belcheri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores |
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Black NoddyAnous minutus |
Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Black ScoterMelanitta americana |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Black SkimmerRynchops niger |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes |
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Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores |
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Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest |
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Brandt's CormorantPhalacrocorax penicillatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes |
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Brown BoobySula leucogaster |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Brown NoddyAnous stolidus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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BuffleheadBucephala albeola |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Ponds and Rivers |
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Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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California GullLarus californicus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Cassin's AukletPtychoramphus aleuticus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common EiderSomateria mollissima |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common LoonGavia immer |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common MurreUria aalge |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Common TernSterna hirundo |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Crested AukletAethia cristatella |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps |
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DovekieAlle alle |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Elegant TernThalasseus elegans |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Fork-tailed Storm-PetrelOceanodroma furcata |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes |
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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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Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Great ShearwaterPuffinus gravis |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Greater ScaupAythya marila |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks |
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Heermann's GullLarus heermanni |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores |
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Herring GullLarus argentatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Horned GrebePodiceps auritus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Iceland GullLarus glaucoides |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Ivory GullPagophila eburnea |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Kelp GullLarus dominicanus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Lakes Resevoirs |
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King EiderSomateria spectabilis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Kittlitz's MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostris |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters |
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Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Least Storm-PetrelOceanodroma microsoma |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus |
Inshore Waters, Western Confierous Forest |
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Masked BoobySula dactylatra |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Northern GannetMorus bassanus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Pacific LoonGavia pacifica |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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RazorbillAlca torda |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax urile |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Red-footed BoobySula sula |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Red-legged KittiwakeRissa brevirostris |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Red-throated LoonGavia stellata |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters |
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Roseate TernSterna dougallii |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Royal TernThalasseus maximus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches |
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Sabine's GullXema sabini |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes |
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Short-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus tenuirostris |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus |
Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeri |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Ponds and Rivers |
Thayer's GullLarus thayeri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GullLarus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Whiskered AukletAethia pygmaea |
Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs |
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White-winged ScoterMelanitta fusca |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters |
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Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Yellow-footed GullLarus livens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches |
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Human-altered Areas |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes |
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Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest |
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BuffleheadBucephala albeola |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Ponds and Rivers |
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Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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California GullLarus californicus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps |
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Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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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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Herring GullLarus argentatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Horned GrebePodiceps auritus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Iceland GullLarus glaucoides |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Sabine's GullXema sabini |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus |
Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
Thayer's GullLarus thayeri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GullLarus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Fresh Water |
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Arctic LoonGavia arctica |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Arctic TernSterna paradisaea |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Black ScoterMelanitta americana |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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BuffleheadBucephala albeola |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Ponds and Rivers |
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Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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California GullLarus californicus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common EiderSomateria mollissima |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common LoonGavia immer |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common TernSterna hirundo |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps |
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Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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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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Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Greater ScaupAythya marila |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks |
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Herring GullLarus argentatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Horned GrebePodiceps auritus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Iceland GullLarus glaucoides |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Kelp GullLarus dominicanus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Lakes Resevoirs |
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King EiderSomateria spectabilis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Pacific LoonGavia pacifica |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Red-throated LoonGavia stellata |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Sabine's GullXema sabini |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus |
Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeri |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Ponds and Rivers |
Thayer's GullLarus thayeri |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Western GullLarus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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White-winged ScoterMelanitta fusca |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Arctic TernSterna paradisaea |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands |
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Coastal Cliffs, Beaches, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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King EiderSomateria spectabilis |
Bare Rocky Slopes, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest |
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Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus |
Inshore Waters, Western Confierous Forest |