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Rocky Shores43 Bird Species
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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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Bald EagleFamiliar to most as the avian symbol of the United States; adults are instantly recognizeable. They are dark brown overall with a gleaming white head and tail. The bill and feet are yellow, as is the eye. When soaring, the wings are held flat. At a distance, when the white head and tail blend in with more... Length: 86 cm Wingspan: 183 cm |
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Barnacle GooseThis small goose is a rare visitor from Europe. Single birds in North America have long been presumed escapees, but there is increasing evidence that at least some are legitimate vagrants. The mostly white face contrasts with the otherwise black nape, neck, and breast. A dark line extends through the more... Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 132 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 OystercatcherUnmistakable. A large, stocky, all-black shorebird with a long, bright red bill and strong, pale pink legs. Upperparts usually with a brownish tinge. Eyes bright yellow with a reddish eye-ring. Juveniles are similar to adults, but their upperparts show pale brown edging and buffy tips to the coverts; more... Length: 45 cm Wingspan: 81 cm |
Black TurnstoneThis stocky shorebird of rocky West Coast shorelines is recognized by its bold black and white pattern. The black bill is fairly short and chisel-shaped. The legs are dull brown to dark orange. Alternate Adult: Upperparts are glossy black, with fine white streaks on the crown, a white spot near the b more... Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 43 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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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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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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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 |
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Bristle-thighed CurlewThis species gets its name from the odd bristles at the base of the legs. It matches Whimbrel in size, shape, and head pattern, but Bristle-thighed shows much more buff, compared to the cold gray-brown of Whimbrel. In all plumages, the buff tail with black barring and plain buffy rump are distinctive more... Length: 41 cm Wingspan: 81 cm |
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Brown PelicanLarge, swan-sized mostly brown waterbird with a massive, long beak with extensible pouch. Atlantic populations have greenish to brown pouches and pale yellowish bills. Western birds have red pouch. Adults have grayish backs with darker brown underparts. Broad, crooked, long wings. Black legs and shor more... Length: 130 cm Wingspan: 200 cm |
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Common EiderThis large sea duck is recognized by its wedge-shaped bill with long fleshy lobes that extend from the nostrils toward the eyes, and with feathering that extends down the sides of the bill. The shape of these features varies among the four different races that breed in North America. Male: In alterna more... Length: 58 cm Wingspan: 89 cm |
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Common SandpiperThis Eurasian species strongly resembles Spotted Sandpiper in appearance and behavior. Alternate Adult: Dark brown above, with fine black streaks. The tertails are barred with black. The sides of the upper breast match the color of the upperparts and are also finely streaked with black. The remainder more... Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 38 cm |
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Common TernThis species is one of several small white terns that do not attain a definitive alternate plumage until at least their third spring (nearly three years after hatch date). Alternate Adult has gray back and upper wing surface, pale gray underparts, forked tail shorter than folded wings, white face, bl more... Length: 31 cm Wingspan: 76 cm |
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Atlantic Puffin
9 Photographs -
Bald Eagle
46 Photographs -
Barnacle Goose
4 Photographs -
Belcher's Gull
1 Photograph -
Black Guillemot
4 Photographs -
Black Oystercatcher
12 Photographs -
Black Turnstone
8 Photographs -
Black-tailed Gull
12 Photographs -
Blue-footed Booby
5 Photographs -
Brandt's Cormorant
8 Photographs -
Bridled Tern
1 Photograph -
Bristle-thighed Curlew
4 Photographs -
Brown Pelican
22 Photographs -
Common Eider
13 Photographs -
Common Sandpiper
1 Photograph -
Common Tern
16 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas0 species |
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Salt Water |
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Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus |
Estuaries and Bays, Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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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 OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani |
Rocky Shores, Beaches |
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala |
Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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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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Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores |
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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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Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Common EiderSomateria mollissima |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks |
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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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Elegant TernThalasseus elegans |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows |
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-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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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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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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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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Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Least AukletAethia pusilla |
Open Ocean, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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McKay's BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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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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Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima |
Rocky Shores |
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RazorbillAlca torda |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Red-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax urile |
Open Ocean, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs |
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Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis |
Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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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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Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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SurfbirdCalidris virgata |
Rocky Shores, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Wandering TattlerTringa incana |
Rocky Shores, Streams and Brooks |
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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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White WagtailMotacilla alba |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Human-altered Areas |
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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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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 |
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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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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White WagtailMotacilla alba |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Fresh Water |
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Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus |
Estuaries and Bays, Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis |
Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Mangroves |
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Common EiderSomateria mollissima |
Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Ponds and Rivers |
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Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks |
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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 |
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-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers |
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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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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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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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Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla |
Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs |
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Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes |
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Wandering TattlerTringa incana |
Rocky Shores, Streams and Brooks |
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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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White WagtailMotacilla alba |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Ponds and Rivers |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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McKay's BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands |
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Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis |
Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis |
Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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SurfbirdCalidris virgata |
Rocky Shores, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus |
Rocky Shores, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus |
Estuaries and Bays, Rocky Shores, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |