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Saltmarshes

83 Bird Species

American Avocet

This species is recognized by its bold black-and-white pattern, long blue-gray legs, and long upturned bill. Alternate Adult: Wings are black with white scapulars and secondaries. The back and underparts are white. The head, neck, and upper breast are buffy orange to cinnamon--about the color of a pe more...

Length: 43 cm Wingspan: 69 cm

American Bittern

A rather compact heron-like bird with a fairly long tapering neck and head. The head is mostly brown with white supercillium and pale iris. Large, long, sharp, dirty-yellowish bill. White throat bordered with dark malar. Neck patterned with broad, bold brown vertical stripes. Heavy body with smudgy, more...

Length: 71 cm Wingspan: 107 cm

American Coot

A small, dark, duck-like rail. Adults solid charcoal gray with a white, chicken-like bill, red or white forehead, and pale yellow legs with large feet and large lobed toes. Juveniles have paler bellies, gray legs and feet and a grayer bill. Very similar to Eurasian and Caribbean Coots. Larger and les more...

Length: 39 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Anhinga

Large, black, slender cormorant-like bird with longer tail and neck. Long, yellowish, pointy bill. Adult male: black overall. Short white plumes and sides of head and neck. Orange patch at base of bill. Dark greenish lores. Silvery-white wing panels. White streaks and spots on scapular feathers and b more...

Length: 89 cm Wingspan: 114 cm

Barn Owl

A large, pale, long-legged owl with no ear tufts and a very unique face pattern. Adult male has golden-brown back, pale underparts, scattered dark spotting, and pronounced facial disc with dark eyes in white, heart-shaped face. Female is like male but with darker orange breast and more dark spotting. more...

Length: 41 cm Wingspan: 107 cm

Barn Swallow

Relatively large and slender with long wings and a long, deeply forked tail. Glossy dark blue on rump, back, and crown. Dark wings and face. Adult males are burnt orange below, while females and immatures are buffer to almost white on the underparts. In all plumages the throat and forehead are chest more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 38 cm

Barnacle Goose

This 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

Black Rail

This is the smallest rail in North America. Two races occur here: the smaller and more brightly colored California Black Rail, and the larger, darker Eastern Black Rail. Adult: Very small and short-billed. Blackish gray overall, with a chestnut patch on the nape, brownish wash on the back, white spot more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 22 cm

Black Skimmer

A 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 Tern

A small, dark tern. Flight is buoyant with deep slashing wingstrokes. Alternate Adult has blackish body, gray wings reaching well beyond short tail, white vent, short black legs, and sharp, slender bill. Basic Adult is mostly white (may be mistaken for a small gull), retaining gray wings and back, wi more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Adult: large head with black crown, red eye, pale forehead, dark lores and thick, pointy, dark bill. Several long, thin white plumes. Pale face and throat, short pale gray neck, pale gray underparts and wings. Black back and dark green. Short gray tail. Yellow legs. Breeding plumage: plumes longer, more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 112 cm

Black-necked Stilt

This shorebird is instantly recognized by its slender build, bold pattern, and ridiculously long, bright pink legs. The bill is fairly long, very fine, and slightly upturned. Adult: Upperparts are blackish (shiny black on males, more brownish on females), with a white spot above the eye. The underpar more...

Length: 35 cm Wingspan: 64 cm

Bonaparte's Gull

This 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

Brant

This high-Arctic breeding small marine goose is black-headed and black-necked, with highly variable underparts, extensive white on the vent and undertail, and a partial white neck collar. Two distinct subspecies, which winter along the Atlantic ("hrota") and Pacific ("nigricans") coasts, were formerl more...

Length: 56 cm Wingspan: 109 cm

Cackling Goose

Superficially similar to the larger Canada Goose, with brownish body, black head and neck, and white cheek patches. Cackling Goose is smaller overall, with proportionally shorter neck, a much shorter, steep-sloped bill, and proportionally longer wings. Often exhibits a white ring at the base of neck. more...

Length: 56 cm Wingspan: 109 cm

Canada Goose

Local introductions and reintroductions have made this large goose a familiar sight throughout North America. In terms of size and coloration variability, this species has few rivals, thus the number of recognized subspecies has been the subject of much debate. All forms share a black head and neck w more...

Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 127 cm

American Avocet
26 Photographs
American Bittern
23 Photographs
American Coot
40 Photographs
Anhinga
7 Photographs
Barn Owl
9 Photographs
Barn Swallow
23 Photographs
Barnacle Goose
4 Photographs
Black Rail
0 Photographs
Black Skimmer
11 Photographs
Black Tern
17 Photographs
Black-crowned Night-Heron
12 Photographs
Black-necked Stilt
16 Photographs
Bonaparte's Gull
24 Photographs
Brant
17 Photographs
Cackling Goose
37 Photographs
Canada Goose
20 Photographs

Non-vegetated Areas

4 species

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

Salt Water

83 species

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

American Coot

Fulica americana

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest

Brant

Branta bernicla

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Cackling Goose

Branta 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

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Chinese Pond-Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Thickets

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax 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

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands

Gray Heron

Ardea cinerea

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Gray-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustris

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Mottled Duck

Anas fulvigula

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Nelson's Sparrow

Ammodramus nelsoni

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves

Ring-billed Gull

Larus 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

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Ammodramus caudacutus

Saltmarshes

Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Seaside Sparrow

Ammodramus maritimus

Saltmarshes

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Snow Goose

Chen caerulescens

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Song Sparrow

Melospiza 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

Sora

Porzana carolina

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Spectacled Eider

Somateria fischeri

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Western Reef-Heron

Egretta gularis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Whooping Crane

Grus americana

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Human-altered Areas

31 species

American Coot

Fulica americana

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest

Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax 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

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands

Gray Heron

Ardea cinerea

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Fresh Water

71 species

American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Sandy Areas or Dunes, Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

American Coot

Fulica americana

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Southern Wooded Swamps

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Bonaparte's Gull

Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Dams, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Boreal Forest

Brant

Branta bernicla

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Chinese Pond-Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Thickets

Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax 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

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteri

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands

Gray Heron

Ardea cinerea

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Dams, Lakes Resevoirs

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Estuaries and Bays, Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Laughing Gull

Leucophaeus atricilla

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Rocky Shores, Beaches, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Mangroves

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Boreal Forest, Northern Wooded Swamps

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Mangroves

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Marsh Wren

Cistothorus palustris

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Mottled Duck

Anas fulvigula

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Nelson's Sparrow

Ammodramus nelsoni

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Mangroves

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Roseate Spoonbill

Platalea ajaja

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Snow Goose

Chen caerulescens

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Sora

Porzana carolina

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Spectacled Eider

Somateria fischeri

Open Ocean, Estuaries and Bays, Inshore Waters, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Whooping Crane

Grus americana

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes

Grassland and Scrubland

30 species

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Oak Savannah and Woodlands

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

Rocky Shores, Coastal Cliffs, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps, Thickets

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands

Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks, Open Country and Grasslands

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Saltmarshes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Mangroves, Open Country and Grasslands, Chapparal, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands, Northern Wooded Swamps

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

Beaches, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Nelson's Sparrow

Ammodramus nelsoni

Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Northern Harrier

Circus cyaneus

Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Estuaries and Bays, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Saltmarshes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Ponds and Rivers, Open Country and Grasslands

Rough-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Rocky Shores, Coastal Dunes, Saltmarshes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows

Snow Goose

Chen caerulescens

Estuaries and Bays, Saltmarshes, Fresh Water Marshes, Lakes Resevoirs, Open Country and Grasslands

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

White-faced Ibis

Plegadis chihi

Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Saltmarshes, Sewage Treatment Plants, Fresh Water Marshes, Open Country and Grasslands

Forest and Woodlands

13 species