Difference between revisions of "Near Shore Birds"

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=== Sandhill Crane ===
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Revision as of 01:31, 20 January 2011

BIRDS


Birds of Prey
Eagles • Falcons • Hawks • Osprey • Owls


Waterfowl
Ducks • Geese • Swans • Cormorants • Loons • Grebes


Near Shore Birds
Bitterns • Cranes • Egrets • Herons • Plovers • Rails • Kingfisher • Phalaropes • Sandpipers


Galliforms
Grouse • Pheasants • Turkeys


Corvids
Crows • Jays


Other Birds
Blackbirds • Cardinals • Chickadees • Creepers • Cuckoos • Doves • Finches • Grosbeaks • Gulls • Hummingbirds • Kinglets • Larks • Night Jars • Nuthatches • Orioles • Pigeons • Pipits • Shrike • Sparrows • Starlings • Swifts • Swallows • Terns • Tanagers • Thrashers • Thrushes • Titmice • Towhees • Tyrant Flycatchers • Warblers • Waxwings • Woodpeckers • Wrens • Vireo • Vultures

Not an official term, local "edge-water birds" is here meant to categorize Bitterns, Cranes, Egrets, and Herons.

Bitterns

  • American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
  • Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)


Cranes

Sandhill Crane

(Grus canadensis)


Egrets

  • Great Egret (Ardea alba)
  • Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Herons

  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
  • Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
  • Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - © David Malak
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - © David Malak
Great Egret (Ardea alba) - © David Malak
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) - © David Malak
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