RNR 4013 Waterbirds

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Double-Crested Cormorant

feathers are not waterproof

Anhinga

females have a brown neck

Great Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron

juveniles are white, neck is purple during breeding season

Tricolored Heron

Green Heron

small and squatty

Great Egret

yellow bill, black legs and feet

Snowy Egret

black legs with yellow feet, black bill with yellow facial skin

Cattle Egret

orange bill, yellow green legs

American Bittern

Least Bittern

American White Ibis

orange beak/ face/ legs

Glossy Ibis

White-Faced Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Wood Stork

Whooping Crane

Sandhill Crane

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Bald Eagle

Osprey

Northern Harrier/ Marsh Hawk

white rump patch, exhibit sexual dimorphism (female is barred, male has black wing tips with white underneath)

King Rail

Sora

Yellow Rail

Virginia Rail

gray cheeks with long red bill

American Coot

Common Moorhen

Purple Gallinule

Pied-Billed Grebe

black ring around white bill with black chin and throat

Black-Necked Stilt

American Avocet

head and neck are cinnamon colored in summer

Wilson’s Snipe

stocky body shape with striped head and back

American Woodcock

Belted Kingfisher

exhibits sexual dimorphism (female has reddish band on belly)

Gadwall

Northern Pintail

medium sized dabbling duck, male has longer tail and white markings on neck

Mallard

Mottled Duck

distinctive blue patch on wing

Blue-Winged Teal

distinctive blue wing patch, males have white crescent on face

Green-Winged Teal

small dabbling duck, green wing patch, males have green crescent stripe on head

Northern Shoveler

large spoon-shaped bill, males have green heads in winter

Fulvous Whistling Duck

cinnamon colored with black wings

Black-Bellied Whistling Duck

males and females look the same (sexually monomorphic), pink legs and bill, black belly (duh), white wing patch

Wood Duck

Lesser Scaup

Canvasback

long sloping bill

American Wigeon