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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
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