Difference between revisions of "Near Shore Birds"

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Not an official term, local "edge-water birds" is here meant to categorize [[Bitterns]], [[Cranes]], [[Egrets]], and [[Herons]].
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== Bitterns ==
  
 
* American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)     
 
* American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)     
* Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)    
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* Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
* Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
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== Cranes ==
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== Egrets ==
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* Great Egret (Ardea alba)     
 
* Great Egret (Ardea alba)     
 
* Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)       
 
* Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)       
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== Herons ==
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* Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
 
* Green Heron (Butorides virescens)     
 
* Green Heron (Butorides virescens)     
 
* Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
 
* Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Revision as of 01:31, 20 January 2011

BIRDS



Birds of Prey
EaglesFalconsHawksOspreyOwls


Waterfowl
DucksGeeseSwansCormorantsLoonsGrebes


Near Shore Birds
BitternsCranesEgretsHeronsPloversRailsKingfisherPhalaropesSandpipers


Galliforms
GrousePheasantsTurkeys


Corvids
CrowsJays


Other Birds
BlackbirdsCardinalsChickadeesCreepersCuckoosDovesFinchesGrosbeaksGullsHummingbirdsKingletsLarksNight JarsNuthatchesOriolesPigeonsPipitsShrikeSparrowsStarlingsSwiftsSwallowsTernsTanagersThrashersThrushesTitmiceTowheesTyrant FlycatchersWarblersWaxwingsWoodpeckersWrensVireoVultures

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

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