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1. MILIPIDAS Great Blue Heron (California) Foraging for prey amid the sedges. (April)
2. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Tri-Colored Heron (Texas) One of the most striking waders. (April)
3. EVERGLADES Green-Backed Heron (Florida) Along the Anhinga trail. (January)
4. MILIPIDAS Great Blue Heron (California) Will eat a wide range of acquatic animals and I have seen them eat Ground Squirrels (April)
5. MOORO BAY Black-Crowned Night Heron (California) In the trees along the shore. (December)
6. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (Texas) With a striped face, bright eye, and head plumb . (April)
7. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Cattle Egret (Texas) Cattle Egrets are also called buff-backed egrets(April)
8. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Snowy Egret (Texas) Yellow feet gleaming.(April
9. PALO ALTO Great Egret (California) Against a colorful autumn landscape (October)
10. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND Reddish Egret (Texas) An attractive reddish front. (April)
11. BRIGHAM REFUGE White-Faced Ibis (Utah) Appears black from a distance. They like to probe, as a flock, in moist meadows. (April)
12. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND White Ibis (Texas) Working the grassy wetland. (April)
13. CAMAS MARSH Black-Necked Stilt (Idaho) Can often be found in the company of Avocets (May)
14. LEE METCALF REFUGE Common Snipe (Montana) This mystical species was who started our birding interests (June)
15. BOSQUE del APACHE Sandhill Crane (New Mexico) Gray but will rub mud on feathers. Lays 2 eggs but only raises one chick. (December)
16. MORO BAY Marbled Godwit (California) Straight bill differentiates it from the Curlew. (January)
17. BISON RANGE Virginia Rail (Montana) Extremely shy but very vocal while hidden in the sedges. (June)
18. HILL CITY Willet (Idaho) Has white stripes on wings but they must be extended for you to see them. (May)
19.SOUTH OF BURNS Long-Billed Curlew (Oregon) Named for its beak and call. (April)
20. FALLON Killdeer (Nevada) Our most obvious shore bird that everyone is familiar with. (May)
21. HILL CITY MARSH American Avocet (Idaho) Long, turned-up beak is used to sweep water surface.(May)
Wilsons Phalarope (Idaho) Will swim in circles & figure 8s to stir up food. (May)
23. HILL CITY CENTENNIAL MARSH Killdeer Chick (Idaho) Looks like a miniture adult. (May)
24. HILL CITY MARSH Greater Yellowlegs (Idaho) Wading the shallows.(June)
Wilsons Phalarope (Idaho) This small multi-colored wader is almost always along this marshes edges. (May)
26. EVERGLADES Purple Gallinule (Florida) Such bright, contrasting colors! (January)
27. ARANSAS PASS Roseatte Spoonbill (Texas) Adults get dark pinkish/red patches on their wings. (January)
28. NATURAL BRIDGES STATE PARK Heermans Gull (California) Orange beak and gray chest. (December)
29. NATURAL BRIDGES STATE PARK Whimbrel (California) Slightly curved beak is not quite as long as a curlews. (December)
30. CAMAS REFUGE American Bittern (Idaho) Will hide in the sedges with neck and head extended to look like part of the sedges. (May)
31. ALONG COAST Royal Tern (Texas) Sleek gull-like body conformation, crown-like feathered head, and yellow beak.. (January)
32. POTTERS MARSH Mew Gull (Alaska) Named for its call. (June)
33. NEWPORT Herring Gull (Oregon) Look for pink legs to help identify. (February)
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