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Vertebrate:
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Mallard
May 8, 2025
Image by 'pheanix' on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Physical: Females are a plain brown with a few white tail feathers…
Common Loon
May 8, 2025
Image by Gary Irwin from Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 Physical: Common loons reach lengths from 70-90 cm. Dorsally, they are…
Little Blue Heron
May 8, 2025
Physical: Small heron with very dark blue, almost slate grey feathers. Their heads are dark purple-maroon. Juveniles, however, have fully…
Chuck-will’s-widow
May 8, 2025
Physical: Chuck-will's-widows have a mottled coloration of brown and black. They have a unique flattened head shape seen in nightjar species.…
Least Sandpiper
May 8, 2025
Physical: Least sandpipers have a mottled brown coloration with a white underside, yellow legs, and a long brown beak. Their…
Great Horned Owl
May 8, 2025
Physical: Great Horned Owls have a mottled grey-brown coloration over the entire body with a white throat patch and a rounded…
Merlin
May 8, 2025
Physical: Merlins are small falcons between 9.5 and 12 inches (24-30 cm) long with a 21-27 inch (53-68 cm) wingspan. In…
Snowy Owl
May 8, 2025
Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Physical: Snowy owls are a large owl species…
Eastern Kingbird
May 8, 2025
Physical: Eastern Kingbirds are black and white in coloration. The underside, breast, throat, and end of the tail are white.…
Ring-billed Gull
May 8, 2025
Physical: This medium-sized gull has long, thin wings and a short, yellow beak that has a distinct black "ring" marking around…
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