photo of yellow crown night heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain Physical: The yellow-crowned night heron averages 56-69 cm in[…]

Image of a Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) walking along a road in Orlando, Florida, US. Note the yellow feet and lores, notable features for the species.

Snowy Egret

Image by ‘MarshBunny’ on Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 Physical: Snowy Egrets reaches 51-69 cm in size.  They are[…]

Image of a peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus, flying in the sky.

Peregrine Falcon

Image by Juan Lacruz on Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Physical: The Peregrine Falcon has very distinct features that[…]

Two adult American Oyster Catchers, Haematopus palliates, standing on a rock with one American Oyster Catcher chick between them.

American Oyster Catcher

Physical: Oyster Catchers reach from 43-53 cm in length.  They are patterned with blackish brown and white dorsally[…]

Common Merganser

Image by Richard Bartz from Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 Physical: The common merganser, a type of duck, can[…]

Image of a mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos, taking flight just above the water with droplets rolling off of its underside.

Mallard

  Image by ‘pheanix’ on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Physical: Females are a plain brown with a few[…]

Common Loon

Image by Gary Irwin from Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 Physical: Common loons reach lengths from 70-90 cm. […]

Laughing Gull

Physical: L. atricilla is a medium-sized gull with a long beak with a slight slant at the end. It[…]