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side view of bird
Mniotilta varia (black and white warbler)
Side view of bird
Vireo solitarius (Blue headed vireo)
The American flamingo is found in tropical wetlands. A migratory shallow water bird that gets its distinctive color from the pink crustaceans it feeds on. It also consumes algae.
Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) 1
The American flamingo is found in tropical wetlands. A migratory shallow water bird that gets its distinctive color from the pink crustaceans it feeds on. It also consumes algae.
Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) 2
The American flamingo is found in tropical wetlands. A migratory shallow water bird that gets its distinctive color from the pink crustaceans it feeds on. It also consumes algae.
Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) 3
Adult geese and juvenile goslings paddle around a river cove off Lake Michigan.
Canada geese (Branta canadensis) with goslings
Mother duck and ducklings paddle around a river cove off Lake Michigan.
Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and ducklings
This killdeer nest of nothing more than a shallow depression in the gravel, was found a busy marina parking lot. The owners of the marina placed cinder blocks around the well-camouflaged nest to prevent cars from running over the eggs. The killdeer mother was standing nearby when this photo was taken.
This photo was taken in Easton, MD on May 22, 2014.
Nest and eggs of a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
A male northern cardinal was flushed off the nest in a juniper bush where he was incubating 3 eggs.
This photo was taken on the UMCES campus, Cambridge, MD, May , 2013.
Northern cardinal nest
Adult black-necked stilt
Himantopus mexicanus (Black-necked Stilt)
Side view of adult American Avocet with summer plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
Side view of adult American Avocet with winter plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
Conceptual diagram illustrating several of the more notable species provided habitat by mangrove forests.
Mangrove forest wildlife
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is home to many wading birds.
Wading at Blackwater
Photographed in Hawaii
Black witch moth (Ascalapha odorata)
Chevron of Canada geese fly overhead.
Canada geese
May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD
Osprey nest atop channel marker
May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD
Osprey nest atop channel marker

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