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The Black-crowned Night Heron is found in wetland habitats used for foraging and terrestrial vegetation for cover. They nest in groups.
Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night Heron)
The Baltimore Oriole commonly occurs in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. Smaller and more slender than an American Robin, Baltimore Orioles are medium-sized, sturdy-bodied songbirds with thick necks and long legs. Look for their long, thick-based, pointed bills, a hallmark of the blackbird family they belong to.
Icterus galbula (Baltimore Oriole)
Found on golf courses or vacant gravell parking lots, this noisy plover is best known for its
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) nest in busy…
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)
Newborn mockingbird nest tucked deep into thorny pyracantha hedge.
Nest of northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Snowfall and the tilt of this bird feeder full of sunflower seeds did not deter these birds. Northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) and dark-eyed junkos (Junco hyemalis) were the primary visitors. The male cardinal is bright red and the female is a soft green-gray with red accents. Both have red beaks. The male junco found on the US East Coast has a pinkish beak and is slate gray on the top half of the body and soft white on the lower half. This photo was taken in February 2014 in Cambridge, MD USA.
Birds on a tilted bird feeder
A Maryland native shrub, the surrounding winter foliage of this Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) shrub provided a male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a protected perch.
Northern cardinal
A Maryland native shrub, the surrounding winter foliage of this Northern bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) shrub provided a male Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) with a protected perch.
Northern cardinal
Illustration of an adult lessor flamingo flying
Phoenicopterus minor (Lesser Flamingo) : flying
Illustration of an adult lesser flamingo standing
Phoenicopterus minor (Lesser Flamingo) : standing
Illustration of an adult lesser flamingo walking
Phoenicopterus minor (Lesser Flamingo) : walking
Great blue heron in the Everglades at Shark Valley Visitor Center.
Great blue heron
Great blue heron in the Everglades at Shark Valley Visitor Center.
Great blue heron in the Everglades
Black skimmers nesting off the Everglades at Cape Romano.
Adult and chick black skimmers
Black skimmers nesting off the Everglades at Cape Romano.
Black skimmers nesting
Illustration of a domesticated chicken.
Gallus gallus domesticus (Chicken) 1
Illustration of a rooster (Gallus Gallus Domesticus)
Gallus gallus domesticus (Chicken) 2
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
This flicker seemed to be searching the lawn for grubs as it probed the grass with its sharp bill. It is a member of the woodpecker family, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. This photo was taken on the UMCES campus, Cambridge, MD, February 14, 2013.
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Fallen treen from a blizzard in Cambridge, MD with cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) perched on branch
Cardinal after blizzard in Cambridge, MD
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) :
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
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