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A conceptual diagram illustrates the current threats to native salt marsh species as well as the threats these species will face as their habitat is altered by climate change.
Effects of Climate Change on the Salt Marsh…
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)
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)
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
Perennial native plants like the bee balm (Monarda didyma) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The red color attracts hummingbirds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Perennial native plants like coneflowers (Echinecea) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They attract birds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Coneflowers (Echinecea) and bee
Wood duck boxes are placed in and around a forest interior wetland on a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forest interior wetland
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) :
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