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Side view of adult American Avocet with winter plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
Ladybug in Big Meadows. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Ladybug
An overabundance of algae occurs in ponded areas of Pipe Creek, where animal waste from geese washes into the creek. Increased nutrients from the waste causes algae to grow and bloom. Sandusky, Ohio.
Algae Overgrowth
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Illustration of Acridotheres tristis (Common Myna), which is an invasive pest in South Africa, North America, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and many Pacific islands as it out-competes native hollow-nesting bird species.
Acridotheres tristis (Common Myna)
Illustration of Gymnomyza samoensis (Ma'o Ma'o), which is endemic to Samoa and American Samoa. It is classified Endangered by the IUCN, most likely due to habitat loss, and the introduction of rats and other predators to the islands.
Gymnomyza samoensis (Ma'o Ma'o)
Illustration of Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover).
Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover)
A Tufted Titmouse makes a quick take off from the feeder at Oregon Ridge Park, Maryland
Baeolophus bicolor (Tufted Titmouse)
Conceptual diagram illustrating a stake with an attached roosting block placed in an area with damaged seagrasses. Roosting birds defecate into the water adding nutrients that stimulate seagrass growth and recovery across the damaged area.
Bird stake installation
Conceptual diagram illustrating density and change in species of seagrasses in Florida Bay following long-term (left column) and short-term (right column) fertilization after the installation of bird roosting stakes in a turtle grass bed.
Change in seagrasses after bird stake installation
Conceptual diagram illustrating mangrove conservation and restoration practices that increase the survival of mangrove forests.
Mangrove conservation and restoration practices
Conceptual diagram illustrating several of the more notable species provided habitat by mangrove forests.
Mangrove forest wildlife
Diagram showing threats to the seagrasses and birds in the Gulf of Mexico.
Diagram showing threats to the seagrasses and…
American Bald Eagles fighting over a fish at the Susquehanna River in Maryland.
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)
Illustration of biologist monitoring birds with binoculars
Monitoring: biologist bird-watcher
Illustration of Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron).
Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron)
Egret sits next to a runoff pipe
Egret in a Local Runoff Pipe
an osprey occupies it's nest overlooking a river
Osprey
Cliff dwelling birds along the lava rock coast of Maui
Cliff dwelling birds
The killdeer is the most widespread of all California shorebirds, but ranges from southeast Alaska to central Mexico, as well as the West Indies and Peru. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Mallard duck
Duck
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is home to many wading birds.
Wading at Blackwater
ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina
Wetland Bird
Myna birds are commonly found on Maui
Myna bird in a palm tree
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