American White Pelicans
These winter visitors are almost twice the size of our year-round Brown Pelicans.
They can weigh as much as 30 lbs and have a 9’ wingspan.
Their bills can hold 3 gallons of water.
Great Blue Heron
North America’s largest heron
Least Sandpipers
The world’s smallest sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitchers
Until 1950, the Short-billed Dowitcher and Long-billed Dowitcher were considered to be one species.
Osprey
Semipalmated Plovers are the most common plover seen on migration in most areas.
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