Guide to selected species of: Frog Pond Wetland Preserve  BirdsButterfliesMammalsReptiles/AmphibiansTreesWildflowers     show all familiesAmerican VulturesAuks, Murres, PuffinsBarn OwlsBlackbirds and OriolesBushtitsCardinalsChickadees and TitmiceCormorantsCreepersCrows, Magpies, JaysCuckoos, Roadrunners, AnisDippersDucks and GeeseFalconsFinchesGrebesGulls and TernsHawks and EaglesHerons, Egrets, BitternsHummingbirdsIbises and SpoonbillsKingfishersKingletsLarksLoonsMockingbirds and ThrashersNew World QuailNew World SparrowsNightjarsNuthatchesOld World SparrowsOld World Warblers and GnatcatchersOwlsOystercatchersPelicansPheasants and GrousePigeons and DovesPloversRails, Gallinules, CootsSandpipersShearwaters and PetrelsShrikesSilky FlycatchersStarlings and MynasStilts and AvocetsStorm-PetrelsSwallowsSwiftsTanagersThrushesTyrant FlycatchersVireosWagtails and PipitsWaxwingsWood WarblersWoodpeckersWrensWrentits    81 Birds field check-list  |  1 2 3 4 5 >>   © Arthur Morris Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 12-15" (30-38 cm). Pigeon-sized. A stocky, uniformly brownish water bird, with stout whitish bill that has black ring around it during breeding season. © Brian E. Small Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 39-52" (99-132 cm). W. 5'10" (1.8 m). Large, mainly grayish heron with a pale or yellowish bill. Flies with neck folded, not extended. In southern Florida an all-white form, "Great White Heron," has greenish-yellow rather than black legs. © Tom Vezo Green Heron Butorides virescens 16-22" (41-56 cm). A dark, crow-sized heron. Crown black, back and wings dark gray-green or gray-blue (depending on lighting); neck chestnut colored. Bill dark; legs bright orange. Immatures have streaks on neck, breast, and sides. © Stephen G. Maka Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 23-28" (58-71 cm). W. 3'8" (1.1 m). A medium-sized, short-necked heron with black crown, back, gray wings, white underparts. Bill short, black, legs pinkish or yellowish. In breeding season it has 2 or more long white plumes on back of head. © Jack Dermid Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 25-32" (64-81 cm). W. 6' (1.8 m). Eagle-sized blackish bird, In flight, wings held upward in a wide, shallow V; rolls, sways from side to side. Flight feathers silvery below. Tail long; head small, bare, reddish; gray in immatures. © G. C. Kelley Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 12-16" (30-41 cm). Male,chestnut head, green ear patch, flashing green inner wing, pale gray sides, pinkish breast with a vertical white stripe down the side. Female is dark brown without distinctive markings. © Chuck Gordon Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 14-17" (36-43 cm). Male bright rufous with pale blue shoulder patches. Female mottled sandy brown, dusky, with pale blue shoulder patches; face plainer than female Blue-wing's, but the two are often not distinguishable in the field. © Tim Zurowski Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 18-27" (46-69 cm). Male, green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast, grayish body; inner wing, metallic purplish blue, bordered with white. Female, mottled brown, with white tail, purplish-blue inner wing, mottled orange brown bill. © Frank Oberle Canada Goose Branta canadensis Small races, 22-26" (56-66 cm); large races, 35-45" (89-114 cm). Brownish body with black head, long black neck, conspicuous white cheek patch. The smaller Brant has a shorter neck and lacks white cheek patch.    1 through 9 of 81 field check-list  |  Page 1 of 9 >