USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
California State endangered Belding's savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
A hiding American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) chick
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) hatchlings
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) chicks pipping in eggs
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Black skimmers (Rynchops niger) gliding gracefully
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Audubon's Salt Works Nature Tours
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) exhibiting the "broken wing" defense
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) eggs snuggled in salt
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Adult non-breeding Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) gracefully glides
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Biologists monitoring black skimmer (Rynchops niger) nests
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) nest in a bed of shells
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Gull-billed tern (Sterna nilotica) gets weighed
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Elegant tern (Sterna elegans) chick
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Habitat Heroes to the Rescue!
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Team work!
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Elegant tern chicks huddle with parents
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
We're coming at you!
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Terns swarm the salt ponds on San Diego Bay NWR in June
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Common goldeneye preening (Bucephala clangula)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Juvenile eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Common merganser (Mergus merganser)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Black-necked stilt exhibiting a "broken wing" display
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Elegant tern flock (Sterna elegans)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Elegant tern flock with chicks (Sterna elegans)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Red-breasted merganser (Adult male in breeding plumage)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Adult non-breeding Forster's tern
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
Surf scoter (adult male)
USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:
There's a great reason why they are called "stilts"
