Avocet

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks, Florida

Northern Shoveler

Anas clypeata, female; St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks, Florida

Shorebird

Feigning a broken wing; St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks, Florida

Scaup

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks, Florida

Hummingbird

Laguna Beach, California

Willet

Tringa semipalmata; Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach, California

Family ScolopacidaeShorebirds

Whimbrel

Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach, California

Willet

Tringa semipalmata; Laguna Beach, California

Family ScolopacidaeShorebirdsSouthern California

Hummingbird

Laguna Beach, California

Southern California

Dove

With morning moon; Claremont, California

Southern California

Sandhill Cranes

Grus canadensis, flying at sunrise; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico

Sandhill Cranes

Grus canadensis, walking through cornfield; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico

Family Gruidae

Snow Goose

Chen caerulescens; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico

Family Anatidae

Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese

Cranes and geese preparing to take flight at dawn; Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, New Mexico

Great Egret

Ardea alba, with frog in beak; St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, St. Marks, Florida

Family Ardeidae

Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Cuckoo FamilyFamily CuculidaeOrder Cuculiformes

Cactus Wren

Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos; Phoenix, Arizona

Family Mimidaeurban birds

Gila Woodpecker

Melanerpes uropygialis; Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Family PicidaeDesert birds

Cactus Wren

Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, on palo verde ; Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona

Family Troglodytidae