1. Birds

4. Feathers make the bird

13. Order Gaviiformes Loons Specialized for swimming and diving. Come ashore only to breed. In flight, head lower than body. Wingbeats fast. Eat fish, crustaceans, some water plants.

14. Common loon – Gavia immer

15. Order Podicipediformes Grebes Swimming and diving birds, smaller than loons. Flat lobes on toes. Short legs far back on body. Flight weak and hurried. Taxi before becoming airborne. Dive and pursue aquatic animals.

16. Pied-billed grebe – Podilymbus podiceps

17. Order Pelecaniformes Pelicans and their Allies Large, aquatic fish-eating birds with all four toes webbed. Most nest in large colonies and are silent outside breeding grounds.

18. American white pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

20. White pelicans in flight.

21. Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

22. Brown pelican diving For fish.

23. Double-crested cormorant – Phalacrocorax auritus

24. Double-crested cormorant

25. Anghinga (snake bird) – Anhinga anhinga

26. Order Sphenisciformes Flightless birds that have stiff wings and distinct coloration (black or gray feathers on their backs and white feathers on their bellies). Their wing bones are fused to form flipper-like limbs and enable the birds to dive and swim with great skill.

27. Penguins

28. Order Anseriformes Waterfowl Aquatic, with webs between the three front toes. Long necks and narrow pointed wings. Flattened bills with tooth-like edges that serve as strainers.

29. Canada goose – Branta canadensis

32. Snow goose – Chen caerulescens

33. Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos

34. Pintail – Anas acuta

35. Blue-winged teal Anas discors

36. Blue-winged teal

37. Green-winged teal – Anas crecca

39. Wood duck (drake) – Aix sponsa

40. Female wood duck

41. Redhead – Aythya americana

42. Canvasback – Aythya valisneria

43. Ring-necked duck – Aythya collaris

45. Lesser scaup – Aythya affinis

46. Common goldeneye – Bucephala clangula

47. Bufflehead – Bucephala albeola

49. Hooded merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus