Shore Birds

Bird

Residency

Abundancy

Aquatic

Riparian

Virginia Rail

Permanent Resident

Fairly Common

*

*

Sora

Permanent Resident

Fairly Common

*

*

Semi-palmated Plover

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Killdeer

Permanent Resident

Fairly Common

*

*

Black-necked Stilt

Migratory

Uncommon

*

*

American Avocet

Migratory

Fairly Common

*

*

Greater Yellowlegs

Migratory

Fairly Common

*

*

Lesser Yellowlegs

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Solitary Sandpiper

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Spotted Sandpiper

Permanent Resident

Fairly Common

*

*

Marbled Godwit

Migratory

Hypothetical

*

*

Western Sandpiper

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Least Sandpiper

Migratory

Uncommon

*

*

Long-billed Dowitcher

Migratory

Fairly Common

*

*

Common Snipe

Permanent Resident

Fairly Common

*

*

Wilson's Phalarope

Migratory

Fairly Common

*

*

Franklin's Gull

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Ring-billed Gull

Migratory

Fairly Common

*

*

California Gull

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Forster's Tern

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Black Tern

Migratory

Rare

*

*

Information Courtesy: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southwestern Region & White Mountain Audubon Society

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