Sandpipers, Terns, Gulls & other Shore Birds
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio Sora Porzana carolina	Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio Sora Porzana carolina	Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio Sora
Huntington Beach Central Park, California American Coot Fulica americana	Kiwanis Riverway Park, Dublin, Ohio American Coot Fulica americana	Estuary Reserve - San Jose del Cabo, Mexico American Coot
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Savannah, Georgia Common Gallinule (male) Gallinula galeata	Pinckney Island Nature Preserve, Bluffton, SC Common Gallinule (female) Gallinula galeata	Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Savannah, Georgia Common Gallinule (juvenile)
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii Hawaiian Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata sandvicensis	Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii Hawaiian Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata sandvicensis	Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii Hawaiian Common Gallinule
Tortuguero National Reserve, Tortuguero Canals, Costa Rica Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus	Tortuguero National Reserve, Tortuguero Canals, Costa Rica Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus	Blue Spring State Park, Orange City, Florida Purple Gallinule
Blue Spring State Park, Orange City, Florida Limpkin Aramus guarauna	Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida Limpkin Aramus guarauna	Blue Spring State Park, Orange City, Florida Limpkin
San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus	San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus	San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California Black-necked Stilt
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Henderson, Nevada American Avocet Recurvirostra americana	San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California American Avocet Recurvirostra americana	Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Henderson, Nevada American Avocet (adult breeding color)
Tortuguero National Reserve, Tortuguero Canals, Costa Rica Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa	Tortuguero National Reserve, Tortuguero Canals, Costa Rica Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa	Tortuguero National Reserve, Tortuguero Canals, Costa Rica Northern Jacana
Bay of Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Bay of Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Bay of Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Whimbrel
Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area, California Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus	Napa, California Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus	Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area, California Long-billed Curlew
Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area, California Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area, California Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa	Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area, California Marbled Godwit
San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus	San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus	San Joaquin Wildlife Santuary, Irvine, California Long-billed Dowitcher
Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, Galloway, Ohio Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata	Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, Galloway, Ohio Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata	Estuary Reserve - San Jose del Cabo, Mexico Wilson's Snipe
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Willet Tringa semipalmata	Bay of Banderas, Neuvo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Willet Tringa semipalmata	Bay of Banderas, Neuvo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Willet
O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca	O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Greater Yellowlegs
Howard Marsh Metropark, Curtice, Ohio Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	Maumee Bay State Park, Oregon, Ohio Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes	Howard Marsh Metropark, Curtice, Ohio Lesser Yellowlegs
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Ruddy Turnstone (Male, breeding color) Arenaria interpres	Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Ruddy Turnstone (female)
Vidanta Resort, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Surfbird Calidris virgata	Vidanta Resort, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Surfbird Calidris virgata	Vidanta Resort, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Surfbird
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Sanderling Calidris alba	Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Sanderling Calidris alba	Vidanta Resort, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico Sanderling
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Harbor, Ohio Dunlin (in breeding color) Calidris alpina	Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Harbor, Ohio Dunlin (in breeding color) Calidris alpina	Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Harbor, Ohio Dunlin (in breeding color)
Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla	Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida Least Sandpiper
Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, Galloway, Ohio Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
San Jose del Cabo, Baja Californis Sur, Mexico Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	San Jose del Cabo, Baja Californis Sur, Mexico Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri	San Jose del Cabo, Baja Californis Sur, Mexico Western Sandpiper
Vidanta Resort, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Spotted Sandpiper (with breeding spots) Actitis macularius	Napa, California Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius	Tortuguero Canal, Tortiguero, Costa Rica Spotted Sandpiper (with breeding spots)
O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria	O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria	O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Powell, Ohio Solitary Sandpiper
Tarcoles River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica Southern Lapwing Vanellis chilensis	Tarcoles River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica Southern Lapwing Vanellis chilensis	Tarcoles River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica Southern Lapwing
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Black-bellied Plover (juvenile) Pluvialis squatarola	Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii Pacific Golden-Plover
Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Plain City, Ohio Killdeer Charadrius vociferus	Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio Killdeer Charadrius vociferus	Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio Killdeer (newborn)
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Semipalvated Plover (breeding color) Charadrius semipalmatus	Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida Semipalvated Plover (nonbreeding color) Charadrius semipalmatus	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Semipalvated Plover (nonbreeding color)
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Wilson's Plover
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Collared Plover Charadrius collaris	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Collared Plover Charadrius collaris	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Collared Plover
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Snowy Plover
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Least Tern Sternula antillarum	Ambergris Caye, Belize Least Tern Sternula antillarum	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Least Tern
near Manaus, Brazil Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex	near Manaus, Brazil Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex	near Manaus, Brazil Large-billed Tern
Howard Marsh Metropark, Curtice, Ohio Caspian Tern Hydroprogne Caspia	Ria Lagartos Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico Caspian Tern (juvenile) Hydroprogne Caspia	Ria Lagartos Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico Caspian Tern (juvenile)
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio Common Tern Sterna Hirundo	Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio Common Tern Sterna Hirundo	Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Common Tern (juvenile)
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Royal Tern (nonbreeding adult)
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvisensis	Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvisensis	Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, Naples, Florida Sandwich Tern  (nonbreeding adult)
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Elegant Tern
Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Black Skimmer Rynchops niger	Banderas Bay, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Black Skimmer
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis	Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii           Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis	Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii Laysan Albatross
Southern Caribbean   Masked Booby Sula dactylatra	Southern Caribbean   Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Pacific Ocean Nazca Booby Sula granti	Pacific Ocean   Nazca Booby Sula granti	Pacific Ocean   Nazca Booby
Pacific Ocean - Costa Rica Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Pacific Ocean - Costa Rica Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	Pacific Ocean - Costa Rica Brown Booby
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii Red-footed Booby
Banderas Bay, Neuvo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Laughing Gull (male) Leucophaeus atricilla	Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Laughing Gull (female) Leucophaeus atricilla	Vidanta Resort, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico Laughing Gull (male)
Bay of Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	Bay of Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni	Bay of Banderas, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico Heermann's Gull
Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis	Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis	Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, Canal Winchester, Ohio Ring-billed Gull  (nonbreeding adult)
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