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Sandwich Tern

Sandwich Terns are smaller than their larger cousins, the Royal and Caspian terns, and easily identifiable by their shaggy black crest and yellow tip on their thin black bill.

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Snow Goose

Snow Geese descend by the thousands, dropping from the sky to blanket lakes and fields in white and fill the air with their raucous honking. They arrive on the Gulf Coast in the fall and winter after nesting in huge colonies in the Arctic Tundra over the summer.

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Snowy Egret

Snowy Egrets look as though they've accidentally stepped in a pool of yellow paint. Their legs are black down to their ankles and then suddenly turn a bright yellow at their feet.

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American Avocet

American Avocets have an elegant posture, a needle of a bill that turns up at the end and a rich cinnamon plumage during breeding season.

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