A willet preens and cleans its feathers with its eye shut while standing on one leg in soft overcast light

A very tiny and incredibly adorable piping plover chick stands behind a small shell

A black-bellied plover hovers just above the ground on a shell covered beach in the early morning sunlight

A blue grosbill sits perched atop a bright green branch with a smooth green background

A downy woodpecker is perched on a tiny branch with a small spot of sunlight on its head

A drake Northern pintail just popped up from searching the mud just below the surface for food and still has some of that mud on the tip of his bill

A mourning dove is perched on a branch of holly against a black background in the rain

An incredibly colourful male wood duck swims on a small river on an overcast day

A male mallard flaps its wings spraying water everywhere on a calm pond

An orange and black long Tailed salamander looks around on green moss

A least sandpiper stands in a muddy dried up puddle in soft morning light

An adult least tern feeds its tiny chick a sand Eel on the sandy beach on a bright sunny morning