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 drake long-tailed duck swims on the blue water in the early morning sunlight showing of its long tail

A lesser yellowlegs stands in the shallows as the early morning sun shines on

A pair of Northern pintails feeding in the shallow water, one with its head up and another with its tail up

A first year lesser black-backed gull flying in front of the blue ocean on a bright sunny day

A first year lesser black-backed gull flying in front of the blue ocean on a bright sunny day

A female Northern cardinal holds a seed in its bill as it eats on the ground

An adult least tern stands on a sandy beach on a bright sunny morning

A male canvasback duck holds its wings out and glides in to land with its feet hanging low

A pair of great egrets hunt in the shallow water

A red-tailed hawk flies down to the ground hunting for rodents on a bright sunny day

A great shearwater sits in the ocean with its wings raised up high in soft light