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migratory s****bird that
breeds during summer in
Alaska and Siberia.
During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized
plover migrates widely across the Pacific....
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breeding season and
often join mixed-species
feeding flocks during the
nonbreeding season. The **** are
highly adaptable, and
after the
corvids (crows and...
- The
California sea lion (Zalophus californi****) is a
coastal eared seal
native to
western North America. It is one of six
species of sea lions. Its natural...
- America.
Despite their name, they are not
known for
killing deer. The
nonbreeding habitat of the
killdeer includes coastal wetlands,
beach habitats, and...
- season; in
nonbreeding dark-hooded gulls, the hood is lost,
sometimes leaving a
single spot
behind the eye, and in white-headed gulls,
nonbreeding heads may...
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relatively short,
thick neck, a s****y bill, and a
hunched posture. The
nonbreeding adult has
mainly white plumage, a
yellow bill, and greyish-yellow legs...
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slightly smaller. The
nonbreeding adult has a
white head and neck. The pink skin
around the eyes
becomes dull and gray in the
nonbreeding season. It lacks...
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similar in
overall pattern to the males, but are
paler and duller. In the
nonbreeding season, both ****es gain olive-green
feathers on the back, nape, and head...
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black trans-ocular line (running
through the eye).
Adults in
basic (
nonbreeding)
plumage are less
prominently marked, with a
brownish cap, a
dusky eyebrow...
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Green Bay, WI, 2013 Nest at
Chase Lake
Adults on
their nests,
already in
nonbreeding plumage (note dark nape) A
captive American white pelican (right) alongside...
