National wildlife artist Bob Hines (1912 - 1994) bird illustrations including least tern; black tern; fairy tern; arctic tern; sooty tern; tlossy ibis; wood ibis; black skimmer; man-o-war; frigate bird; king rail; sora rail; gallinule; purple...
The common tern is slightly larger and longer-legged than the Arctic Tern and has shorter wings. It has a red bill that is tipped with black. For more information about this species visit http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i0700id.html. ...
The Sanderling is most commonly seen in flocks chasing receding waves on ocean beaches, and running away from them when they return. It breeds in the high Arctic and winters along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts from Canada to Argentina.