Rivers and Oceans

Shorebirds, waders, and everything else at the water's edge. If it lives where the river or the sea meets the land, you'll find it here.

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A male American wigeon in still blue water at sunset
American Wigeon
A male lesser scaup in blue water at sunset
Lesser Scaup
A lesser yellowlegs in water at sunset
Lesser Yellowlegs
A close-up shot of a northern gannet, from a low angle
Hello There
A pair of preening northern gannets
Fou de Toi
A northern gannet landing in a seabird colony
Look Out Below
A northern gannet flying straight at the camera
Landing Break
A northern gannet with black eyes and spread wings
Destroying Angel
A northern gannet landing with sky and land in the background
Approach to Percé
A northern gannet with wings spread, against a blue sky
Northern Gannet
A male red knot in a tidal pool
Red Knot
A male red knot standing in the water
Red Knot
A black-bellied plover in breeding plumage, standing in shallow water
Black-bellied Plover
A black-bellied plover with a powder blue water background
Black-bellied Plover
A black-bellied plover in the water at sunset
Black-bellied Plover
A breeding plumage black-bellied plover, just after sunset
Glow
A juvenile semipalmated plover on a beach in sunset light in Rhode Island.
Mirror
A yellow-crowned night heron shaking out its feathers
Shake it Out
A dunlin in breeding plumage in the water
Dunlin
A short-billed dowitcher in a sleeping pose on the beach at sunset
Short-billed Dowitcher
A bathing royal tern
Royal Tern
A sanderling standing in water at sunset
Sanderling
An Atlantic puffin in close-up in eastern Québec
Atlantic Puffin
An Atlantic puffin on a rock ledge in Québec.
Morning in Minganie
A puffin standing on a rock with a yellow flower background.
Atlantic Puffin
An Atlantic puffin on a rock with yellow flowers in Quebec.
Cuteness
An Atlantic puffin preening itself on a rock in Quebec.
Preening Puffin
A herring gull drops a sea urchin in eastern Quebec.
Uni to Go
An Atlantic puffin in flight.
Puffin Flyover
A Pacific brown pelican lifting its wing to preen itself in California.
Yoga
A male American wigeon swimming in the river in Maryland.
American Wigeon
A close-up shot of a wet Pacific brown pelican.
Soaker
A close-up of a Pacific brown pelican in California
Pacific Brown Pelican
A pelican in profile with a blue ocean background
Pacific Brown Pelican
A female American wigeon in a river in Maryland.
Waverider
A close-up of a royal tern in Florida
Royal Red
A black skimmer in flight over Long Island.
Black Skimmer
A male royal tern holding a crab in Florida.
Treif
A close-up of a great egret showing the green facial skin and red eye of its breeding plumage.
Fire Eye
An American oystercatcher walking on a beach.
American Oystercatcher
A great egret and its reflection in dark water.
Great Egret
A juvenile pectoral sandpiper walking through the water in Quebec.
Pectoral Sandpiper
A black-bellied plover on the rocks in British Columbia
Black-bellied Plover
A greater yellowlegs walking in the water in Quebec.
Greater Yellowlegs
A close-up of a black skimmer calling in Florida.
Barking Skimmer
A northern gannet landing with its wings raised.
Relevé
A northern gannet with its wings spread for landing with another gannet in the distance behind it.
Northern Gannets
A semipalmated sandpiper in Rhode Island in a small spot of sunlight.
Sandpiper Spotlight
A semipalmated sandpiper shot from a low angle.
Semipalmated Sandpiper
A juvenile American golden plover preening on the rocks in Quebec.
American Golden Plover
A close-up of a snow goose in indirect light.
White on White
A reddish egret walking through a marsh in Florida.
Self-reflection
A lesser yellowlegs in shallow water with its reflection.
Lesser Yellowlegs
A lesser scaup drake swimming in the water
Lesser Scaup
A female lesser scaup in the water
Lesser Scaup Hen
A reddish egret running in the water at sunrise.
Sunrise Sprint
A pectoral sandpiper in shallow water.
Pectoral Sandpiper
A close-up of a male mandarin duck
Mandarin Duck
An American wigeon drake in blue water.
American Wigeon
A juvenile red-winged blackbird calls from the top of a cattail in a Quebec marsh.
Springtime Scream-off
A snow goose taking off with mountains in the background.
Climb-out
A male red-winged blackbird singing from the top of a cattail
Red-winged Blackbird