Wetlands and Seacoasts

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 northern gannet flying with dark cliffs in the background. — Cape Shore Afternoon

A northern gannet in flight, carrying seaweed in its beak — Wings in Third

A pair of preening northern gannets — Fou de Toi

A preening pair of northern gannets — L'Amour Fou

A northern gannet landing in a seabird colony — Look Out Below

A northern gannet flying straight at the camera — Landing Break

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 northern gannet flying and carrying seaweed in its beak — Northern Gannet

A northern gannet landing with its wings raised. — Relevé

A close-up shot of a northern gannet, from a low angle — Hello There

A common murre perched on the edge of a cliff, surrounded by tall grass — Common Murre

A black oystercatcher in front of a breaking wave, standing on wet rocks — Black Oystercatcher

A black oystercatcher standing on seaweed-covered rocks. — Black Oystercatcher

A black oystercatcher with a food item standing on rocks covered in seaweed. — Not an Oyster

A male harlequin duck walking across rocks with seaweed on them. — Harlequin Duck

A male harlequin duck swimming in blue water — Harlequin Duck

A black turnstone standing on a wet rock, with a breaking wave in the background. — On the Rocks

An American oystercatcher calling while standing in water. — Screamer

A juvenile short-billed dowitcher standing in a river and calling. — River Song

A male red knot in a tidal pool — 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 dunlin in breeding plumage in the water — Dunlin

A juvenile semipalmated plover on a beach in sunset light in Rhode Island. — Mirror

A short-billed dowitcher in a sleeping pose on the beach at sunset — Short-billed Dowitcher

A yellow-crowned night heron shaking out its feathers — Shake it Out

A bathing royal tern — Royal Tern

A lesser yellowlegs in water at sunset — Lesser Yellowlegs

A male lesser scaup swimming in blue water — Lesser Scaup

A lesser scaup drake swimming in the water — Lesser Scaup

A male American wigeon swimming in the river in Maryland. — American Wigeon

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