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Shore Birds

Thirty birds of the lakefront, each with the one mark that gives it away. 30 squares; a 5×5 card uses 24 of them plus the free center.

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1. Ring-billed gullBlack ring around a yellow bill
2. Herring gullPink legs; red spot on the bill
3. Bonaparte's gullSmall; dark ear spot in winter
4. Double-crested cormorantDark; holds wings open to dry
5. Great blue heronVery tall, blue-gray; stands still
6. Great egretAll white; yellow bill, black legs
7. Canada gooseBlack neck, white chinstrap
8. MallardMale: glossy green head
9. Mute swanAll white; orange bill
10. Belted kingfisherShaggy crest; loud rattle call
11. KilldeerTwo black bands across the chest
12. Spotted sandpiperBobs its tail as it walks
13. SanderlingRuns in and out with the waves
14. Bald eagleAdult: white head and tail
15. OspreyDark eye stripe; dives feet-first
16. Peregrine falconDark "helmet"; very fast flier
17. Red-winged blackbirdMale: red-and-yellow shoulders
18. Barn swallowLong, deeply forked tail
19. Tree swallowBlue-green back, white below
20. Turkey vultureSoars on wings in a shallow V
21. Red-breasted merganserShaggy crest; thin red bill
22. BuffleheadMale: big white patch on dark head
23. Common merganserMale: white body, dark green head
24. Caspian ternThick red bill; black cap
25. Rock pigeonGray with two black wing bars
26. European starlingGlossy, speckled; noisy flocks
27. Song sparrowStreaky; dark spot mid-chest
28. American robinOrange breast, gray-brown back
29. Black-crowned night-heronStocky; black cap and back
30. Common goldeneyeMale: round white spot by the bill