Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) wading while feeding, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Juvenile double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) spreading its wings to dry, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) wading while feeding, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Male Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) wading while feeding, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) in flight shortly after taking off, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) floating, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Snowy egret (Egretta thula), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) wading while feeding, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in flight, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) reflected at sunset, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Great Egret (Ardea alba) with a fish, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Male Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) floating, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) wading, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) in flight, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Female Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii), Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Female Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) in flight, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) floating, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America

Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus) floating, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California, United States of America, North America