Botaurus lentiginosus Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis Great blue heron, Ardea herodias Great egret, Ardea alba Little egret, Egretta garzetta (A) Snowy egret, Egretta thula Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor (R) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis Green heron, Butorides virescens Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea (R) Ibises and spoonbills Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae The family Threskiornithidae includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings. Their bodies tend to be elongated, the neck more so, with rather long legs. The bill is also long, decurved in the case of the ibises, straight and distinctively flattened in the spoonbills. White ibis, Eudocimus albus (A) Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja (A) New World vultures Order: CathartiformesFamily: Cathartidae The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses. Black vulture, Coragyps atratus (R) Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura Osprey Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. The family is monotypic. Osprey, Pandion haliaetus Hawks, eagles, and kites Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A) Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus Cooper's hawk, Accipiter cooperii Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus Steller's sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus (A) Red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus Broad-winged hawk, Buteo platypterus Swainson's hawk, Buteo swainsoni (A) Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus Barn-owls Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae Owls in the family Tytonidae are medium to large owls, with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. Barn owl, Tyto Alba (R) Owls Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eastern screech-owl, Megascops asio (R) Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus Snowy