the face. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed. Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo Double-crested cormorant, Nannopterum auritum Pelicans Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. Like other birds in the order Pelecaniformes, they have four webbed toes. American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (A) Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis (A) Herons, egrets, and bitterns Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets, and bitterns. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more secretive. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus Least bittern, Ixobrychus exilis (A) Great blue heron, Ardea herodias Great egret, Ardea alba Snowy egret, Egretta thula (O) Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (O) Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis Green heron, Butorides virescens (O) Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (A) Yellow-crowned night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea (A) 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 (O) 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 (O) 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. Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos (A) Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius Sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus Cooper's hawk, Accipiter