Early-season birds

Here are a few highlights of early spring season birds seen along the East Coast.

Green Heron: 

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher:

Black-Necked Stilt:

Sitting on its nest:

Loggerhead Shrike:

Purple Martins:

Eastern Phoebe:

Great Egret:

Pileated Woodpecker:

Black-Bellied Plover:

Semipalmated Plover:

Sanderlings and a Dunlin:

Sanderling:

Willets:

Cattle Egret:

Black Skimmers:

Hooded Warbler:

Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks: