There are two types of birds that live in or near the water, the inland water birds and the marine birds. This gallery will display photos of the inland water birds.

With the exception of gulls and terns, most inland water birds seldom if ever stray far from lakes, rivers or wetlands. Those that do stray from water, such as the gulls are easily recognizable as water birds.

This gallery includes: brown pelican, frigatebird, gulls, skimmers and terns that fly on long slender wings, always scanning the water and shores in search for food.

This gallery includes: avocet, oystercatcher, plover, sandpipers, stilt, and Wilson′s phalarope, seen on beaches, mudflats and rock jetties probing for food. These birds have long slender bills for deep probing and long legs for wading.

This gallery includes: anhinga, cormorants, ducks, geese, loons, swans and white pelican. These have wide bodies, webbed feet and there profile on the water is much different from other birds. Their flight is swift and direct, unlike the slow searching flight of the aerialists.

This gallery includes: dipper and kingfisher. The dipper probes along the cold waters of mountain streams and the kingfishers perch or hover over the water and then plunge dive for fish.

This gallery includes: cranes, herons, ibises, limpkin, stork and spoonbill. These birds will often stalk through marshes and wetlands in search of prey. When they spot a meal, they move ever so slowly towards it and then with a sudden thrust of their dagger like bill capture the prey.