Pelecaniformes-The birds in this order are the only birds that are totipalmate, (having webbed feet with four toes.) In most species of birds, the hallux (big toe) is the first toe and it points backwards. In the birds in this order the hallux points to the front and it is webbed with the other three toes.
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrohynchos)
White Pelican Flyover
Pod of White Pelicans
Black Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax))
Brown Pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Juvenile Great Blue Herons ( Ardea herodias)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Great Egret (Ardea alba) courtship display
Great Egret (Ardea alba) mother tending chicks
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Juvenile Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Reddish Egret -White Morph(Egretta rufescens)
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
White Morph Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Yellow Crowned Night Herons (Nyctanassa violacea)
Juvenile Yellow Crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
White Faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
