Great Salt Marsh

Ornithological Summary

Significant concentrations of the following have been recorded at this site: waterfowl, seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, landbirds.

Birds in This Area

Piping Plover

Latin: Charadrius melodus

Royal Tern

Latin: Thalasseus maximus

Common Tern
Least Tern
Northern Harrier

Peregrine Falcon

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