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This bird, with its brilliant red bill, fleshy-colored feet, and loud piping calls, lives in rocky coastal areas of the Pacific states; these were in tide pools at Crystal Cove State Park in Orange County and in Pebble beach in Monterey County, California. If you look carefully, one bird has a dark bill tip; I think this is characteristic of juveniles. Eggs are laid on rocky areas and the chicks emerge as fluffy gray-black balls with long legs and short bills. More photos of this species are here. |
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