Xeme (Sabine's Gull)
Arctic elegance, ocean wanderer
Animal Habitats
Estuary
Where rivers meet the sea, mixing fresh and salt water with high productivity
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Estuary Animals
Deinosuchus
Armor-plated giant of Cretaceous waterways
Warbler
Small birds, big songs, epic journeys
Sandpiper
Built for mudflats and megamigrations
Australian Firehawk
Smoke-follower of the savannas
Flycatcher
Perch. Pounce. Snack in midair.
Great Kiskadee
Hear it before you see it: Kiskadee!
Polish Tatra Sheepdog
White guardian of the high pastures
Comfort Retriever
Small, smart, and comfort-driven.
Tasmanian Tiger Snake
Banded, black, and built for wetlands
Eider
Downy divers of the far north
Emperor Goose
White-headed goose of the sea-ice edge
King Eider
Crown of the Arctic pack ice
Purple Gallinule
The lily-pad walker of the wetlands
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Tawny flocks, whistled calls
Shantungosaurus
Shandong's colossal duck-bill grazer
Arambourgiania
A sky-giant with a giraffe-long neck
Theropod
From raptors to robins: all theropod
Lesser Scaup
Peaked crown, big rafts, true diver
Canvasback
Built for deep dives, born to roam
Gadwall
The "quiet" duck with a bright wing flash
Common Goldeneye
Hear the whistler, spot the gold eye
Tundra Swan
Whistling wings, tundra to tidewater
Anhinga
Spears fish, then sun-dries in style