Great Blue Heron~Black Stork~Long-billed Crulew~Trumpeter Swan by Genkicoll 1.0.0

Also includes scrub brush foliage, preferred by the Long-billed Curlew.

The largest and most widespread heron in North America, the Great Blue Heron can be found along the ocean shore or the edge of a small inland pond.  Although the Great Blue Heron eats primarily fish, it is adaptable and willing to eat other animals as well.   It nests in colonies, sometimes as a lone pair.
Source: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/lifehistory

The Black Stork has shining black with iridiscent reflections. The rest of the plumage is pure white with red beak and feet. It can be found hroughout Europe, north to Scandinavia and west to Russia, and is primarily a forest species hunting in streams, small rivers and marshy ponds. The diet consists almost completely of small fish; also small mammals, reptiles, shellfish and insects.
 

The Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) is the largest shorebird in North America. It breeds in shortgrass or mixedgrass to very dry grasslands.  Long-billed Curlews are a late-maturing, long-lived species with low reproductive output. Eggs are olive-buff and are evenly spotted with brown or gray.
Source: http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/speciesatrisk/curlew_intro.htm

The Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, is the largest native North American bird, and the largest living waterfowl species on earth.  These birds have white plumage with a long neck, a black bill subtly marked with salmon-pink along the mouthline, and short black legs. They feed while swimming. The diet is almost entirely aquatic plants. The Trumpeter Swan is listed as threatened in the state of Minnesota.

Inspired by the Zoo Tycoon Brains Trust at Zoo Tek Phoenix.

Updated 2010-11-21 to save space with less in zip.