How many kinds of birds live in the Bay area?
There are dozens of different species of birds that live in the Chesapeake Bay watersheds different habitats. There are water birds (like the Great Blue Heron) and waterfowl (like ducks and geese); raptors (like osprey); aerial gleaners (like herring gulls); wading birds (like the ruddy turnstone), and many others Some waterfowl live in the Chesapeake all year round. Some live other places during part of the year and only migrate to the Chesapeake Bay area during winter. Every year almost one million waterfowl spend winter in the Chesapeake Bay basin.
