Cormorants comprise 40 species of aquatic birds and are another group of awesome types of beach birds. They are medium to large birds with long, thin, hooked bills, webbed feet, and long wings.

In the words of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the piping plover is "an indicator of the health of the fragile beach ...

A Wilson's Plover roams around on St. Augustine Beach in April 2025. The bird, whose habitat is coastal beaches and estuaries, is listed as endangered or a species of special concern in some ...

You can help these birds by giving them their space; fish swim and play from 50 yards away. Drive slowly, avoid the dunes and back-beach areas where plovers and terns tend to nest, and keep dogs ...

Bob Karp ZUMA Press Bird lovers can get a live look at Huntington Beach State Park, which boasts nearly 360 unique species of birds, anywhere they have internet with a newly launched webcam.

A one-mile stretch of beach that is directly across from the neighborhood of Edgemere, Queens, closes every year between April and August so that threatened and endangered birds can nest and forage.

Bob Karp ZUMA Press Bird lovers can get a live look at Huntington Beach State Park, which boasts nearly 360 unique species of birds, anywhere they have internet with a newly launched webcam.