A complex network of open water, rivers, creeks, streams, swamps, tidal marshes, mud flats, and small islands, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed is an important area for aquatic birds, including herons, egrets, ibises, gulls, terns, oystercatchers, sandpipers, plovers, rails, fishing birds, and others.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed supports year-round residents as well as providing important resting areas for birds that migrate along the Atlantic Flyway.
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