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CHAPTER 5. BIRDS 49 



5.1 INTRODUCTION 49 



5.2 SHOREBIRDS 49 



5.3 GULLS AND TERNS 54 



5.4 HERONS AND OTHER WADING BIRDS 59 



5.5 WATERFOWL AND DIVING BIRDS 61 



5.6 RAPTORS 64 



5.7 DEPENDENCE ON TIDAL FLATS 65 



CHAPTER 6. TIDAL FLATS: THEIR IMPORTANCE AND PERSISTENCE 66 



6.1 INTRODUCTION 66 



6.2 RESPONSE OF TIDAL FLATS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS 66 



6.3 THE IMPORTANCE OF NEW ENGLAND TIDAL FLATS 68 



REFERENCES 70 



APPENDIX I. COMMON INFAUNAL INVERTEBRATES ASSOCIATED WITH 



NEW ENGLAND TIDAL FLATS 84 



APPENDIX II. COASTAL FISHES OF NEW ENGLAND 92 



APPENDIX III. BIRD SPECIES THAT UTILIZE NEW ENGLAND TIDAL FLATS ... 119 



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