CLOSED: Gulf Coast birds

I went to the coast today. Since I have no idea what most of what I got pics of this might be a long thread. But let's take them one at a time.
The first one is a small bird in the shallows but also often came up on firm sand. # 1 pic

#2

#3

#4 last for this bird.

Sanderling in winter plumage

Thank you Donna.

Who are all these guys?

For a start, the four birds in the foreground with red and black bills are Skimmers.
I looked them up and see they're called Black Skimmers.

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The larger bird to the right of the center is a Royal Tern, and below that near the center are three four Forster's Terns - no clue about the others.

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Ditto to above idents. The rest in the last pic are all Laughing Gulls.

Resin

ditto me too on ID's

Frank I call the Forsters Tern a Bandit bird in winter because of the eye patch. Easy to remember for winter ID's and the Royal Tern I think of as having a reverse Mohawk hair do lol. Around the edges instead of down the middle

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now this one

Willet

Willet be a good boy?? Yes!

;-)

Thank you Claypa, Donna and Resin for the IDs. This one may be a Carolina Wren but to me looks a little different from what I see at home.

another shot

is this something different?

Are these juveniles or different kinds of gulls?
#1

somehing happened to #2 and #3?????

number 2

I guess not enough words.
number three

this pic was made into the sun so it might not be easy.

Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant?

any more pics of the wren?? I have had a House Wren but that doesn't look the same. Probably a Carolina Wren immature. Bewicks would be very rare and unlikely if pic was taken here on the coast
Ruddy Turnstone
Ringed-Bill Gull immature
Heron Gull immature
Laughing Gull immature

yes Juvenile Dbl-crested Cormorant


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The wren is a Marsh Wren - note the black-and-white streaks on the back.

I'll have a go at the gulls tomorrow, it's getting late here now!

Resin

Gull #1 is a first-winter Ring-billed Gull

number 2 is adult winter Laughing Gull behind, and first-winter Herring Gull in front

number three is a first-winter Laughing Gull.

Resin

PS yep, you need to type at least one word for a post to work, you can't have just a pic with no caption.

Thank you Resin, Donna and Claypa for the IDs. These were all new birds for me. I ended up with 11 new birds for both my life and my photo list.

Congrats Frank

If I remember rightly, I don't think we've had a Marsh Wren pic posted in these forums before, so you have a "forum first" too ;-)

Resin

Yipee!!!!

Where did you go on the coast? I'm in Vicksburg and have been wanting to
go down.