Looks like a kind of tern. With feathers fluffed out against the cold. IF that long black part is the beak. It might also be a rail. (But rails are longer and leaner) Both are typically costal birds, but can be found near marshlands or large lakes.
Here's a link to common midwest birds http://www.audubonpark.com/birds.html It might be a morning dove is there's /not/ the beak but an oddity of the photo.
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Date: 2003-04-07 10:03 pm (UTC)It might also be a rail. (But rails are longer and leaner)
Both are typically costal birds, but can be found near marshlands or large lakes.
Here's a link to common midwest birds
http://www.audubonpark.com/birds.html
It might be a morning dove is there's /not/ the beak but an oddity of the photo.
Otherwise, you can check out
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/framlst.html
Lots of bird photos with ranges and such.