It’s ubiquitous.
Elegant?
At least unusual. The American oystercatcher
See the big bird way out there in the water?
It’s a reddish egret.
They don’t stand and ambush fish. They’re really active when they hunt.
Oh, and you may have noticed he isn’t red. That’s because it’s an occasional white morph. Here is what they look like when they’re red!
Northern Pintails are elegant
And then there are the Black-bellied whistling ducks.
We could just call them “colorful”.