Despite the protections,
wading birds' presence in South Florida, their cradle of civilization, is tenuous again.
Water levels receded and
wading birds, raccoons, and alligators clamored to remaining pools of water to feast on trapped fish.
Although
wading birds usually feed alone and for short periods, their energetic requirements are high (Kushlan 1978, 1981).
A new program is helping the military to protect and defend
wading birds, woodpeckers, rare plants, and other resources.
Science demonstrates clearly that an investment in the time spent on legal predator control helps the breeding success of many species of
wading birds, including curlew.
THE dry weather is putting the chicks of
wading birds at risk at key wildlife sites, the RSPB has warned.
The black-tailed qodwit is a large
wading bird with a long straight bill and long legs.
Recent surveys of the
wading bird population showed numbers of some species had dropped by nearly 60 per cent in the last five years.
In the first country-wide assessment of its kind, the RSPB study looked at five
wading bird species - lapwing, curlew, golden plover, dunlin and snipe.
As it dropped to the ground, someone pointed out that it was in fact an ibis, a stork-like
wading bird.
Which British
wading bird makes a booming Emma Thompson - see Question 6 element?
Hundreds of bird watchers are flocking to a country park to spot a rare North American
wading bird, the sora rail.