wading bird

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wading bird

[′wād·iŋ ‚bərd]

(vertebrate zoology)

Any of the long-legged, long-necked birds composing the order Ciconiiformes, including storks, herons, egrets, and ibises.

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In this paper, we present a test of our hypothesis using southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) and wading birds as predators on a common estuarine fish, spot (Leiostomus xanthurus).

Nonadditive effects of terrestrial and aquatic predators on juvenile estuarine fish

A new program is helping the military to protect and defend wading birds, woodpeckers, rare plants, and other resources.

Base instinct: DoD and the woods of home

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.

Controls are needed to stop curlew extinction

Wading birds are often found on areas of damp, wet moorlands and rough grasslands, feeding on the worms and ground insects.

Threatened birds win new friends; Study to probe falling numbers

THE dry weather is putting the chicks of wading birds at risk at key wildlife sites, the RSPB has warned.

Lack of rain puts strain on wildlife

Which British wading bird makes a booming Emma Thompson - see Question 6 element?

Quiz of the Day

The black-tailed qodwit is a large wading bird with a long straight bill and long legs.

OUR BEACH IS BEIN GRUINED BY RUBBISH

Recent surveys of the wading bird population showed numbers of some species had dropped by nearly 60 per cent in the last five years.

Islands' hedgehog cull to help save rare birds

As it dropped to the ground, someone pointed out that it was in fact an ibis, a stork-like wading bird.

Prince, ibis, and two smoking barrels mystery

Get boots and binoculars at the ready for a three to four hour walk among woodland and the estuary, considered to be ninth best for wading bird life.

Time Off: Bird's eye view; Take a trip down the Mersey

Hundreds of bird watchers are flocking to a country park to spot a rare North American wading bird, the sora rail.

Post Script

They will be on the trail of the slender-billed curlew, a crow-sized wading bird which is now one of 47 "lost" bird species that may possibly have become globally extinct.