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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Despite the protections, wading birds' presence in South Florida, their cradle of civilization, is tenuous again.

The price of a feather

Water levels receded and wading birds, raccoons, and alligators clamored to remaining pools of water to feast on trapped fish.

Can you save my backyard? Fourteen-year-old Aaron Carter is a pop sensation with best-selling CDs like Oh Aaron and Another Earthquake! But he also helps conservationists spread the word to protect one of Earth's most invaluable resources. (Earth/life science: conservation/wetlands)

Although wading birds usually feed alone and for short periods, their energetic requirements are high (Kushlan 1978, 1981).

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

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

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

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.

Threatened birds win new friends; Study to probe falling numbers

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

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

Quiz of the Day

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