Nesting season for wading birds is underway in Southwest Florida. The window of opportunity to see an amazing array of birds − like every type of heron, snowy and great egrets, roseate ...

The black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) is found in the wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is part of the egret family, which is known for its graceful wading and its long legs, necks, and ...

The birds rely on the red wolves to scare away smaller threats, such as raccoons and other birds of prey, from their nests.

The annual nesting survey for the NYC Harbor Herons Program is more than just counting birds. Audubon scientists use the numbers to gauge the effectiveness of conservation efforts. These wading ...

But that same time span also brought new pressures to coastal-nesting communities of wading birds like night-herons and egrets. That’s according to the latest “State of the Birds” report ...

Two other species of wading birds found locally and that are not considered threatened or endangered are the great blue heron and the American or great egret. The great blue heron is usually ...

Because they forage in such specific ways, South Florida’s rich variety of wading birds, from wood storks to white herons, have long been used as a measure of Everglades health and progress on ...

Zambrano said some of the other birds observed there which are listed as threatened by the FWC include: oystercatchers, spoonbills, little blue herons and reddish egrets. Higher numbers were ...

Mid-summer gives us those slow warm days when time just inches past. In most years, the normal spring rains that sometimes flood vernal pools and leave the surrounding forest soggy have faded and ...