White ibis, the most prevalent wading bird in South Florida, saw significant nesting declines in 2022 and 2023. Overall nesting efforts for most wading bird species were below the 10-year average, ...

After October’s flooding, great egrets returned to Maricopa’s farmlands, drawn by new wetlands that formed across the desert’s low-lying washes.

An unprecedented number of great egrets — large, white wading birds from the South — have descended upon Lake Ontelaunee within the past week. Rudy Keller of District Township, who compiles the Berks ...

A flock of White Ibis, also known as Black-headed Ibis, was spotted in Thoothukudi's salt pans. This sighting highlights the ...

Nests for egrets, like these pictured in Everglades National Park, are counted every year to measure the health of marshes. Late wet season rainfall and a tropical storm in 2021 produced a banner year ...

It sounds like the setup for a joke missing a punchline: What’s big and white and seen all over? One of the first things many Southwest Florida newcomers may notice is the abundance of large, pale, ...

FLORIDA EVERGLADES – Roseate spoonbills that nested early in the Florida Everglades had a successful year raising hatchlings in 2020, but an early rainy season meant food became scarce so wading birds ...

Mark Cook leans against a wooden fence railing at Wakodahatchee Wetlands as a cotton-white and charcoal grey wood stork flies about three feet above his head, its down feathers trickling from the sky.

Several species of wading birds, especially herons and egrets, make Eastern Iowa their home in warmer months. They are larger, elegant birds with long proportions. Their bills are knifelike and ...

Birds that normally spend their summers along the southern coast of the U.S. and points farther south in the Gulf of Mexico and South America are making almost unheard-of visits to Pennsylvania this ...