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 ...

For bird enthusiasts and average residents alike, the sight of wild, colorful migratory birds like the great egret or the black-crowned night heron, in a dense and loud city like New York is something ...

Wading birds in the Everglades built more nests in 2018 than any other year in the last 80, a record-breaking nesting event made possible by the right balance of wet and dry conditions in the delicate ...

In the heart of the Everglades, where at long last the water levels balanced just right, thousands of great egrets, white ibis, wood storks and other wading birds started to rebound in 2017 from a ...

Before a surveillance flight to count wading birds around water conservation areas south of Palm Beach, ecologist Mark Cook was hoping to see signs that recent rains in South Florida had replenished ...

A positive sign for Southwest Florida’s environment: The population of wading birds in the Everglades is soaring to near-record numbers. Wading birds going about their business in our swamps may not ...

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.

South Florida Water Management District reports record rainfall and its water management actions helped promote an above-average breeding season for wading birds. This, after El Niño-related climatic ...