Birds from all over the world flock to shores, bays, and estuaries, but not for the same reasons people do. But some species ...

Rare wading bird spotted in Minnesota. ... Some observers actually observed the tall, brown, long-billed bird. Many others settled for heard-only, a birding term used reluctantly.

It turns out the bird was a limpkin, a brown and white wading bird that lives primarily in Florida. It had never been recorded in Michigan prior to last week.

The iconic wading birds once nested throughout much of the historic Everglades, ... cotton-white feathers and pinkish-brown feet. The wingspan for adults can be 60 to 65 inches.

Hadeda ibises (Bostrychia hagedash) are one of the most familiar species of birds across sub-Saharan Africa. They are large, long-legged birds with long, thin beaks for probing invertebrates out ...

And wading birds are having a rough time finding meals, as Everglades wetlands dry out, eliminating habitat for fish, frogs and snails. ... “The grass is just brown everywhere you go.

After Louisiana named the brown pelican its state bird in the 60s, attention helped support breeding programs that revived the state’s disappearing population, he said. “State bird is free.