About Wading Birds . . . .
Wading birds live in lakes, ponds, marshes, mudflats, flooded areas and swamps. Wading birds include herons, egrets, bitterns, ibises, coots, moorhens, rails and cranes.
Wading birds have physical and behavioral traits for living on or near water and they depend on water as a source of food, shelter and nesting sites.
All Wading birds have long thin legs and long agile toes. Most Wading birds have long bills with specialized shapes depending of the types of food they eat. Their diets include fish, amphibians, invertebrates and plants.
When searching for food they don’t swim or dive to catch food, they wade into shallow water. Physically they are perfect for this type of environment. Long thin toes disperse their weight keeping them from sinking into soft mud, long legs keep their feather dry when searching for food and a long neck makes it possible to strike prey that is on the other end of their long legs.
Wading birds are patient hunters as they may stand motionless for long periods of time waiting for prey to come within reach. Their steps are slow and deliberate when moving so they don’t scare their prey. Some birds also hide in the marsh vegetation waiting for unsuspecting prey to come along.
I will be adding more species of Wading Birds as I am able to see them and photograph them so check back later to see my new photos of these birds.
Bittern
American Bittern
Texas
Texas
Texas
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Whooping Crane
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Egrets
Cattle Egret (Eastern)
Adult
Australia
Breeding
Australia
Adult
Australia
Adult
Australia
Adult
Australia
Breeding
Australia
Cattle Egret (Western)
Juvenile
Texas
Breeding
Texas
Adult
Texas
Great Egret
California
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Little Egret
Vietnam
Thailand
Medium Egret
Vietnam
Vietnam
Reddish Egret
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Snowy Egret
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Flamingo
American Flamingo
Bonaire
Bonaire
Bonaire
Bonaire
Bonaire
Bonaire
Gallinule
Common Gallinule
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Purple Gallinule
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Thailand
Thailand
Vietnam
Grey Heron
Germany
Germany
Denmark
Denmark
England
Great Blue Heron
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Green Heron
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Little Blue Heron
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Pied Heron
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Tri-colored Heron
Juvenile
Texas
Adult
Texas
Breeding
Texas
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Ibis
Australian Ibis
Australia
Australia
Australia
Black-headed Ibis
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Glossy Ibis
Australia
Scarlet Ibis
Adult
Trinidad
Adult
Trinidad
Roosting
Trinidad
White Ibis
Adult
Texas
Juvenile
Texas
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Juvenile
Texas
White-faced Ibis
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Limpkin
Limpkin
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Moorhen
Dusky Moorhen
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Eurasian Moorhen
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Germany
Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Adult
Hawaii
Juvenile
Hawaii
Adult
Taiwan
Adult
Taiwan
Group
Texas
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Adult
Texas
Juvenile
Texas
Juvenile
Texas
Rails
Clapper Rail
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
King Rail
Texas
Texas
Texas
Sora (Rail)
Arizona
Arizona
Arizona
Arizona
Arizona
Virginia Rail
Texas
Texas
Texas
Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Australia
Australia
Stork
Asian Openbilled Stork
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Black-necked Stork
Australia
Australia
Australia
Lesser Adjutant Stork
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Painted Stork
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Wood Stork
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Swamphen
Australasian Swamphen
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Gray-headed Swamphen
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
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