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Families: Ardeidae, Ciconiidae, Phoenicopteridae, Threskiorithidae<\/em><\/p>\n

Wading birds are long legged, long necked, long billed birds that include herons, egrets, flamingos, ibis, bitterns, spoonbills, and storks. Many of the wading birds forage by wading in shallow water but not all do that exclusively, some wading birds forage in pastures, wet meadows, on beaches, fresh and saltwater shorelines, grassy slopes, mudflats or from vegetation in marshes.<\/p>\n

Some wading birds have long, sharp bills for stabbing their prey, some have sensitive, tactile decurved bills that can easily sense their prey. Some wading birds are still hunters while others are far more active and some use both hunting methods. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>

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<\/i>Back to Birds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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\"American<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

American Bittern Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Winter<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Black-crowned Night Heron Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Glossy<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Glossy Ibis Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Great<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Great Blue Heron Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Breeding<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Great Egret Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Green<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Green Heron Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Little<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Little Blue Heron Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Reddish<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Reddish Egret Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Adult<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Roseate Spoonbill Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Snowy<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Snowy Egret Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Tricolored<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Tricolored Heron Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Western<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Western Cattle Egret Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"White-faced<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

White-faced Ibis Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Adult<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

White Ibis Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Landing<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Wood Stork Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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\"Yellow-crowned<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>

Yellow-crowned Night Heron Images<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>
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