wading bird
noun
: any of an order (Ciconiiformes) of long-legged birds (such as herons, bitterns, storks, and ibises) that wade in water in search of food
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In recent years, the refuge has provided important resting, feeding, and nesting habitat for many species of wading birds, shorebirds, songbirds and terns, including the endangered roseate tern.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve gives visitors the opportunity to explore a 3,400-acre wetland ecosystem crawling with native critters like otters, turtles, alligators, and wading birds.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 July 2025
On a summer morning, few experiences rival floating down this glassy waterway in an inner tube, surrounded by fish, wading birds, and waving eelgrass below the surface.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Without wetlands, migratory waterfowl and wading birds essentially abandoned the area.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve gives visitors the opportunity to explore a 3,400-acre wetland ecosystem crawling with native critters like otters, turtles, alligators, and wading birds.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 July 2025
On a summer morning, few experiences rival floating down this glassy waterway in an inner tube, surrounded by fish, wading birds, and waving eelgrass below the surface.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Without wetlands, migratory waterfowl and wading birds essentially abandoned the area.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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“Wading bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wading%20bird. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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