How to Use waterbird in a Sentence

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• Even a few feet of unmowed grass can benefit ducks and other waterbirds.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• This can cause migrating waterbirds and shorebirds to dive downward to drink or land and result in fatal impact injuries.
  — Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
• These large waterbirds disappeared across much of their breeding range in the early 20th century as wetlands were drained for agriculture.
  — Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
• Nesting waterbirds Herons, egrets and pelicans are putting on quite a show in mangroves and tree islands throughout South Florida.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
• In some places, farmer cooperation is critical to the continued existence of whooping cranes and other wetland-dependent waterbird species, close to one-third of which are experiencing declines.
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
• Maine is home to a few thousand of the distinctive black-and-white waterbirds — the East Coast’s largest loon population — and conservationists said efforts to protect them from threats helped grow the population.
  — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
• According to the report, Secret World typically avoids waterbird rescue because of the risk of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, spreading through its center and affecting the rest of the wildlife hospital.
  — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026