The Wild4d ago

Wading bird populations in the New York and New Jersey Harbor are declining, signaling shifts in the local environment. #wadingbirds

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-wading-bird-populations-yorknew-jersey.html

Wading bird populations in the New York–New Jersey Harbor are in decline

Urban estuaries can support thriving ecosystems despite bustling human activity. Noting that bird populations can serve as a key indicator of environmental health, researchers recently investigated trends in the New York–New Jersey Harbor, home to the largest breeding population of colonial nesting wading birds (herons, egrets, ibises) in the northeastern United States.

Phys.org
oskevxplore5d ago
Capturing the chaos of the early morning strike.

As the Snowy Egret started foraging a few distance from me at the shore

Clearwater FL

Shot by O.S. Kev 📸


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Wood Sprite PhotoJun 4

Resilience in the reeds. An American White Ibis wading through the grass at Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza Park in Houston, Texas. 🪶

📍 Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza Park, Houston, TX
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x

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RigolocationsJun 3
#BirdOfTheDay : de la nourriture dans le bec #FoodInBeaks
Cette pauvre grenouille a passé un sale quart d'heure.
#Photography #Nature #Birds #Waders #WadingBirds #GreyHeron #BirdPhotography #CoteDAzur
ThomasJun 1
Seen while out walking near the cottage I am staying in, a largish wader of some species or other, right near the waters edge.
#photography #nature #birds #WadingBirds
Khürt WilliamsMay 1

Great Egret Breeding Plumage at the Ocean City Welcome Center

A stranger with binoculars pointed us to a way down to the egrets

https://islandinthenet.com/great-egret-breeding-plumage-at-the-ocean-city-welcome-center/

oskevxploreApr 16
Slate blue against a sea of gold seaweed . A little blue heron wades the morning light in Punta Cana 🦩🌊

Shot by O.S. Kev 📸


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Morgan ErnestApr 15

Wading birds foraging in the Everglades

Great Egret nest counts at multiple spatial scales since the 1980s

Launching the drone from the airboat

The Weecology group run by Morgan Ernest and Ethan White at the University of Florida is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join our Everglades Wading Bird project. This is a long-term study monitoring wading bird breeding colonies in the […]

https://jabberwocky.weecology.org/2026/04/15/postdoc-job-ad-wading-bird-ecology-in-the-everglades/
Wood Sprite PhotoMar 16
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) standing at the water’s edge 🪶 Slate-blue body and purplish head framed by thin shoreline trees as it watches the ripples. #Birds #WadingBirds #TexasWildlife
Wood Sprite PhotoMar 13
Have you ever watched a Tricolored Heron hunt? 🪶 Bill striking the water, droplets suspended midair as it lunges in the shallows. #Birds #WadingBirds #TexasWildlife