wading birds /tags/wading-birds wading birds en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:33:44 GMT A warning for the Everglades: South Florida had fewer nesting wading birds in the last two years /environment/2025-03-12/everglades-nesting-wading-birds-egrets-ibis-woodstork The South Florida Water Management District reported overall nesting down although snowy egrets, South Florida's dominant wading bird, had back-to-back good years. While rainfall played a part, the it suggests more work needs to be done to fix the region's wild landscape and keep water where birds need it to successfully raise chicks. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:33:44 GMT /environment/2025-03-12/everglades-nesting-wading-birds-egrets-ibis-woodstork Jenny Staletovich Wading birds had mixed success nesting in the Everglades last year /news/2021-12-27/wading-birds-had-mixed-success-nesting-in-the-everglades-last-year Audubon Florida, a well-known environmental group dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats, published a report on the health and success of 43,680 wading bird nests last year from Fort Myers to Lake Okeechobee and south to Florida Bay at the southern tip of mainland South Florida. Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:56:50 GMT /news/2021-12-27/wading-birds-had-mixed-success-nesting-in-the-everglades-last-year Tom Bayles Everglades Marshes Contain Mercury That Can Poison Birds. But There's A Fix: More Water /2020-10-28/everglades-marshes-contain-mercury-that-can-poison-birds-but-theres-a-fix-more-water University of Florida scientists looked at more than 20 years of data and found nesting among egrets dropped in dry years when mercury was high. When they looked closer, they found mercury was hampering breeding . Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:29:24 GMT /2020-10-28/everglades-marshes-contain-mercury-that-can-poison-birds-but-theres-a-fix-more-water Jenny Staletovich Wading Birds Returned To Historic Everglades Nesting Grounds Last Year, But In Lower Numbers /2020-09-21/wading-birds-returned-to-historic-everglades-nesting-grounds-last-year-but-in-lower-numbers Wading bird nesting, a measure of Everglades health, was down last year after heavy rain at the start of the dry season. But for the first time since 1986, nearly half the nesting occurred on historic nesting grounds. Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:39:53 GMT /2020-09-21/wading-birds-returned-to-historic-everglades-nesting-grounds-last-year-but-in-lower-numbers Jenny Staletovich Florida's Red Tide Is Back. One of North America's Rarest Bird Species Is Among Its Latest Victims /environment/2019-11-26/floridas-red-tide-is-back-one-of-north-americas-rarest-bird-species-is-among-its-latest-victims A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it's claiming one of North America's rarest… Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:49:59 GMT /environment/2019-11-26/floridas-red-tide-is-back-one-of-north-americas-rarest-bird-species-is-among-its-latest-victims Jenny Staletovich