found: Work cat.: Welsbacher, A. Wading birds, 1999(DLC)98018398
found: Natural Resources Conservation Service/Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, viewed July 13, 2022(Wading birds; Wading birds are most commonly associated with wetlands, streams, and other aquatic habitats. Most wading birds possess long legs and toes, and long and sometimes curved bills-adaptations enabling them to live and feed in shallow-water habitats; Common wading birds in the United States: Order: Ciconiiformes; Family: Ardeidae (herons, bitterns, egrets), Family: Ciconiidae (wood stork), Family: Threskiornithidae (ibis, spoonbill); Order: Gruiformes; Family: Aramidae (limpkin), Family: Gruidae (Cranes), Family: Rallidae (rails, coots, moorhen); Order: Phoenicopteriformes; Family: Phoenicopteridae (greater flamingo))
found: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, viewed May 20, 2022(Wading birds are a diverse group of birds including herons, egrets, bitterns, ibises, coots, moorhens, rails, and sandhill cranes. The herons and egrets are large, long-legged, long-necked species that are typically seen wading in shallow water while searching for food. Bitterns, rails, and moorhens are smaller secretive species that hide amongst marsh vegetation and are typically only heard rather than seen.)
