Category Archives: Wading Birds

Roseate Spoonbill in Water

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill

Roseate Spoonbill in Water

The Roseate Spoonbill is one of 6 species of spoonbills worldwide, the only one found in the New World. The picture of this Roseate Spoonbill in Water was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The picture of this Roseate Spoonbill was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sounds of the Roseate Spoonbill in Water, click on the arrow below.

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

The picture of this Tricolored Heron was taken at High Island in Smith Oaks Rookery in Texas. The picture of this Tricolored Heron was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sound of the Tricolored Heron, click on the arrow below.

Green Heron Immature

Green Heron Immature

Green Heron Immature

The picture of this Green Heron Immature was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The picture of this Green Heron Immature was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sounds of the Green Heron, click on the arrow below.

White Ibis Immature Feeding

White Ibis Immature Feeding

White Ibis Immature Feeding

White Ibis Immature Feeding

The picture of this White Ibis Immature Feeding was taken at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The picture of this White Ibis Immature Feeding was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.
To hear the sounds of the White Ibis, click on the arrow below.

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone

The picture of this Ruddy Turnstone was taken at the Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in New Jersey. The picture of this Ruddy Turnstone was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender. The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.

To hear the song of the Ruddy Turnstone, click on the arrow below.

Yellow-crowned Night-heron Juvenile

Yellow-crowned Night-heron  Juvenile

               Yellow-crowned Night-heron Juvenile

Yellow-crowned Night-heron Juvenile

The picture of this very pretty juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron was photographed at Big John’s Pond at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. The photograph of this Yellow-crowned Night-heron was taken with the Canon 5D Mark III Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II with the 2X extender.

 

To hear the sounds of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, click on the arrow above.

American White Ibis

American White Ibis

American White Ibis

American White Ibis

The American White Ibis breeds along the Atlantic coast, from the Carolinas south to Florida. The American White Ibis is found in a variety of habitats, although shallow coastal marshes, wetlands and mangrove swamps are preferred. This photograph was taken at the Audubon Swamp in Charleston, South Carolina.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

The picture of this Great Blue Heron was taken at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, New Jersey. This photo was taken with the Canon 5D Mark III with the Canon 100-400mm lens during a recent winter visit to the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. This Great Blue Heron was in hunting mode standing statue-like, stalking fish and other prey in shallow water.

Snowy Egrets

Snowy Egrets Sparring

Snowy Egrets Sparring

Snowy Egrets Sparring

Snowy Egret hostile displays involve crest-raising and rasping calls . Upright posture and moderate plume erection proceeds in low-intensity displays (Snap, Stretch) to full attacks with inclined body and fully erected feathers.

Click below to hear the hostile display sounds of the Snowy Egret

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Despite their impressive size, Great Blue Herons weigh only 5 to 6 pounds thanks in part to their hollow bones—a feature all birds share. This picture of the Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing was taken at the East Pond of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

Spotted Sandpiper

The Spotted Sandpiper is the most widespread breeding sandpiper in North America. With their richly spotted breeding plumage, teetering gait, stuttering wing beats, and showy courtship dances, the Spotted Sandpiper is among the most notable and memorable shorebirds in North America.