| 单词 | wading bird |
| 例句 | Now, before them, brilliant flocks of wading birds picked their way among tangled mangroves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Super colonies” of wading birds are forming in Everglades National Park for the first time since the 1940s. At national parks and zoos, it’s prime time for baby animals 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z We approached attentively, unhurriedly, scanning the banks for alligators and wading birds. Six Days Afloat in the Everglades 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z His gaze alights on a dunlin, a wading bird picking for worms in the flooded plain around the Minsmere river in Suffolk. Turned Out Nice by Marek Kohn ? review 2011-07-07T08:16:00Z As does the surrounding lonely shoreline and saltmarsh, whose muddy tussocks hop with wading birds and whose beaches are composed, in part, of yellow cockleshells. 10 hidden beaches, bays and walks on the UK coastline 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The Victorian taste for big hats with plumage led to near extinction of the Everglades’ snowy egrets and other wading birds, with more than five million birds killed annually by 1900. Tears for the Magnificent and Shrinking Everglades, a ‘River of Grass’ 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Her face and torso are more than vaguely human, even aesthetically beautiful, but she has legs like a wading bird, and a tail, and that's just not right. Anne Billson 2010-07-15T20:59:00Z It is the rare meditation on race in America that includes a parable about an exploding wading bird. Strap in for ‘The Shipment’ as it delivers weird, entertaining ride 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Thousands of pairs of flamingos graced Spain's famous Fuente de Piedra southern wetlands last year to hatch their chicks in what was one of the largest colonies of these iconic wading birds in Europe. WestJet to shut down Sunwing Airlines 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Poole is the largest natural harbour in Europe and a site of special scientific interest, which is home to a range of wading birds. Poole Harbour: 200-barrel fluid leak unacceptable - council leader 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Earlier studies found that Burmese pythons, which are nonnative apex predators originally from South Asia, had decimated native species, including wading birds, marsh rabbits and white-tailed deer. Pythons, Invasive and Hungry, Are Making Their Way North in Florida 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z A routine check on a hamerkop — a medium-sized wading bird — that had died last week found that it tested positive for the disease. Berlin Zoo closes door to visitors over bird flu case 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z A routine check on a hamerkop - a medium-sized wading bird - that had died last week found that it tested positive for the disease. Berlin Zoo closes door to visitors over bird flu case 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Staff members modified these new spaces to suit the leggy wading birds, adding feeding pools, trimming low-hanging tree branches and raising the sprinklers designed to keep their feathers in fine fettle. With Fall Migration, Bird Flu Flies Back Into Town 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z They also go after amphibians, reptiles and wading birds, including some beloved and endangered species, such as the wood stork. Meet the women hunting giant pythons 'eating everything’ in the Everglades 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Van Gorder said they found one of their captured pythons had consumed an entire adult great blue heron, an indigenous wading bird with a 6-foot wingspan. Everglades python hunt draws hundreds of snake wranglers competing for $24,000 in cash prizes 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Special traits aid these tasks: long, pointed beaks help vultures tear into flesh whereas long legs keep wading birds’ bodies dry. The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z "Almost every sort of wading bird is here." Tidal lagoon: Wildlife fears over Dee estuary plans 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The roseate spoonbill, like the flamingo a large, pink wading bird, is more widespread in the state and is not listed as threatened. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z That makes them easy prey for bigger gators, wading birds, otters and fish even though mother alligators stay with their babies for about a year. Louisiana gators thrive, so farmers’ return quota may drop 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Spoonbills are wading birds, often found in marshy habitats near the coast. Majestic pink spoonbill birds seen in D.C. area, far from Floridian habitat 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Some were planted with trees, others prepared as rookeries for seabirds and wading birds. Making hot sauce and working to save wetlands 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z All say it is critical to saving species that are native to Florida, including turtles, tortoises and imperiled wading birds. A reptilian nightmare: Florida bans nonnative species despite industry outcry 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z This project will improve habitat for waterfowl other game and nongame species, including wading birds, shorebirds, reptiles, and amphibians, the department said. Work starting in February on $1.9M wetlands restoration 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Planners say it would benefit brown pelicans, wading birds, American oystercatchers, terns and black skimmers - and that shoreline protection features would help oysters. $234M BP spill money for 5 wetlands projects in 2 parishes 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Diesel spilled from the train into the Loughor Estuary, which is home to wildfowl and wading birds. Environmental impact of train fire to be assessed 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z In Southeast Asia, the Wildlife Conservation Society documented in April the poisoning in Cambodia of three critically endangered giant ibises for the wading bird’s meat. Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z This species will likely build on the success of the stellar 2018 nesting season, when wading birds made more nests than any other year in the past eight decades. Dry then wet: Everglades birds are in for weak season 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Louisiana’s westernmost nesting site for colonial seabirds and wading birds isn’t a barrier island. Restoring island where cleaned birds brought during BP spill 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Volunteers regularly cut the scrub because wading birds like low grass as it allows nesting females to have a better view of potential danger. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Swamps — or wetlands, as they are also known — are teaming hubs of biodiversity, serving as home to sturdy cypress trees, gracious wading birds and bubbling assemblages of microorganisms. 'Drain the swamp'? Artist Catherine Opie says swamps are beautiful 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Throughout the spring and summer, wading birds stalk the edges of bog pools, picking off prey to feed their chicks. Scotland's bogs reveal a secret paradise for birds and beetles 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Environmentalists and wading bird lovers are hoping that Everglades restoration projects that seek to replicate some of the natural conditions found before the ecosystem was drained by canals and levees will help the birds. Dry then wet: Everglades birds are in for weak season 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z There were 22 colonies of pelicans, gulls and other seabirds and wading birds in Louisiana in 2010; now there are 10, said Todd Baker, a Wildlife and Fisheries biologist. Restoring island where cleaned birds brought during BP spill 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Nearby, a few wading birds enjoyed a swim down the street. 82 Days Underwater: The Tide Is High, but They’re Holding On 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Last winter I visited the 1.5-million-acre Everglades National Park, and I delighted in identifying dozens of different native wading bird species, from roseate spoonbills to storks. Opinion | Our National Parks Are in Trouble 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Lake Okeechobee is home to scores of wildlife ranging from marsh rabbits to wading birds and ducks to perhaps its most famous resident - the alligator. Lake Okeechobee’s lower level debated among stakeholders 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Reynolds said he will always remember the call he got that first year from a biologist reporting on a flooded field filled with 5,000 small wading birds called dunlin. A new effort to save birds pinpoints in amazing detail where they fly 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The wading bird is usually found along the shore of the USA's East Coast and it is only the second one ever seen in the county. Visitors flock to see 'lost' rare bird 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The agency’s Deputy Commissioner Susan Whalen says shorebirds and wading birds, such as piping plovers and egrets, need special protection throughout their nesting season, which runs from April to September. Public warned to keep away from nesting shoreline birds 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The wetlands also attract and support scores of species of shorebirds and wading birds. 2 proposals in could expand public lands, habitat in Texas 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Many residents, politicians and conservationists were against the plan with worries including the potential flood risk to homes and the loss of habitat for wading birds and migrating wildlife. Cardiff Bay: What has 30 years of development achieved? - BBC News 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s also likely propelling an overall decline in other wading bird species in the Everglades that last year reached a decade-long low. Climate change driving away Florida Bay’s iconic spoonbills 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z But the challenge posed by climate change for this elegant little wading bird is one experienced by many other species: it’s a problem of phenology and synchronicity. The 10 species most at risk from climate change 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z You may see wading birds like herons here. L.A. Walks: Strolling around the lakes in El Dorado Park in Long Beach 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Also part of the scene are river otters, deer, turtles, wading birds and the occasional alligator. The essential guide to all 59 U.S. national parks 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z A shallow sheet of water flows slowly south from Lake Okeechobee across the saw grass and into Florida Bay, attracting a multitude of wading birds, snakes, alligators, fish and frogs. In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s a feat unique to the spoonbills among wading birds and a sight that still dazzles the biologist who has been tracking their movements for nearly 30 years. Climate change driving away Florida Bay’s iconic spoonbills 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z "Nesting wading birds provide nutrition for alligators that, by their mere presence, create predator-free space for birds." The gruesome price birds in the Everglades pay for using alligators as bodyguards 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z According to the South Florida Water Management District’s annual report on the December-to-June wading bird nesting season, the white ibis continues to improve and accounts for half the nests in the region. 2015 was average season for wading bird nests in Everglades 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z By the nineteen-eighties, the water flow had been so diminished that the wading birds—white ibises, egrets, herons—that had once descended by the thousands to hunt fish, had all but disappeared. Jeb Bush’s Everglades Fight 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The curlew, Europe's largest wading bird, is recognisable by its long down-curved bill and evocative call. NI's curlew joins red list as concerns for its future grow - BBC News 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “We don’t have a quote, unquote dry season in the bay anymore,” he said, describing the time of year when the bay becomes a massive nursery for spoonbills and all kinds of wading birds. Climate change driving away Florida Bay’s iconic spoonbills 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Nell emphasized that the relationship between alligators and wading birds on the tree islands isn't like some sort of cartoon where they strike a deal. The gruesome price birds in the Everglades pay for using alligators as bodyguards 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z However, most other wading bird species showed declines or average nesting efforts. 2015 was average season for wading bird nests in Everglades 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Related: UK criticised for failure to defend European nature protection laws UK wading birds added to the “near threatened” category include the knot, curlew, sandpiper, bar-tailed godwit, oystercatcher and lapwing. Puffins and turtle doves at risk of being wiped out, say experts 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z It overlooked a bayou filled with wading birds, a glittering blue pool and the space for not only a 12-foot Christmas tree, but a grand piano as well. Once humbled in the real estate market, boomerang buyers poised to return with a roar 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z White ibis, tri-colored herons, snowy egrets and roseate spoonbills are among the rare wading birds with long and attractive feathers which return to Seahorse Key every year from April through June. U.S. Wildlife Service baffled by exodus of birds from Florida isle 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Herons and other wading birds in the study seemed to know exactly what they were doing. The gruesome price birds in the Everglades pay for using alligators as bodyguards 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Good news for wading birds; bad news for ousted prime minister Ted Heath. Grounded: The chequered history of UK airport expansion - BBC News 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z The team scanned a variety of different types of animal mummies from wading birds and falcons to cats and shrews and even a five foot long Nile crocodile. 70 million animal mummies: Egypt’s dark secret - BBC News 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z The decline in eagles also mirrored a similar decline in other wading birds that depend on fish, according to a 2013 study. Urban jungle: Eagles nest on Miami cellphone tower 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z A previous plan for a barrage on the River Severn to create tidal power was scuttled after environmentalists protested it would prevent the daily exposure of mud flats vital for wading birds. UK to pioneer lagoon power plants 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Wildlife department spokeswoman Laura Richards says the purchase announced Friday will benefit waterfowl, wading birds and shorebirds as well as provide the public with additional wildlife viewing opportunities. Washoe County, state purchase sensitive land 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z It found that higher levels of neonicotinoids in water reduced the levels of aquatic invertebrates, which are the main prey for a whole range of species including wading birds, trout and salmon. Pesticide toll 'impossible to deny' 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The nutrient-rich environment underwrites an enormous food supply that supports dense animal populations, from seals to frogs to wading birds. Can the Port Authority Save the Planet? 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The sacred ibis feed on the crayfish and, at the same time, take the eggs of ground-nesting wading birds. Call for killing of birds deemed health hazard splits conservationists 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Each January, about 20 species of shorebirds and several dozen species of wading birds and waterfowl start dropping into the Central Valley on their arduous journey north. Paying Farmers to Welcome Birds 2014-04-14T16:12:25Z At-risk waterfowl like pied-billed grebes and ruddy ducks, and wading birds like glossy ibises and American bitterns thrive with access to both freshwater and saltwater. Environmental Group Proposes Options for Breached Pond at Jamaica Bay 2014-02-11T02:54:33Z Flamingos are wading birds with a very specialised diet. 'World's oldest flamingo' dies at 83 2014-01-31T09:04:43Z Those, in turn, are expected to draw wading birds like snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons. With University’s Help, New Park on Harlem River Is a Marshland Sanctuary 2014-01-20T05:33:49Z The air is filled with the chattering of wading birds in the trees that ring the shoreline as they build their nests and prepare to lay eggs. Crocodiles and their ilk may be smarter than they look 2013-12-09T21:17:59Z But environmentalists say this would damage wading bird populations. A bridge across the Irish Sea and four other amazing plans 2013-08-14T11:15:41Z The birds build twig nests in low shrubs on the city’s remote islands, generally in mixed colonies of other long-legged wading birds like egrets and herons. City Room: Glossy Ibises Are Like 21st-Century Pterodactyls 2013-06-29T02:02:11Z There, they snack regularly on native wading birds, gators, deer, bobcat, opossums, raccoons and rabbits. Florida Mounts a Hunt for Creatures That Maintain a Very Low Profile 2013-01-23T12:58:41Z Last time three pupils failed to follow that instruction and fell into the reed beds - a habitat well suited to wading birds but less good for a teenager. Thinking outside the Xbox for a taste of outdoor work 2012-12-21T09:25:50Z More significant, the alligators only used twigs as bait during the time of year that the wading birds were busy collecting twigs for their nests, from late March through early June. Crocodiles and their ilk may be smarter than they look 2013-12-09T21:17:59Z A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species. µ The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It found 77% of intertidal habitats such as saltmarshes and mudflats faced being "squeezed" against existing sea defences cause a movement of sediment and habitat loss for thousands of wading birds. Severn Estuary mudflats 'squeeze' 2012-02-16T14:46:56Z The genus of wading birds is a natural complement, and their beauty and variety almost always lend an additional charm to shooting-days by marsh, mere, and coast; but this winter they disappointed us. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Dainty avocets, sandpipers and other wading birds were to be seen here and there in the shallows, while ashore the francolins were calling sharply to one another. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z The Bitterns and Herons unlike our other long-legged wading birds, fly with a fold in the neck. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z This would be bad news for most inhabitants of those lagoons, but great news for wading birds, who now had new places to nest. Impact of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on animals and environment 2011-03-22T11:45:00.237Z This condition is paralleled in birds with long necks, especially wading birds such as the Heron. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z One species in particular, wading birds called bar-tailed godwits, puzzled him deeply. Birds That Migrate Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop 2010-05-24T22:56:00Z The site is considered an important one for tens of thousands of wintering wildfowl and wading birds. RSPB buys site for nature reserve 2010-04-27T00:02:00Z They are, however, wading birds and their webbed feet are of use in supporting them on the soft mud of shallow lagoons or bays where they search for the favorite food of small mollusks. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z This act of seemingly green pest-control inadvertently let loose marauding, egg-hungry mammals that emerged each spring from hibernation to a veritable smorgasbord, thanks to the bounty provided by the internationally important populations of wading birds. Green Room 2010-03-30T08:33:00Z At dawn, he said, a scrum of wading birds feasted on the fish that were either dead or too cold to move. 2010-01-10T19:44:00Z Other scientists are now placing geolocators on small wading birds as well. Birds That Migrate Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop 2010-05-24T22:56:00Z Flamingo, parrots, and tall secretary birds followed the giant gastornis, the ancestor of wading birds and ostriches, which stood ten feet high, but had wings as small and useless as the auk of later times. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place At several points were observed small strips of sandy beach, and strange wading birds of the stork species were seen, but not a suggestion or sign of a habitation. Frontier Boys in the South Seas He was bent over, muddied, and stooped and shivered on his long legs like a plucked wading bird. Letters from my Windmill They did not have, however, limbs as long as their kindred living on the overflowing banks of the Nile; they were broader in the shoulders, not so tall, and generally less like wading birds. In Desert and Wilderness A flock of snipe or wading birds met us, followed us for a time, and then took their way south. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Their moss-grown remains, still visible here and there, are as unmistakable as the footprints of the huge wading birds in the red sandstone of Middletown and Chatham. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The members of this order are wading birds, consequently they all have long legs and necks. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Of course the wading birds are of no use for food; so you see when the ducks and geese are scarce, we have a hard time of it. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt There was no sound except the screech of a gull and the distant splashes of wading birds. Tales of Fishes The harsh cry of a black-backed gull rang across the flats and small wading birds whistled about the water's edge. Partners of the Out-Trail The long legs indicate that this is a wading bird. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The different tribes of wading birds always migrate before rain, likewise to hunt for food. Harper's Young People, November 4, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly It is one of the wading birds, its food consisting of larvae of insects, small shell fish and the like. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 A name applied to many species of small wading birds found on the sea-shore and banks of lakes and rivers, feeding on insects, crustaceans, and worms. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They saw also the “boat-bill,” or “crab-eater,” a curious wading bird of the heron kind, with a large bill shaped like two boats laid with their concave sides against each other. Popular Adventure Tales With the exception of the golden plover, few of the wading birds resemble those of Europe. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America These birds formed the topic of our after-supper conversation, and then it generalised to the different species of wading birds of America, and at length that singular creature, the “ibis,” became the theme. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire As the young grew older and stronger on their legs, I noticed the rudiments, at least, of a curious habit of dancing, which seems to belong to most of our long-legged wading birds. Wood Folk at School The slow laborious flight of these great wading birds would have been at once recognised by any of the boys, who were accustomed to see them often hovering over the bayous of Louisiana. The Boy Hunters When those columnar masses are situated near the Orinoco, flamingoes, herons, and other wading birds perch on their summits, and look like sentinels. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Above its frills her throat protruded unusually, with a curve outward like that of some wading birds, and her arms, in their unaccustomed sleeves, hung straight at her sides. Hilda A Story of Calcutta The next order includes the wading birds such as the snipe, plover, woodcock, heron, and rail. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 Syncopate a wading bird, and leave a reed. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated During the three first, we passed through a low country admirably, and almost exclusively, adapted for rice cultivation, and consequently abounding in wild wading birds and water-fowl. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Many swimming and wading birds can continue long on the wing, fly swiftly, and have, besides, the power of resting safely on the surface of the water. Darwinism (1889) These varieties of wading birds are carefully classed, and represented in the compartment of the gallery to which the visitor has now worked his way. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Wabble, v. stagger, vacillate, reel. waddle, v. toddle, totter. wade, v. ford. wading birds. Putnam's Word Book Even the plainest wading birds have a certain natural elegance of shape which supplies a primitive basis for aesthetic selection to work on. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Such a rara avis as the grey phalarope--a wading bird like the sandpiper--occasionally finds its way to the Cotswolds. A Cotswold Village In fact I believe the melancholy temperament to be prevailing among the wading birds, as the phlegmatic among birds of prey. Tales from Two Hemispheres With the finfoots the collection of wading birds closes; but before going on his way, the visitor should glance at the paintings which are hung about the wall cases in this room or compartment. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Certain nocturnal wading birds produce these silhouettes among the marshes. Les Misérables All these wading birds the herons, the cranes, the bitterns, the snipes, and the plovers are almost necessarily, by the very nature of their typical conformation, beautiful and graceful in form. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Great masses of a floating plant, shaped like a cabbage, were abundant on the lake, and on these the white egrets and other wading birds often alighted. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Above its frills her throat protruded unusually, with a curve outward like that of some wading bird's, and her arms, in their unaccustomed sleeves, hung straight at her sides. The Path of a Star The few animal bones are those of the stag, the bear, and certain wading birds. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples We glided all day through channels between islands with long, white, sandy beaches, over which, now and then, aquatic and wading birds were seen running. The Naturalist on the River Amazons It was a "coot," the size of a large partridge, belonging to the group of macrodactyls which form the transition between the order of wading birds and that of palmipeds. The Mysterious Island When the waters have risen to the level of the pools, this place is frequented by many kinds of wading birds. The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
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