Most Florida visitors are not familiar with spoonbills. When visitors see a large pink waterbird wading on the flats from a distance, they think that it is a pink flamingo. However, the flamingo is ...

A recent survey of wild Florida flamingos drew cheers ... and that’s what we’re seeing with the other wading birds” like roseate spoonbills, which Lorenz also studies.

The Roseate Spoonbill, its pink feathers only outdone by the hot pink stripe on each wing, wades through the tall grass of ...

Florida has a secret ... roseate spoonbills wading in the shallows, and if you’re lucky, maybe even a bald eagle perched majestically on a cypress snag. It’s America, concentrated into one perfect ...

Lil Peg Gilley There’s a moment that happens when you first drive through the entrance of Ochlockonee River State Park. Your shoulders drop about two inches, your grip on the steering wheel loosens, ...

Birds like wood storks, snowy egrets and tri-colored herons spend much of the year nesting and roosting in areas like J.N.

Birds like wood storks, snowy egrets and tri-colored herons spend much of the year nesting and roosting in areas like J.N.

This story has been updated to include comments from the South Florida Water Management District. Wading birds across the Everglades had a rough couple of years with annual nesting over the last ...

South Florida nature lovers offer tips on where to see the most colorful and diverse assortment of birds and other wildlife ...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Some South Florida lawmakers are seeing pink. From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery ...

The birds return each spring to nest. Karl Puckett [email protected] A diverse mix of long-legged wading birds are once again as thick as no-see-ums at a popular downtown Port Royal ...