Feeding Birds Fisheating Creek Glades County Florida Dec 1959

Creator

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Abstract

A flock of mixed species birds wading and feeding in the shallows of Fisheating Creek.

Keywords

Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Wetland ecology, Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.), Birds, Florida, Riparian areas, White ibis, Fisheating Creek, Egret, North and Central America, United States, Glades

Description

1 online resource ( 1 photo: color)

Subject: geographic

Florida

Subject: Topical

Environmental protection; Wildlife conservation; Wetland ecology; Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.); Birds; Riparian areas; White ibis; Fisheating Creek; Egret

Type

Image

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Pelecaniformes

Family

Threskiornithidae

Genus

Eudocimus

State

Florida

Species

Eudocimus albus

Continent

North and Central America

Country

United States

County

Glades

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Identifier

A64-00921

Notes

The ibis have slightly curved beaks. The great egret is the tallest bird in the center of the flock. The cattle egret are the same size as the ibis but have a straight beak. Dated December 1959.; Additional zoological classifications: Animalia -- Chordata -- Aves -- Pelecaniformes -- Ardeidae -- Ardea -- Ardea alba -- Great Egret; Additional zoological classifications: Animalia -- Chordata -- Aves -- Pelecaniformes -- Ardeidae -- Bubulcus -- Bubulcus ibis -- Cattle Egret