South Florida Wading Bird Report (Volume 21)
Muxo R, Whelan KR, Oberhofer L. 2016. South Florida Wading Bird Report (Volume 21). South Florida Wading Bird Report. National Park Service
The estimated number of wading bird nests in South Florida during the 2015 nesting season (December 2014 to June 2015) was 43,896 (excluding Cattle Egrets). This is a relatively average nesting effort compared to the mean count of the past 10 years (41,975 nests) and a moderate improvement over recent years (2014: 34,714 nests; 5-year average: 35,090 nests).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Muxo, Robert; Whelan, Kevin; Oberhofer, Lori
- Date of Issue
- 2016-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BICY , BISC , EVER , SFCN
- Keywords
- Bird Populations, Birds, Biscayne National Park, Colonial Nesting Birds, Double-Crested Cormorant, Everglades, Everglades National Park, Hydrology, National Park Service, Population Recovery, Regional Nesting Reports, South Florida, South Florida/Caribbean Network, Wading Birds
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities