Demand for fashionable hats almost wiped out one of North America's rarest birds. Now Florida biologists want to establish a baseline for the reddish egret's population to make sure the bird with ...

Like other wading birds, reddish egrets were nearly hunted to extinction during the plume trade. In the 1920s and '30s, none could be found in Florida.

Two rare reddish egrets on Florida's Gulf Coast. A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it's claiming one of North America's ...

A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it’s claiming one of North America’s rarest bird species.

A reddish egret plies the water on the northeast end of the Dunedin Causeway by a natural area adjacent to a vacant lot where the Dunedin Community Sailing Foundation wants to build a $1 million ...

Watch black skimmers, least terns, plovers and other shorebirds - along with some hungry dolphins - give a show at Fort Myers Beach | Video ...

It's the smallest egret in Florida The Sunshine State also hosts great egrets, snowy egrets and reddish egrets, but at less than a pound, the cattle egret is the littlest.

Southwest Florida has plenty of white bird species, which can make keeping track of them a challenge. We're here to help.

A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it’s claiming one of North America’s rarest bird species.

A reddish egret hunts for food at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in 2013. Florida wildlife officials are conducting a survey to see how many of the birds exist in the state.

A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it s claiming one of North America s rarest bird species.