The white ibis is a wading bird that tends to browse and travel in flocks.
It is one of the more common wading birds you’ll see in Florida and has no qualms about stealing your food if you leave it unattended at a picnic table.
Called curlew by older native Floridians, it is not actually in the curlew family.
Author of 45 books, Sandra Friend established FloridaHikes.com in 2006 to expand on the field research she'd completed for her first six hiking guides. She has been honored with lifetime achievement awards from the Florida Trail Association and the Florida Outdoor Writers Association.
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