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One who wades.
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(chiefly in the plural) A waterproof boot that comes up to the hip, used by fishermen, etc.
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A long-legged bird associated with wetland or coastal environments.
Examples of waders in a Sentence
Waders are represented by more than fifty species.
Order Ciconiiformes.-Swimmers or waders.
The fifth order (the third of the Dasypaedes) is formed by the Grallatores, divided into 2 " series " - (I) Altinares, consisting of 2 " cohorts," Herodii with I family, the herons, and Pelargi with 4 families, spoonbills, ibises, storks, and the umbre (Scopus), with Balaeniceps; (2) Humilinares, also consisting of 2 " cohorts," Limicolae with 2 families, sandpipers and snipes, stilts and avocets, and Cursores with 8 families, including plovers, bustards, cranes, rails, and all the other " waders."
A few waders were seen as well as Lazuli Buntings and a couple of Yellow-headed blackbirds.
Nearby at the new Eagle Lake reserve, we found some late wintering Bronzed cowbirds but the real spectacle were the herons and waders.
Along with adjacent fens, these grasslands are home to waders, including curlew.
More than once at night migrating waders were heard, curlew being unmistakable.
This area is important for waders, including the Asian dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus (R ), a rare winter migrant.
At low tide the river estuary also had several waders along its shore.
Mudflats, sheltered bays and deep firths harbor good populations of migrant and breeding waders and wildfowl.
Waders present included greenshank, green and wood sandpiper and snipe as well as eight black-tailed godwits on the ARC pit.
In the damp grasslands, breeding waders have also been recorded lapwing, curlew and snipe.
Despite disturbance from cutting, the lowland bogs are important for breeding waders lapwing, snipe and curlew have been recorded.
Species such as breeding redshank, lapwing as well as migrant waders including oystercatcher and gray plover are all regularly sighted.
An adult Purple Heron dropping in to the reeds and a female Marsh Harrier causing Pandemonium among the duck and waders added further excitement.
Keep an eye open for the waders, gray plover.
These proved quite productive with a good selection of waders.
Feeding around the water's edge were several heron species, malachite kingfisher and waders including redshank, spotted redshank, marsh sandpiper.
We did have the benefit of lots of migrating waders, including the white-rumped sandpipers.
Two ponds attract wild fowl and migrating waders including shelduck, greenshank and sandpiper.
Meadow pipits skylarks and small waders are their most common meals.
A shortish one, to wear over chest waders without getting too soggy around the bottom, is ideal.
Wildfowl appear in good numbers at the site in winter and passage birds include various terns, hirundines and waders.
At first I had some heavy rubber thigh waders which preferred clinging to the mud than to my thigh waders which preferred clinging to the mud than to my thighs.
The island also supports a high density of breeding waders, with 67 pairs being recorded in 1987.
Two brave volunteers donned waders and walked the whole perimeter of the pond and dragged out all the debris from the pond.
The annual cycles of northern wintering waders take account of the possibility of severe weather.
The southern shore, by Jose do Canto church, is sandy and has attracted waders.
I often wear chest waders for drift fishing in a boat, particularly in the rain.
With breathable waders, on the other hand, I feel that the best are worth paying for.
More migrant waders were around the edges, feeding up, not ready yet for their journeys north.
The conservation body decided the hedgehogs would have to be destroyed because they were eating the eggs of rare waders.
We walked to the beach and saw a number of common waders.
At first I had some heavy rubber thigh waders which preferred clinging to the mud than to my thighs.
The timing was perfect for passage waders, with an amazing 19 species seen on the first morning plus Greater Flamingo!
Summer migrants on passage include wheatear, whinchat, yellow wagtail, tern species and many species of waders.
You can spot waders, wintering wildfowl all year round.
Its coastline includes some important seabirds cliffs, as well as tidal estuaries which are highly attractive to wintering and migrating wildfowl and waders.
Feeding around the water 's edge were several heron species, malachite kingfisher and waders including redshank, spotted redshank, marsh sandpiper.
In addition to the resident breeding birds during late summer wildfowl and waders start to appear.
These birds were much stockier than the solitary Redshank, which was elegantly feeding within a few meters of one of these waders.
It is also a good site for vagrant waders (including, in recent years, Terek Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper).
After more than an hour of scanning waders along the south shore I left for Doğubayazit.
Breeding Curlew were among the abundant breeding waders much in evidence on the moorland.
The timing was perfect for passage waders, with an amazing 19 species seen on the first morning plus Greater Flamingo !
There's not only a vast array of poles to select from, but also nets, waders, casting reels and more.
This article highlights a few of the more popular sites, so pull on your waders and get your feet wet in the virtual hunting world.
Name is trading in his wing-tips for some golf shoes and waders.
Ardeae.-Piscivorous, nidicolous, waders; with complicated hypotarsus and with long cervical apteria.
Besides these waders there are plover (chidori); golden (muna-guro or aiguro); gray (dailee); ringed (shiro-chidori); spur-winged (ken) and Hartings sand-plover (ikaru-chidors); sand-pipersgreen (ashiroshigi) and spoon-billed (hera-shigi)-and water-hens (ban).