### animal | vertebrate | bird | wader:

Spoonbill
- found in tropical and temperate wetlands
  - monogamous, but, so far as is known, only for one season at a time
  - very social birds
* create large, deep, well-constructed nests out of sticks, much like the nests of herons.
* feed by sweeping their bills through shallow water, sucking in minnows as they go
  - swinging their heads through the water
* generally prefer fresh water to salt but are found in both environments.
* have excellent white meat and are prized for their valuable roe.
* live in coastal marshes, lagoons, and mangrove swamps.
  * All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly-opened bill from side to side. Spoonbills generally prefer fresh water to salt but are found in both environments. They need to feed many hours each day.
  * are monogamous, but, so far as is known, only for one season at a time. Most species nest in trees or reed-beds, often with ibises or herons.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | wader | spoonbill:

Roseate spoonbill
* are usually low enough to show their gorgeous color.
* feed at day or night.
* fly in flocks with other spoonbills, usually in long, strung-out diagonal lines.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | wader | woodcock:

American woodcock
* inhabit both bottomland and upland plant communities.
* run along the ground with a headlong movement.

### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Wagtail
* Most wagtails have bellies
  - yellow bellies
* Some wagtails feed on insects
  - have plumages
* build a deep cup-shaped nest of grasses and rootlets on the ground.
  - calls
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* migrate to warm areas in the winter.
* nest in hollows
  - tree hollows

### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Warbler
* Most warblers eat caterpillars
  - seeds
  - small insects
* Most warblers feed on caterpillars
  - primarily on insects but do eat some seeds and fruits
* Most warblers have bright yellow faces
  - habitat requirements
  - habits
  - live on rocky slopes
* Some warblers feed on insects
  - forage for insects
  - live in areas
  - prefer size
* also have the distinction of being fairly sensitive to changes in their habitats.
* are active birds, no matter what the season
  - active, fluttering and darting about continuously as they search for food
  - important in nature and to man
  - larger and lack the distinctive face pattern
  - notoriously hard to keep separate
  - singers
  - the most numerous summer birds
  - unusual in that they hybridize
* arrive after wintering in Central America.
* build nests in grass
  - their nests in trees and bushes or on the ground
* eat insects and spiders found on the leaves and bark of oaks and other trees
  - gleaned from foliage or captured in the air
* eat mostly insects and are important predators of insects
* feed almost entirely on caterpillars, spiders, beetles, and other insects found in foliage
* form an important part of breeding bird communities in North American forests.
* fuel their migration in part on hatching caterpillars.
* glean insects from vegetation.
  - thinner, unhooked bills
* help farmers by killing insects that destroy fruits and strip trees of their leaves
  - the forests by destroying vast numbers of insects
  - corpi
  - flight feathers
  - plasma membranes
  - vacuoles
* move swiftly through the tops of high trees.
* occur in wooded areas along all three trail systems.
* only breed in the fast-disappearing habitat of central Texas.
* open their throats to the sky and sing their lovely songs.
* usually nest only once per season, unless a nest is lost to accident or predation.