Table 14-17. Preferred Food of Wading Birds of Coastal Maine 



Species 



Inverte- Fish Reptiles 



brates and 



amphibians 



Birds Mammals 



Black-crowned 

 night heron 



Yellow-crowned 

 night heron 



Least bittern 



American bittern 



Glossy ibis 



+ 



+ 



+ + 



+ + 



+ + 



+ + 



+ 



+ 

 + 

 + 



+ 



14-40 



