A heron is a type of wading bird. Water supply canals and filling the Manych with water created new wading bird habitats. It is one of the largest wading bird rookeries in the state. It reportedly supported one of the largest wading bird rookeries in South Florida. Frank is an arm-length puppet modeled on the wading bird the American Flamingo. The American bittern ("Botaurus lentiginosus") is a species of wading bird in the heron family. The stork is a long-legged wading bird. Medium-sized, plump wading bird. The American flamingo is a large wading bird with reddish-pink plumage. The sanderling ("Calidris alba") is a small wading bird. It is a wading bird and has long legs for walking through water. The hammerkop is a medium-sized wading bird with a long shaggy crest. It is a wading bird endemic to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. The Subantarctic snipe is a small wading bird with adults growing to about in length. The hamerkop ("Scopus umbretta"), is a medium-sized wading bird.