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	limpkin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Limpkins are large (28 in./70 cm) grayish-brown birds that feed on freshwater snails and mollusks.
		Limpkins roost in trees and nest in marsh grass or low bushes.
		Limpkins are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gruiformes, family Aramidae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/li/limpkin.html (243 words)

	Limpkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Mostly solitary, Limpkins may be overlooked as they stalk about in marshes and swamps, but they certainly draw attention with their piercing banshee wails, often heard at dawn or at night.
		The Limpkin is found in open freshwater marshes, along the shores of ponds and lakes, and in wooded swamps along rivers and near springs.
		Limpkin were hunted almost to extinction in Florida by the beginning of the 20th century, but with legal protection is making a fair comeback.
	www.wakullacounty.com /wakulla-11.htm (353 words)

	Limpkin - Florida Wildlife Magazine
		Limpkins are fascinating, mostly solitary creatures that can easily be overlooked as they stalk about freshwater marshes and swamps, but they will certainly draw attention with their piercing banshee wails.
		The limpkin is widespread in the American tropics but only enters the U.S. through Florida, where it can satisfy its dietary requirement of large freshwater apple snails.
		Limpkins were almost hunted to extinction in Florida by the beginning of the 20th century, but with legal protection they are making a fair comeback, a comeback greatly appreciated by outdoor enthusiasts.
	www.floridaconservation.org /pubs/fl-wild/species/Limpkin.htm (444 words)

	Limpkin
		Limpkin: Large, unique marsh bird with dark brown body and white streaks on neck, back, wings and breast.
		Limpkin: Five to eight buff eggs with dark brown spots and blotches are laid in a shallow nest of marsh vegetation just above the water.
		Limpkin: Similar to this bird are Yellow-crowned and Black-crowned Night Herons, which have much shorter legs and necks, and shorter, thicker bills.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/528/_/Limpkin.aspx (474 words)

	Lake Osborne
		John Prince Park is a 727 acre park encompassing Limpkin Lake and most of the shorelines of Lake Osborne.
		Limpkin Lake and its oxbow were dredged for fill in the 1960s, and additional dredging occurred in the north lobe of Lake Osborne in the 1970s.
		Within Limpkin Lake the mucks will be removed to expose the sandy lake bottom, and gravel and other appropriate substrate will be placed in several locations to enhance breeding sites for bass.
	www.saj.usace.army.mil /pd/pdpf_studies/Lake_Osborne/Lake_Osborne.htm (1062 words)

	Wildlife Viewing - Species Spotlight - Limpkin
		These are the eggs of the apple snail, chief food of the limpkin, a long-legged waterbird with a downcurved bill.
		The limpkin resembles a rail but stands taller, has a longer neck and is distinguished by its dark brown feathers flecked with white, which give it a spotted appearance.
		In the United States, limpkins are found in southern Georgia and Florida in the shallows along rivers, streams and lakes, and in marshes, swamps and sloughs.
	www.floridaconservation.org /viewing/species/limpkin.htm (242 words)

	NatureWorks - Limpkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The limpkin is about 23-28 inches in length with a wingspan of about 42 inches.
		The limpkin lives in woody swamps and marshes.
		The limpkin is also know as the Crying Bird because of the human-like sound it makes.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/limpkin.htm (170 words)

	AllRefer.com - limpkin (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		limpkin or courlan[koor´lun] Pronunciation Key, common terms for a long-legged, nonmigratory marsh bird, considered the connecting evolutionary link between the crane and the rail.
		They have a cranelike skeletal structure, but their digestive system, as well as their nesting habits and behavior, is raillike.
		They are noisy birds; their sad call gives them the name "crying bird." Because limpkins were considered good food birds, they were almost wiped out in Florida and Georgia.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/limpkin.html (286 words)

	Limpkin Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Limpkin is an endemic wading bird found in certain freshwater habitats statewide.
		Typical breeding habitats for Limpkins are rivers, lakes, and marshes with large apple snail populations.
		Limpkins are locally common where apple snails are abundant.
	www.wildflorida.org /bba/limp.htm (708 words)

	Limpkin family
		Between 1856-1934, the Limpkin was considered to be composed of two species, but now everyone agrees it is a single variable species.
		The bill bends to the right near the tip -- quite possibly because of the frequent insertions into the snail -- and the upper tip is sharpened against the lower tip to create a "knife-tip" point to cut the snail's attaching muscles.
		The English name "limpkin" comes from "a characteristic limping gait" but "this feature is by no means apparent to all observers" (Bryan 1996).
	montereybay.com /creagrus/limpkin.html (527 words)

	Birds of Ambergris Caye- Limpkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		He said "It's very true the Limpkin are unique and putting them in a specific order is difficult and not always agreed on with ornithologists.
		In their usual swamp habitat Limpkin wade in shallow water and perch at varying heights in vegetation.
		Approaching the parent from behind, while it is removing a snail from a shell, the young Limpkin pulls the snail from the parent's bill, then swallows it whole.
	www.ambergriscaye.com /birds/limpkin.html (486 words)

	All About Birds
		An unusual bird of southern swamps and marshes, the Limpkin reaches the northern limits of its breeding range in Florida.
		Although it resembles herons and ibises in general form, the Limpkin is generally considered to be more closely related to rails and cranes.
		In the 1800s, European settlers noted that the Limpkin was so tame that it could sometimes be caught on the nest.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Limpkin_dtl.html (419 words)

	Limpkin
		Limpkin and her sister-minesweepers assumed responsibility for keeping crucial New York Harbor clear.
		Transferred to the 5th Naval District 18 December 1943, Limpkin shifted homeport to Norfolk, Va. For the rest of the war, she operated at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, protecting the approaches to that vital center of Allied naval power.
		Limpkin was placed out of service 15 April 1946 and struck from the Navy list 1 May 1946.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/l6/limpkin-i.htm (224 words)

	Limpkin
		Limpkin trained with the Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Fla., 20 July to 3 August, then returned home for operations off South Carolina and a post shakedown overhaul.
		Changing her home port to Little Creek, Va., 1 January 1959, Limpkin operated with the amphibious forces of the Atlantic Fleet and tested experimental minesweeping gear in the Chesapeake Bay.
		Limpkin continued this pattern of service, perfecting the dangerous art of mine warfare in operations along the Atlantic coast and in the Carribbean until late 1968.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/l6/limpkin-ii.htm (423 words)

	limpkin -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The limpkin's most distinctive characteristics are its loud, prolonged, wailing cry and its peculiar halting gait.
		The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is essentially a marsh...
		Of the ground nesters, button-quails and the plains wanderer nest in a grass-lined hollow, often building a domed roof and side entrance.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9048325 (393 words)

	Nature Photography Forum: Limpkin Photography
		There is one Limpkin in particular that is so tame and used to being photographed, that I have a collection of full-frame portraits of it shot with my 400mm.
		The Limpkins are frequently seen within the refuge along the main road, on the south side, by the big lake.
		Limpkins are often feeding on clams in the moving water on the east side of the river.
	www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000nMK (481 words)

	Original Artwork: Don Balke: Limpkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Despite its gangly, halting movements, the Limpkin is an expert at using its long legs and bill to probe the shallows for its favorite food -- the apple snail.
		The Limpkin has never been hunted for its plumage unlike many other shorebirds, but it is succumbing to the industrial expansion and natural drought which are diminishing its habitat.
		The fascinating Limpkin is also known as the Carau, the crippled bird, the crying bird and the mourning widow.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5TBWUO.htm (475 words)

	SOFIA - Project Work Plan
		Anecdotal evidence also suggests that a large segment of the Florida population winters in the central and southern wetlands (e.g., the Everglades); thus, its persistence in the U.S. may be dramatically influenced by the success of central and south Florida wetland restoration efforts.
		If limpkins are to be considered as indicator of ecological response to restoration efforts, a basic understanding some of these life history traits along with an evaluation of potential sampling approaches are essential first steps.
		Assess the habitat associations and characteristics of the limpkin relative to plant communities, prey (apple snail) abundance and hydrologic regimes.
	sofia.usgs.gov /projects/workplans03/limpkins.html (1361 words)

	chandler
		Eocene and Oligocene gruiform bird species are known; one of which is the earliest record of a limpkin, Badistornis aramus Wetmore, from Shannon County, South Dakota.
		However, osteologically the characteristics of the holotype are that of a limpkin.
		There are other extinct birds represented in the fossil record during the early Oligocene such as a guan and a quail (Galliformes: Cracidae, Phasianidae, respectively), a hawk (Falconiformes: Accipitridae), and an extinct relative of the modern seriema (Bathornithidae), but all of these living birds have eggs of a very different shape and/or size.
	www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/paleontology/pub/fossil_conference_6/chandler.htm (1624 words)

	The Wakodahatchee Wetlands Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Limpkin is an awkward flyer, especially during landings.
		Florida pioneers mistook the call of the Limpkin for the haunting wails of tortured souls in the nighttime swamps.
		The Limpkin's bill is specially designed to pull snails from their shells.
	www.pbcwater.com /wakodahatchee/limpkin.htm (188 words)

	Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Limpkin is in a family of its own and it is still uncertain exactly how it relates to other birds.
		Given this technique, I have no idea what the Limpkin in the third photo is doing at dawn on top of a bush with a snail in its bill.
		The Limpkin has a loud call and in Amazonia the locals say that, when the Limpkin starts to call the rivers will stop rising.
	www.arthurgrosset.com /sabirds/limpkin.html (346 words)

	Painet: stock photography and digital pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		limpkin branch side view aramus guarauna corkscrew swamp naples fl
		limpkin aramus guarauna searching for snails shallow water feeding food birds
		limpkin aramus guarauna birds wetland palm beach county
	painetworks.com /cgi-bin/search.cgi?find=+limpkin+ramus+...+&method=or (87 words)

	Limpkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		We watched other birds and animals for some time, then Sam located the Limpkin again in the far corner of the pond and suggested I to get some shots of it.
		At that time, the Limpkin was still in the same corner of the pond.
		Later in the day I was trying to confirm my ID by checking in Giff Beaton's Birding Georgia where and when Limpkins might be seen in Georgia.
	www.gos.org /sightings/limp.html (298 words)

	GABO-L archives -- August 2005 (#176)
		Charles Erwin out of Albany, GA, called me a minute ago to say that he had seen a Limpkin in the Chickasawhatchee WMA located to the west of Albany (part of the Swamp of Toa Important Bird Area extending over parts of Randolph, Terrell, Dougherty, Baker and Cahoun counties).
		The bird could be seen best from the little bridge just to the west of Limpkin Bridge on the south side of the road.
		This is apparently the first sighting of a Limpkin there in over 28 years, so he was pretty excited.
	www.listserv.uga.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0508&L=gabo-l&F=&S=&P=18860 (238 words)

	Birds of the St. Johns - Limpkin
		A pair of Limpkin built their nest on this sandbar.
		They got quite perturbed at our presence and kept popping up at different places and making loud noises to try to draw us away from their nest.
		All photos and graphics property of Graphic Mac and may not be used without permission.
	www.marshbunny.com /mbunny/wildlife/birds/limpkin.html (136 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Aramidae - Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
		The body is brown with a series of white spots and stripes.
		Similar Species: The Limpkin is most likely to be confused with the immature Black-crowned Night Heron.
		The eggs are laid in a shallow nest of reeds located just above the waterline.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/cranes/Aguar.htm (215 words)

	Hilton Pond's Catawba River Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Limpkin spotted by Stokes from his kayak is the FIRST Carolina Piedmont record ever verified for the species.
		The Limpkin was initially observed 7 Aug 2005 and was resighted on 12 and 14 Aug. On the latter date it was photographed by Christy Queen, whose image appears above.
		The bird was seen by several observers who were able to get quite close via kayaks and canoes, from which they watched the Limpkin feed on snails and clams near the water's edge.
	www.hiltonpond.org /CatawbaRiverMain.html (605 words)

	SOFIA - Habitat associations and life history traits of Limpkins in support of using limpkins as an indicator of ...
		Habitat associations and life history traits of Limpkins in support of using limpkins as an indicator of Everglades restoration success
		The goal of this study is to provide a scientific foundation for developing a performance measure(s) of restoration success based on the limpkin, either directly through assessments of abundance or indirectly through habitat characteristics and associations as part of an apple snail habitat complex.
		One of the key features of a restored Everglades ecosystem will be its populations of native wetland species.
	sofia.usgs.gov /projects/limpkins (323 words)

	Earth Life Forms - Animals: LIMPKIN(2 Of 4)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is found in Florida and further south.
		The Limpkin is twenty-seven inches in length, and is frequently observed eating snails.
		The above preview is from Earth Life Forms - Animals, May 1, 1998.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:30551937&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (145 words)

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