Wood Stork Landing 3591

by Ginger Stein

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Wood Stork Landing 3591

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Ginger Stein

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Photograph - Bird Photography

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Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) are hefty wading birds with football-shaped bodies perched atop long legs. They have a long neck and a long, thick bill that is curved at the tip. They fly with their neck and legs outstretched but tend to perch with the neck drawn in, giving them a humpbacked appearance. Wood Storks are entirely white save for their black flight feathers and tail. The head is unfeathered and scaly-looking. Wood Storks frequently feed in groups with their heads down feeling for prey in open wetlands. Within the group, they often feed in lines—one after the other. They fly with head and legs outstretched, soaring on thermals high into the sky like a raptor or vulture. Wood Storks breed in fresh and brackish forested wetlands. They forage in wetlands, swamps, ponds, and marshes, especially those with an open canopy. This one nested in Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
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-- Pure Nature 8/21/2018
--Wild Birds of the World 9/11/19

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July 29th, 2018

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