Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

In North Carolina, fairly common only in the Twin Lakes/Sunset Beach area, mostly in the summer.
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2008

Wood Storks feed in marshes on various prey from minnows, crustaceans, and herps to plants.

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2008

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2008

With all black flight feathers, Woods Storks are very distinctive in the air. Like raptors they will often soar on thermals in search of feeding grounds.

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2008

Nesting in trees, the superficially clumsy, awkward birds are quite comfortable hanging out on limbs.

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2008

Wood Storks are gregarious in nature!


Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2014

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Collier Co., FL
30 Dec 2014

Wood Storks with Black Vultures, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, and a distant Pied-billed Grebe
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
4 Feb 2015
American White Pelican with Wood Stork
Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL
4 Feb 2015

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