Wood Stork(Mycteria americana)

In North Carolina, fairly common only in the Twin Lakes/Sunset Beach area, mostly in the summer.

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Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) — Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)Collier Co., FL30 Dec 2008Wood Storks feed in marshes on various prey from minnows, crustaceans, and herps to plants.

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) — Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)Collier Co., FL30 Dec 2008

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) — Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)Collier Co., FL30 Dec 2008With 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., FL30 Dec 2008Nesting in trees, the superficially clumsy, awkward birds are quite comfortable hanging out on limbs.

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) — Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)Collier Co., FL30 Dec 2008Wood Storks are gregarious in nature!

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)Collier Co., FL30 Dec 2014

Wood Storks Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015 With Black Vultures, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, and a Pied-billed Grebe — Wood StorksTen Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL4 Feb 2015With Black Vultures, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, and a Pied-billed Grebe

Wood Stork Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015 With an American White Pelican — Wood StorkTen Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL4 Feb 2015With an American White Pelican

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