Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Photographed the three Wood Storks at the Saddle Creek Park located in the City of Lakeland in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
The Wood Stork is a broad-winged soaring bird that flies with its neck outstretched and legs extended. It forages
usually where lowering water levels concentrate fish in open wetlands; it also frequents paddy fields. Walking
slowly and steadily in shallow water up to its belly, it seeks prey, which, like that of most of its relatives, consists of
fish, frogs and large insects. It catches fish by holding its bill open in the water until a fish is detected.
In the United States, the Wood Stork favors cypress trees in marshes, swamps, or (less often) among mangroves and
nearby habitat.
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Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Photographed the three Wood Storks at the Saddle Creek Park located in the City of Lakeland in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
The Wood Stork is a broad-winged soaring bird that flies with its neck outstretched and legs extended. It forages
usually where lowering water levels concentrate fish in open wetlands; it also frequents paddy fields. Walking
slowly and steadily in shallow water up to its belly, it seeks prey, which, like that of most of its relatives, consists of
fish, frogs and large insects. It catches fish by holding its bill open in the water until a fish is detected.
In the United States, the Wood Stork favors cypress trees in marshes, swamps, or (less often) among mangroves and
nearby habitat.
©Copyright Notice
This photograph and all those within my photostream are protected by copyright. They may not be reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without my written permission.