Wood Stork - Hueston Woods SP (Ohio)
Last night I saw on a Facebook post that Dave Russell, Miami University Ornithologist, had discovered a Wood Stork at Hueston Woods State Park just minutes from where I live.
When I arrived just after sunrise this morning, I searched the mudflats across from the marina with binoculars but didn't see anything. I also looked around the creek at Group Campsite #3 with no success either. Undeterred, I went back to the marina, loaded up the kayak and paddled over towards the group campsites. In a secluded cove just west of Group Campsite #3 I found the stork foraging in the shallows. I stopped about 150 yds short of the bird and was able to sit and watch it for just over 2 hours.
For those that go looking, here are the GPS coordinates where I saw the stork and where it still was as of 10:30am when I left. The cove is only accessible by canoe or kayak.
39.585286, -84.759852
Thank you for the great find Dave!
Wood Stork - Hueston Woods SP (Ohio)
Last night I saw on a Facebook post that Dave Russell, Miami University Ornithologist, had discovered a Wood Stork at Hueston Woods State Park just minutes from where I live.
When I arrived just after sunrise this morning, I searched the mudflats across from the marina with binoculars but didn't see anything. I also looked around the creek at Group Campsite #3 with no success either. Undeterred, I went back to the marina, loaded up the kayak and paddled over towards the group campsites. In a secluded cove just west of Group Campsite #3 I found the stork foraging in the shallows. I stopped about 150 yds short of the bird and was able to sit and watch it for just over 2 hours.
For those that go looking, here are the GPS coordinates where I saw the stork and where it still was as of 10:30am when I left. The cove is only accessible by canoe or kayak.
39.585286, -84.759852
Thank you for the great find Dave!