Wood Stork Identification

Adult

Massive wading bird with long legs and a long and heavy curved bill. White overall with black flight feathers. The head is bare and scaly.

Juvenile

Juveniles look similar to adults, but have a pale bill that darkens over time and grayish feathers on the neck that are slowly lost as they get older.

Adult and juveniles

Nests in colonies where it builds a messy stick nest in trees near water.

Adult

Massive wading bird with an enormous wingspan. White overall with black flight feathers. Often soars in thermals like raptors, with long neck extended and long legs trailing behind.

Adult

Adult with Turkey Vulture

Often seen soaring in thermals with vultures or other raptors.

Adult

Tall wading bird with a bald and scaly head and neck. White overall with black flight feathers.

Chick

Adults

When approaching a roosting site, it drops its legs and awkwardly comes in for a landing.

Adult

Colonial nester in trees and shrubs in flooded woodlands or coastal sites.

Adults

Walks slowly through wetlands with its bill in the water feeling for fish and other prey. This video has no audio.