Mycetaria americana
Wood Storks are large, white wading birds with long legs, long curved bills, black flight feathers and their heads are black and bald.
As the Wood Stork foraged for it breakfast it kept an eye on me as I sat low and very still in the lagoon.
When I lived in Florida there were times that I would see Wood Storks at Fort De Soto and once in a while I would get lucky and find them in flight.
Six years ago this morning I was photographing birds at Fort De Soto County Park and I wanted to share a few images and memories of that day.
This photo shows a Roseate Spoonbill and Wood Stork on the shoreline of a tidal lagoon at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida and it shows how the Wood Stork can dwarf the Roseate Spoonbill in height.
Wood Storks (Mycetaria americana) are the largest wading bird in North America and the only stork that breeds in the U.S.. Wood Storks are considered endangered primarily due to loss of habitat.
There were high thin clouds and that worked in my favor to photograph these large white birds without blowing out the whites.
It is my opinion that Wood Storks do not get nearly the same exposure as other big white wading birds.