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Mycteria americana
A large, white, bald-headed wading bird of the southeastern swamps, the Wood Stork is the only stork breeding in the United States. Its late winter breeding season is timed to the Florida dry season when its fish prey become concentrated in shrinking pools.
Marsh
Taken at sunrise at Crescent Lake, St. Petersburg, Florida
Spotted on Nov 13, 2008
Submitted on Sep 25, 2011
4 Comments
Beautiful capture!
Agreed. That wing coloration took me by surprise the first time I saw it!
Yes! Liam, thank you.
This is the endangered Wood Stork (Mycteria americana). They're largest populations are in Florida.