Wood Stork with Video

Habitat:

wet meadows, swamps, coastal shallows These birds were found in a wet sports field on Siesta Key FL

Notes:

This species is mainly threatened by loss of habitat and change in land use and water levels, especially in Florida's wetlands. The birds depend on these wetlands for nesting and feeding, and they are also subject to predation by other creatures such as raccoons. In the 1930s populations were about 20,000, but today only about 5500 nesting pairs remain. Wood storks are listed on the Federal List of endangered species and they are also protected under the US Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Earth's Endangered Creatures