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Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Photo by LaurieWinters
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Description:

The Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "Wood Ibis", though it is not really an ibis.

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Comments (5)
LaurieWinters
Thank you Satyen. There were so many different species of birds at the lake that day. I have a photo of them all together that I'll post sometime.
Wild Things
Lovely series, in the fourth pic there is water dropping from the beak and the fifth has 3 different species of birds? Simply great.

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PublishedDecember 18, 2011

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