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Open-billed stork | bird

Britannica
Two open-billed storks, openbills, or shell storks, Anastomus lamelligerus of tropical Africa and A. oscitans of southern Asia, are small storks that eat water...
6 days ago

Have you ever noticed these huge white birds with scaly-looking heads in SC? Here’s what to know

Hilton Head Island Packet
Wood storks, Mycteria americana, are large wading birds with distinctively bald heads and long, down-curved bills, which helps to make them easily recognizable.
9 months ago

Costa Rica Birding: Meet the Wood Stork

The Tico Times
It's a large white bird, over 3 feet tall, with some black on its wings and super long legs standing in a still body of water.
3 months ago

Service Proposes Delisting the Wood Stork

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)
WASHINGTON – Achieving a major conservation milestone following decades of conservation and large-scale restoration work, the Department of...
21 months ago

Myrtle Beach SC | Wood Stork (Mycteria Americana)

Grand Strand Magazine
Myrtle Beach SC - This large wading bird can be spotted year-round, but is most likely to be observed from spring to late fall.
82 months ago

Hot Dogs, Chicken Wings and City Living Helped Wood Storks Thrive

Florida Atlantic University
A study of wetland birds shows city storks did better than their non-urban counterparts when natural marshes are in bad shape.
51 months ago

These 5 lesser-known species may vanish. If they do, we’re all in trouble.

National Geographic
One animal purifies our water. Another provides a vital food source for three other species. This photo essay from Joel Sartore shows how...
11 months ago

Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds

Nature
Behavioural thermoregulation could buffer the impacts of climate warming on vertebrates. Specifically, the wetting of body surfaces and the...
37 months ago

Wood Stork

| Outdoor Alabama
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mycteria americana (Linnaeus) OTHER NAMES: Flinthead, Ironhead, Pond Gannet, Wood Ibis (Coulter et al. 1999). STATUS: Possible breeder.
79 months ago

Wood Storks at Disney Wilderness Preserve | TNC in Florida

The Nature Conservancy
North America's only native storks are thriving at The Disney Wilderness Preserve, which offers ideal conditions for wood storks. The preserve has the right...
74 months ago