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Beautiful white stork (Ciconia ciconia) starting to fly on a meadow.

Black stork in flight, Ciconia nigra, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

A White Stork in flight on a sunny day in summer, blue sky, northern France

White stork eating crayfish

A closeup shot of a stork flying in a blue sky

Saddle-billed Stork, blue sky background - Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Stork is flying on nest.

white stork in flight close up

Stork in flight. Stork in their natural environment.

stork spread wing flying low on lake holding tree branch

A large wood stork flies against a blue Florida sky with a branch to add to its nest.

Wood Stork in flight at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.

Jabiru or black necked stork at karumba, queensland, Australia.

Egrets on branches

Marabu african in Jungle Park, Tenerife island

Botswana

Wood storks are large, long-legged wading birds, about 5O inches tall, with a wingspan of 60 to 65 inches. The plumage is white except for black primaries and secondaries and a short black tail. The head and neck are largely unfeathered and dark gray in color. The bill is black, thick at the base, and slightly decurved. Immature birds are dingy gray and have a yellowish bill. Our only native stork in North America, a very large, heavy-billed bird that wades in the shallows of southern swamps. Flies with slow wingbeats, and flocks often soar very high on warm days. Young Wood Storks have noisy begging calls, but adults are almost silent except for hissing and bill clappering.

Large white stork flying through wetlands

Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork on the bushes

Wood stork in flight at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.

The wood stork's habitat can vary, but it must have a tropical or subtropical climate with fluctuating water levels. The one-metre-diameter (3.3-foot) nest is found in trees, especially mangroves, usually surrounded by water or over water. The wood stork nests colonially. The nest itself is made from sticks and greenery.

Wood stork in Flight, Florida

$Black-headed Ibis \nBathing in a rice field furrow.$

White egret in flight

Big white stork taking off nearby a forest on a field

Egrets in the sun

Beautiful portrait of a white stork.

The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus), also known as the African stork, is a stork species found in sub-Saharan Africa and is distributed south of the Sahara Desert. They inhabit wet and arid environments, including areas close to human habitation such as garbage dumps. African storks live in areas near rivers, lakes, swamps, grasslands and even human settlements. They are social, diurnal birds that fly slowly and heavily. They are sedentary and have a delicate, expandable pouch (throat pouch) under their neck used for courtship displays. Their diet consists primarily of carrion of various animals, but they also eat insects, fish, rodents, and birds.

The beautiful natural surroundings of Orlando Wetlands Park in central Florida. The park is a large marsh area which is home to numerous birds, mammals, and reptiles.

$Taxon name: Torresian Black-necked Stork\nTaxon scientific name: Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus australis\nLocation: Brisbane, QLD, Australia$

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