Americal Wood Stork Gets Pat On The Head

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Americal Wood Stork Gets Pat On The Head

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Roy Williams

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Photograph - Digital Art

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American Wood Storks are tall, white denizens of freshwater or blackish wetlands and swamps. They can be identified by their long legs, featherless heads, and prominent bills. Its late winter breeding season is timed to the Florida dry season when its fish prey become concentrated in shrinking pools. These photographs of an American Wood Stork were at Murphy Park in Taylor, TX.

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