Wood Storks
Symbols of loss
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Wood storks are large
wading birds, easily distinguished by their
- dark featherless heads
- stout bills and
- white plumage trimmed with black.
Roosting and nesting in treetop colonies, wood storks feed
on fish in shallow ponds and sloughs. |
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Symbols of loss
Wood storks are symbols of Florida's disappearing wetlands. The
widespread loss of wetlands over the past century has greatly reduced
the number of these birds. As a result, the federal government listed
the species as endangered in 1984.
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