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Wood Storks

Symbols of loss | Topics

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.

  

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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