Wood Stork

: Wood Stork; A photograph of a wood stork in my backyard.; Created by: Marshasea.; Tools Used: Nikon D80; Created on: March 2007; Image Views: 158; Average Views per Day: 0.2; Image Number: 35997

Comments:

Alandra from westcoast Canada on May 17, 2007 at 12:45 AM said:

another one I hadn't seen before, -echoing the other comments, had no idea storks heads and necks looked like that. Have never had the luck/opportunity to see one flying, would love to see the black wing feathers that Vicki describes. Great capture, Marsha Sea

Orchidea blue from Eastern Canada on May 16, 2007 at 3:28 PM said:

What a stunning shot and very curius fellow.

TravlynWomyn from Miami - for one more week on Mar 18, 2007 at 8:14 PM said:

Great wood stork image, Marsha. His feathers are so ruffled that he looks like a jeuvenile. As ugly as they are up close, they are sure gorgeous when flying with their black wing feathers.

Nice job on this one. Vicki

Whittler from Maine on Mar 18, 2007 at 6:58 PM said:

WOW!! what a great shot,but I gotta agree with the rest,he sure is ugly.lol

Marsha Sea from Florida on Mar 18, 2007 at 2:44 PM said:

Thanks Carol, Talsi, and Don. It appeared to be a full grown stork. The featherless head and neck, which resembles a buzzards, is because they feed in the water and stick their heads underwater a lot. But, you are right Don, it does look like un unfortunate mixture of stork and buzzard. lol.

donwrob from Ohio on Mar 18, 2007 at 1:49 PM said:

Wow, it looks like a Buzzard and a Stork did something they shouldn't have, and this is their son...lol. Cool capture Marsha. Don

Talsi- from WNC -USA on Mar 17, 2007 at 9:15 PM said:

Nice image - He stand out so well from the blue background. Is it a young stork?

Shutterbug from Maine on Mar 17, 2007 at 8:45 PM said:

Great closeup of the Bird!

Carol

Marsha Sea from Florida on Mar 17, 2007 at 7:06 PM said:

Thank you Steve. The stork was actually in the canal at the edge of my backyard. My back yard isn't actually water. lol.

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Mar 17, 2007 at 6:59 PM said:

An extraordinary and rather untidy looking bird! The exposure is perfect to capture detail in both the white feathers and the dark neck.

Also, your back yard looks very wet, Marsha!