The white ibis is a wading bird that inhabits marshes, swamps, tidal mudflats and beaches. These birds are mostly white with black wingtips with bright red legs and long curved beaks that they use to probe for crustaceans and frogs. Ibis nest in colonies and are often seen in flocks foraging or flying. White ibis prefer a diet of crayfish, aquatic insects, grasshoppers, crabs, shrimp and small snakes. The white ibis is considered a Species of Special Concern by the state due to degradation of nesting and foraging habitat.
Wood storks are the only stork in North America.
They inhabit flooded pastures, tidal flats and marshes. The wood stork is a tall, white and black bird with scaly bare head and neck and long beak. It is hard to imagine why legend has these gruesome looking birds delivering babies. Storks consume a diet of fish, frogs, snakes and baby alligators. The wood stork is federally listed species.