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. This tall bird is blue-gray with a black crown and plume, long legs and a yellow bill. Great blue herons inhabit salt and fresh waters, beaches and urban wetlands. This bird readily loses its fear of man and may be seen in wetlands as well as along busy highways or in suburban backyards. Still hunting is a method of hunting which is characterized by standing almost completely still until prey comes within reach and then quickly snatching it up.