Wood Storks spend hours prodding the ground with one foot trying to find anything alive to eat.
Although wood storks are found all over south Florida, and appear common, they are a federally endangered species. I have learned the mostly breed in the Corkscrew Swamp, and have not bred for two years (2006-2007) because of low water conditions.
Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Canada,Colombia,Costa Rica,Dominica,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland, El Salvador,French Guiana,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Mexico,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Panama, Paraguay,Peru,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,
Wood Storks are found in wetlands and are often seen stirring up the ground underwater with their feet when searching for prey. Wood Storks sometimes soar overhead.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)