A good ID shot. But it would be nicer if shot from the level of the bird and not from the boardwalk.
This stork feeds by pushing in the bottom of the water with one foot, and waiting for a fish to swim between it's open bill. Then, with one of the fastest reflex actions in the animal kingdom, it closes it's bill on the prey.
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)