Hole in the Clouds


Sunday Brunch

Feb 19, 2017

A wood stork grabs brunch in a marsh near Tampa, Florida.

February is breeding season for America's only native stork species; it is also dry season in the storks' Florida habitat, which means that ponds have become shallower and smaller, concentrating the fish population for easy pickings when these long-legged fish-eaters go out wading.

For what it's worth, wood storks are bald-headed, like certain other all-American birds, e.g., turkeys and vultures.

fish   Florida   pond   marshland   wood stork   (Image credit: Betty Cracker, via Balloon-Juice.com)