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The Wood Stork, for example, takes 6 days to lay as many as 5 eggs, and after nest-sitting for 28 days, the hatchlings arrive. The chicks stay in the nest for 50 to 55 days before attempting to fly. Even the birds still in the process of building nests at Wakodahatchee provide a kaleidoscope of colors as the breeding season transforms these birds into exotic versions of themselves.
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A Cattle Egret in breeding garb. A Stork tends to its chicks. An infant stork. A stork tends to its babies. A stork flies overhead. Newborn Anhingas. A stork on its nest. A stork comes in for a landing. Wood Storks nest in trees above standing water. They build nests in cypress swamps, in oaks in flooded impoundments, in mangroves, and in flooded areas with black gum and Australian pine.
Almost any tree or shrub will do as long as standing water is present. They do take more than one mate and they do not always return to the same nest. But they are good parents and care for their young even after the fledglings are able to fly.
Habitat: Wood storks live in wetlands with shallow water. Behavior and reproduction: Many wood storks raise their young during the dry season.
As the pools of water shrink, the creatures living in them have to swim closer together. Most storks eat frogs, fish, insects, earthworms, and small birds or mammals. Rather, they make either hissing sounds or loud popping sounds by snapping their bills during aggressive interactions or courtship activities. Fledging occurs at about days. In most places it is illegal to own a shoebill stork as a pet, and they are threatened with extinction, which makes each individual important for the survival of the species.
Their dreamy song is loud and far reaching and often heard during stormy weather, hence its alternative name of Stormcock.
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