I had to go a second time because my first visit to see the wood stork in Broomfield was so wonderfully rewarding. As a boy in Iowa, I saved money to buy bird books; and those bird books alerted me to ...

Wood storks typically build their nests in trees or shrubs located above standing water, a strategy that helps protect colonies from ground predators. They nest in cypress swamps, mangroves, flooded ...

A tragedy of ill-timed rains and human-ruined landscapes led 98.5% of wood stork nests to fail in the Everglades this year, with nearly grown chicks starving to death as vultures circled. But a new ...

This story has been updated to include comments from the South Florida Water Management District. Wading birds across the Everglades had a rough couple of years with annual nesting over the last two ...

The wood stork is distinctive in appearance. Some describe the large bird with long legs and neck and bald head as "charismatic." Others are less charitable. In all cases, however, bird watchers can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some birds are known for their exotic beauty, brilliant colors or melodious songs. The gangly wood stork, with its long legs and ...