Photography of Birds – Set # 40 | H.J. Ruiz

This is a subtropical and tropical species which breeds in much of South America, Central America and the Caribbean. The wood stork is the only stork that breeds in North America. In the United States there are small breeding populations in Florida , Georgia, and the Carolinas.

Great Blue Heron

The primary food for great blue heron is small fish, though it is also known to opportunistically feed on a wide range of shrimp, crabs, aquatic insects, rodents, and other small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds, especially ducklings. Primary prey is variable based on availability and abundance.

10 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 40”

Indira on May 11, 2020 at 12:07 pm said:

Wood stork…elegant in flight!

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 11, 2020 at 7:21 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Indira. 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on May 11, 2020 at 7:08 pm said:

Two beautiful shots, HJ! I once saw a GBH eat a nest full of baby turtles. I took photos, not sure what they were until I downloaded and enlarged. I remember being shocked…

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 11, 2020 at 7:43 pm said:
  
  Yes, I understand, Donna. They can eat anything that moves. I saw one GBH eat a fish, whole! The fish was a big as his neck. After he swallowed it you were able to see the shape of the bird for a long while. Gross! Thank you, my friend. 🙂
  
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de Wets Wild on May 12, 2020 at 3:28 am said:

Large birds on the wing must have been the inspiration for today’s big jets!

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 12, 2020 at 4:07 pm said:
  
  They are large indeed. Thank you, D. 🙂
  
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KDKH on May 12, 2020 at 12:43 pm said:

I’ve never seen one of these in the wild. Thanks for sharing!

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 12, 2020 at 4:28 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, K. 🙂
  
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Rolling Harbour on May 17, 2020 at 8:50 am said:

These storks are being successfully reintroduced in U.K. The first chicks have hatched. They have always been rare vagrants, only c20 a year. Last breeding record in U.K.? 1416, on a cathedral roof!

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- H.J. for avian101 on May 17, 2020 at 8:13 pm said:
  
  Let’s hope they survive and proliferate. Thanks, RH, for the info. 🙂
  
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