Mycteria americana
            
                (L 40" WS 61" WT 5.3 lb)
          
         
            
               Pinckney Island NWR
            
               27Apr2011
          
         
            
               The only stork that breeds in
               the U.S...is mainly a tropical
               and subtropical species.
          
         
            
               His mother should have thrown
               him away and kept the stork.
               (Mae West)
          
         
            
               © Paul
               Marvin
            
               xeno-canto
            
               bill snapping
          
         
            
               © BirdNote,
            
               Bob Sundstrom
          
         
            
               Mycteria in Greek/Latin
               means heavy snout.