Wood Stork portrait
by Carl Moore
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Wood Stork portrait
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Carl Moore
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July 2015 Lakeland, Florida: The wood stork, this species seems to have evolved in tropical regions; its North American presence probably postdates the last ice age. A fossil fragment from the Touro Passo Formation found at Arroio Touro Passo (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) might be of the living species; it is at most from the Late Pleistocene age, a few 10,000s of years ago. North American fossils from that time are of an extinct larger relative, M. wetmorei. This was probably a sister species; both occurred sympatrically on Cuba at the end of the Pleistocene.
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Comments (5)
Alicia Collins
Nice Shot Carl, I finally caught one of these at my locally famous lake here in Sumter, I did not know what it was, thought it was an ibis with head rot :)
Don Columbus
Congratulations Carl, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings"!
Carl Moore replied:
I love being part of the group "A Birding Group - Wings" Thank you Don for featuring the Wood Stork, your support is appreciated.
Alicia Collins
Nice Capture, I was lucky enough to get some shots of one of these critters recently, I thought it was an Ibis with head rot until I researched it :)
Carl Moore replied:
Well I am glad you researched and discovered the truth ;-) Thank you for the comment, much appreciated.
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