
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
– Leonardo Da Vinci
Recently(2014) upgraded from endangered to threatened. A small success in habitat restoration. During breeding season wood storks need about 400 lbs of fish for themselves and their chicks. More info at http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/wood-stork/
Quote found at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/flying
Beautiful birds. Sad, they are coming to extinction.
They are actually on the way back – threatened is better than endangered. The babies are much cuter – hopefully I’ll get some in the next month or 2.