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Somebody said that he seemed the love child of storks, others thought ostriches.
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There are an estimated 11, 000 wood storks in the United States today.
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The site is a feeding and resting area for 12.5 percent (1, 500-2, 000 birds) of the Florida population of wood storks, an endangered species.
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When approaching from Turkey the earthy eastern plains of Thrace are first to emerge, with their vivid patches of sunflowers, rolling fields of wheat and storks' nests dotting the telephone poles.
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From May to March and September through November the sky is so full of migrating cranes, storks, pelicans and flamingos, it is hard for sunlight to peek through.
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Others birds, such as herons, storks, ducks and many others also often stand on a single leg in water, perhaps for the same reasons as flamingoes.
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