This wood stork flew right by me. They are gawky on the ground, but soar like raptors in the air. Paul Goldfinger photo. Feb 2020. Tropicana; Ft. Myers, Fla. Click image for details.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Blogfinger.net
The wood stork is an endangered species. They are very large wading birds, and the Audubon society maintains a special sanctuary in Naples Fla for their rookeries. It is called Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
We will report back after we go there. This one was in our backyard, just hanging around. All of a sudden it took off. I lifted my camera to my eye without having much of a chance to compose the image. I got lucky, having pre-set the camera (focus and exposure) on the chance that it might do something unpredictable. . That’s an important photography technique.
The image evokes Jurassic Park.
MADDIE AND TAE “Fly” From their album Start Here.
“Keep on climbing, though the ground might shake
Just keep on reaching though the limb might break
We’ve come this far, don’t you be scared now
‘Cause you can learn to fly on the way down.”
Maddie and Tae