Wood Storks nesting

There’s no other place like Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida, to watch Wood Storks nesting up close and personal, so close that you can  almost touch them!

long camera lens, also called big glasses are very common here.

The wood stork is protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act.  It is also protected as a Threatened species by the Federal Endangered Species Act and as a Federally-designated Threatened species by Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule . The wood stork was reclassified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on June 30, 2014, from Endangered to Threatened.