Storks have long legs, long bills, long wings, and long necks. They usually have bare heads and necks

Storks don’t have a pharynx, so they don’t have any vocalizations! They clack their bills to communicate.

Storks are wading birds and eat fish, small mammals, amphibians, birds, and insects. Storks usually use the same nesting site from year to year, and stork mating pairs will add on to their nest. Stork nests can become as large as six feet in diameter and 10 feet deep.

The wood stork is the only member of this family that breeds in the United States. Small and endangered breeding populations can be found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The wood stork is also found throughout much of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, where it is not endangered.