Re: BLOG: Pelicans and spoonbills in the lake southeast of eagle nest

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Hello.  A returning lurker . . ..

I saw your blog, comments and replies about wood storks.  I drive along Stirling through the Sunshine Ranches area of SW Ranches (between Volunteer and Flamingo) almost daily and over the past year or so I have seen wood storks on several occasions standing next to or wading in the shallow canals, either the one right along Stirling or one of the ones that runs off of the one along Stirling.  I don't think I have ever seen more than one at a time, there might have been 2 once, but I could be seeing hte same lonely bird each time.  I do not ever remember seeing any before about a year ago, although I am certainly not looking hard as I'm driving in the morning and I don't stay and observe them, but maybe there is a colony close by . . . I believe Flamingo Gardens tries to release the offspring of the injured birds who are residents there, maybe the storks I have seen are the offspring of those birds and have stayed close by.  I have also caught glances of several heron species, and last fall I saw 2 pileated woodpeckers on the same tree as I was driving north along Volunteer between Sheridan and Stirling.  I wish there was a way to take pictures while driving . . .