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1. Double-crested Cormorant The double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is a long-lived, colonial nesting water bird native to North America. One of 38 species of cormorants worldwide, and one of six species in North America, it is usually found in flocks, and is sometimes confused with geese or loons when on the water. Double-crested cormorants can be found in many locations throughout North America, including along the coast and inland on lakes, rivers, and other water bodies. The largest concentrations of double-crested cormorants are found on the Great Lakes and the lakes of the Canadian prairie provinces.
Their population is the most abundant of six species of cormorants occurring in North America. The Service …show more content…
Wood Stork (Stork)-
Wood storks (Mycteria americana) are one of two species of storks that breed in North America. This large, long-legged inhabitant of marshes, cypress swamps, and mangrove swamps reaches the northern limit of its breeding range in the southeastern U.S., where it breeds in colonies with great egrets, snowy egrets, white ibises, and many other species. The unique feeding method of the wood stork gives it specialized habitat requirements; the habitats on which wood storks depend have been disrupted by changes in the distribution, timing, and quantity of water flows in South Florida.
Habitat, the wood stork is primarily associated with freshwater and estuarine habitats for nesting, roosting, and foraging. Wood storks typically construct their nests in medium to tall trees that occur in stands located either in swamps or on islands surrounded by relatively broad expanses of open water. During the nonbreeding season or while foraging, wood storks occur in a wide variety of wetland habitats. Typical foraging sites for the wood stork include freshwater marshes and stock ponds, shallow, seasonally flooded roadside or agricultural ditches, narrow tidal creeks or shallow tidal pools, managed impoundments, and depressions in cypress heads and swamp sloughs. Because of their specialized feeding behavior, wood storks forage most effectively in shallow-water areas with highly concentrated prey (Palmer 1962, Rodgers et al. 1996, Ogden …show more content…
Throughout their range, they may be found in virtually every type of forest and woodland as well as among made-made structures. In Alaska, these birds primarily inhabit spruce forests at lower elevations and alpine willow thickets above tree line. This large-sized (25cm) bird is well known for its prominent brick red breast and belly. The lower belly is white and they are gray-brown above with a darker head and tail. Most American Robins have white corners on the tail that may be seen during flight. These birds also have a conspicuous yellow bill and a patchy white eye