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Podcast: BirdNote Daily
Episode: Keeping Wood Storks on the Road to Recovery
Description: With their bare heads, long legs and massive bills, Wood Storks seem to have flown out of a fairytale — but in the American South they’re a real-life part of the ecosystem. Developers drained large areas of wetlands, causing the Florida Everglades population to decline to just 5,000 breeding pairs in the 1970s, placing them on the endangered species list. Habitat protection and restoration efforts have helped Wood Storks begin recovering, although they still struggle to find suitable breeding habitat in south Florida.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekl...