BJinBama:
A view of the bird in flight might help. That's the only view I got of a bird I'm trying to identify. I need to see the color pattern of the underside of the wings.
Actually, this kind of view would be helpful for many of the birds.
Thanks.
The underside color pattern of a Wood Stork is almost identical to that of a White Pelican. The Wood Stork flies with its legs and neck stretched out, whereas a White Pelican has its neck pulled in and has much shorter legs. If one is too high to see the length of legs and neck it would be easy to mistake one for the other. I made that mistake once when I was at Independance Rock in Wyo. I saw what I would have sworn was a Wood Stork flying high overhead. Never having seen a White Pelican (that I knew of) at that time, I was sure I had seen a Wood Stork way out of its range!! Later, after having seen many White Pelicans, I knew that was what I had seen that day in Wyo.!
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