How to Use wood stork in a Sentence

wood stork

noun
  • A few decades ago, the wood stork was on the brink of extinction.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The refuge is only 6 miles west of our coastline — as the wood stork flies.
    Ron Seifer, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2021
  • At full size the wood stork’s wingspan can reach 6 feet and can stand over 4 feet tall.
    Brian Ballou, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The endangered Key Largo woodrat and wood stork are on their menu.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2012
  • Birders keep an eye out for falcons, wood storks, and bald eagles.
    Kristin Harmel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • In recent years, the birds appear to be repeating the northward exodus of wood storks.
    Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Visitors may spot snowy egrets, great blue herons, banded cormorants, wood storks, black vultures and anhingas – a.k.a.
    Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • This peaceful place where the Río San José meets the ocean draws some 200 species of resident and migratory birds including wood storks, pelicans, egrets, herons, ibises, and hawks.
    Jenny Peters, National Geographic, 25 July 2019
  • While the Katy Prairie is home for a wide variety of summertime birds like spoonbills and wood storks, Gonzalez said the place also is a major stop on the migratory route for ducks and geese coming from the north during the winter.
    Mike Glenn, Houston Chronicle, 26 Dec. 2017
  • In addition, the wood stork has increased its range in coastal areas of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas, officials said.
    Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023

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