THE PAINTED STORK WITH A BABY
The Painted Stork(Mycteria leucocephala) is one of the big birds family with nicely decorated wings,seen here with a baby.Height of about 3 ft,it has long legs,long neck,big long yellow beak and has big nests on top of the trees.Looks huge when flying with its wide wings spread.They are seen in big groups of many birds.
The Painted Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers give them their name. They forage in flocks in shallow waters along rivers or lakes. They immerse their half open beaks in water and sweep them from side to side and snap up their prey of small fish that are sensed by touch.
