Black-necked Storck - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
We spend some time on the east coast of Australia last year in Tea Gardens NSW and took photos of this storck at the time and uploaded a image of it,he,or she. This year we were surprised to see the same bird again . Local friends told us that it,he or she disappeared all spring but turned up at the start of summer.
The storck went back to the same back garden of our friends and knocked on the window . The storck remembered that our friends alwise spend good money on good fish to feed the stork last year. Of course the storck will have good fish again. The bird developed a habit to fly on house roofs and starts adjusting TV antenaes. He doesn’t charge for its service.
The Black-necked Stork is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family. It is a resident species across South and Southeast Asia with a disjunct population in Australia. It lives in wetland habitats to forage for a wide range of animal prey. Adult birds of both sexes have a heavy bill and are patterned in white and glossy blacks, but the sexes differ in the colour of the iris.
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