Black-necked Stork

The Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is not commonly seen around our area. I have occasionally seen a single bird which has not stayed around for long. However, over the last couple of weeks there have been a number of these birds around the bay. I saw one a week ago in the Crab Creek area and there have been up to 5 in the Mullens Creek area. Each time I was told about the birds in the Mullens area I was told they were there "yesterday".
This morning I finally got lucky and there were 3 out on the saltmarsh flats. One flew off very quickly but the other two stayed on the far side of the bay where I could see them and get very distant photos. One bird was an adult with the typical adult red legs and the other was a juvenile bird still showing some brown plumage and with less white plumage then the adult.

This is the closest I have ever been to one of these birds but - sometime - it would be great to be even closer and to get much better photos.

Adult

Juvenile

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