How to Use wood stork in a Sentence

wood stork

noun
  • How the wood stork made a comeback.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Birders keep an eye out for falcons, wood storks, and bald eagles.
    — Kristin Harmel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The endangered Key Largo woodrat and wood stork are on their menu.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2012
  • And, following behind the ducks is a wood stork, which has also been alerted by the calls.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
  • At the moment, wood storks are hatching their eggs and zealously guarding their nests.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Birders will love keeping an eye out for species ranging from roseate spoonbills to wood storks to bald eagles.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
  • Birders will love keeping an eye out for species ranging from roseate spoonbills to wood storks to bald eagles.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Birders will love keeping an eye out for species ranging from roseate spoonbills to wood storks to bald eagles.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Visitors may also spot sandhill cranes, roseate spoonbills, wood storks and bald eagles along the way.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • In recent years, the birds appear to be repeating the northward exodus of wood storks.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
  • That winter, wood storks and roseate spoonbills did particularly well.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Wading wood storks risk being poisoned by thousands of gallons of jet fuel, wastewater, and human waste stored at the site.
    — Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Before that, two wood storks were spotted at Fort Logan in 1902.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
  • What to know about wood storks These gangly birds are sometimes called flintheads or ironheads because of their distinctive heads and necks.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Advocates are concerned about what would happen if wood stork colonies are found on private lands when they are no longer federally protected.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Until this week, when the wood stork was spotted hanging out in a pond in Broomfield, quickly drawing hundreds of birders from across the metro.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Gawlik worked on wood stork recovery in Florida before moving to Texas.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The official delisting of the wood stork will finalize on March 9, 2026.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Wilson's phalaropes, American oystercatchers and wood storks.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Wetland habitats remain critical for wood storks in every stage of life, according to the SELC.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • North Carolina wildlife officials supported removing the wood stork from the list, so did Georgia wildlife officials but with caveats.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Like other wetland and wading birds that were once found primarily in South Florida, today the wood stork can be seen in dozens of states to the north after breeding season concludes.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Traverse its boardwalks through North America’s largest old-growth cypress forest, spotting diverse bird species, including the majestic wood stork.
    — Jp Shaffer, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The invasive species is dangerous to protected species in Florida, including the endangered Key Largo woodrat and the threatened wood stork.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While species like the great blue heron and wood stork have been recorded flying above the North Village, the restoration of the area’s native habitat could draw these birds and a wealth of similar animals down to the water’s edge.
    — Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed delisting the wood stork in 2023 during the Biden administration.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • 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

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