Ciconia microscelis (episcopus)
Woolly-necked Storks (weight ∼ 1.8kg) inhabit a wide range of wetland habitats, ranging from the banks of rivers, streams, lakes, dams and ponds to estuaries and mangrove swamps, where they subsist on a diet of frogs, fish, crabs, insects, molluscs and worms. They are normally seen singly or in pairs, although they will at times congregate in large flocks when migrating or at favourite roosting sites. Woolly-necked Storks breed in solitary pairs, mostly at the end of the dry season, in nests built of sticks in tall trees, often over water and regularly used by the same pair year after year.
The Woolly-necked Stork has a wide distribution across Africa and with a stable population is considered of least conservation concern by the IUCN. In South Africa they are considered near-threatened, being found only in the Lowveld of Limpopo and Mpumalanga (where around 80 occur in the Kruger National Park) and the north of Kwazulu-Natal (where Umlalazi Nature Reserve is an excellent location to go looking for them)
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Shoe… so baie ooievaar… ek hoop hulle bring nie almal babetjie nie!! 😉
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Dit sal nou vir jou n ding wees, AJ!
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Bring hulle die babatjies ?
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Nee, Tina, dis n naby familielid, die witooievaar wat in die somer hierheen migreer van Europa af, wat die babatjies kom aflewer 😀
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Ooooo dan is hy die instaan ooievaar!
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😀
Familiebesigheid!
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Amazing bird !!!!
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Wonderful to watch as they go about their day.
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Ek leer kliphard op jou blog!☺
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Dis baie gaaf! Baie dankie!
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Not as woolly as I pictured in my head! but then I have a great imagination! lol… 🙂
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No ones going to start farming with woolly-necked storks anytime soon 🙂
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lol !! 🙂
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