Some information may no longer be current. Three rare and endangered wood storks, majestic birds normally at home in Florida, have been sighted on Pelee Island in Southwestern Ontario, causing a big flutter among ornithologists. The birds alighted on the island, Canada's southernmost inhabited area, in early August.

Are there any storks in North America?

Our only native stork in North America, a very large, heavy-billed bird that wades in the shallows of southern swamps. Breeding population of far southern Florida has dropped sharply since 1970s, some of these birds apparently shifting north; has expanded breeding range north to South Carolina recently. ...

Where are storks found?

Storks occur mainly in Africa, Asia, and Europe. One species, the black-necked stork, also occurs in Australia. Three New World species occur between Florida and Argentina. Most storks are found in flocks except during the breeding season, when they pair off.