Mockingbirds are now common in New England now, when years ago, they never were. "There is a trend among smaller, more little birds. "Global warming is really the main factor for these more southern birds to come north," Messersmith said. Messersmith said the spoonbill likely was dispersing north to find new habitat, rather than pushed into the region by a hurricane.īirds leaving traditional habitats and coming north is a confirmed trend, according to Messersmith. The bright pink birds turned heads in August when they were found well north of their typical Gulf Coast and South American coastal habitat. Messersmith differed the Wood Stork spotting from the recent news about Roseate Spoonbills found along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. He said he has "hardly ever heard of them" in Maryland. Messersmith noted that Wood Storks do not migrate and need wooded habitat near freshwater to build their nests in trees and find the fish and other aquatic animals that they eat. Mary's County and posted on the project's website. Other photos of Wood Storks were captured in 2018 in Howard County and 2011 in St.
3-also taken at the C&O Canal in Potomac.
8, another photographer submitted a photo to the Maryland Biodiversity Project of a Wood Stork on Sept. Other records likely indicate the Wood Stork's arrival shortly after the storm. "After hurricanes, all types of interesting birds sometimes show up," Messersmith said. Messersmith said the bird was likely blown up from the Gulf of Mexico by the storm, which made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. Well, on the one hand, the selfish part of me is very excited, but the unselfish part of me is like 'poor thing, what brought you here?' Was it a hurricane? Or is it outside its original range because the climate is getting warmer?"įor University of Maryland Professor Emeritus Donald Messersmith, who has traveled the world studying and writing about birds for more than 40 years, the answer, in this case, was Hurricane Ida. "For me, it was exciting to see a bird that isn't local. "It decided to stick around for us so we could see it," Rivas said. When he came across the Wood Stork searching for food along the tow path, Rivas took out his phone, snapped a couple pictures and filmed a short video.
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