Subtropical hen usually lives in Gulf Coast states and Central America

Even birds can get rotated every so often. 

A uncommon subtropical wooden stork was noticed in a really sudden place not too long ago – Wisconsin, after the hen apparently received misplaced in flight. 

The wooden stork usually lives within the Gulf Coast states in addition to Central and South America. 

The hen, which is listed as threatened beneath the Endangered Species Act, was first seen final Sunday by a person searching deer within the Mud Lake Wildlife Area in Columbia County, Wisconsin, northeast of Madison. 

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“It’s always fascinating where these birds come from and where they end up,” said Jeff Bahls, Horicon Marsh Bird Club president, who is also a wildlife technician for the state Department of Natural Resources. 

 “This is the time of year when we do get these oddball stray birds,” he added. 

The hunter first sent Bahls photos of the wood stork that he took during the sighting on Sunday. 

Bahls viewed the bird for himself on Monday, saying he thinks it’s a juvenile that hatched this spring due to its light-colored invoice. 

As wooden storks grow old, their payments finally flip black. 

He mentioned younger wooden storks usually go exploring in the summertime as a result of they haven’t any territory. 

They are additionally the one species of stork that breeds in North America. 

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The stork was final seen on Tuesday flying northeast with a flock of pelicans. 

The wooden stork was as soon as endangered with solely 5,000 nesting pairs within the United States within the Nineteen Seventies, however as of 2023 that had grown to greater than 11,000 nesting pairs, in response to the Center for Biological Diversity. 

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The birds turned a protected species in 1984. 

Wood storks have additionally been pressured to maneuver north due to habitat destruction and local weather change. 

“The wood stork has made a remarkable comeback, but wetland destruction from urban sprawl still looms large over the species,” Stephanie Kurose of the Center for Biological Diversity beforehand mentioned in an announcement. 

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“The Service needs to ensure that wetlands will be protected. It’s also crucial to continue to adequately monitor the stork’s population to make sure ongoing threats don’t undo this hard-fought success.”

The Associated Press contributed reporting.