{"id":1653,"date":"2024-02-14T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-stork\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T12:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:03:03","slug":"sketchbook-stork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-stork\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ stork"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw my first Wood storks flying overhead when I was in Florida for my brother’s wedding. <\/p>\n

I was at Universal Orlando; it was getting on toward twilight, and there were a several of them. They were so huge! and so remarkable! and I didn’t have my binoculars! But I was still just so utterly astonished because that was the only thing those huge amazing birds could possibly have been.<\/p>\n

The sketch is from the photo by Alex Hopping that’s in the Merlin app. <\/p>\n

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I saw my first Wood storks flying overhead when I was in Florida for my brother’s wedding. I was at Universal Orlando; it was getting on toward twilight, and there were a several of them. They were so huge! and so remarkable! and I didn’t have my binoculars! 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