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Asian Open Bill or Asian Open Billed Stork

We first saw these birds at the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, but on my recent trip to Tamilnadu, we saw this one in a rice field, somewhere between Mayiladudurai (Mayavaram) and Tarangambadi (Tranquebar)....



Would I be right in thinking that its the Cauvery which draws them? What do you think?

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  1. HaddockNovember 3, 2014 at 11:55 PM

    The beak is quite thick, compared to the regular stork.

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