South American stork spotted in Louisiana

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This photo released by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries shows a jabiru stork, with its blocky, slightly upturned black beak, among a flock of wood storks, egrets and ibis near Maringouin, La. on July 31, 2008. The jabiru, abundant in South America but rare farther north, was spotted in Louisiana, one of fewer than a dozen sightings of the bird in the U.S. (AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Courtesy Michael A. Seymour & Joshua T. Sylvest,) The other birds are roseate spoonbills, great egrets and a great blue heron. (AP Photo/ Courtesy Michael A. Seymour & Joshua T. Sylvest, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries)

(AP) -- A stork that's abundant in South America but rare farther north was spotted in Louisiana, one of fewer than a dozen sightings of the bird in the U.S.