South American stork spotted in Louisiana

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)

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(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.

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Posted by nilbud 08/07/08 09:53

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"We were both speechless. The only thing we did was high-five each other,"

It's high time people just stopped paying attention to these losers. They're just jumped up trainspotters. Bush is killing even more people today and this crap gets published.