Species: Jabiru stork | Location: Pantanal, Brazil
These two giant Jabiru storks were nest-building high atop a steel water tower as we stood in the rain while trying to photograph them. These birds, describable as quite ugly, actually fly beautifully and are very common along the river banks hunting for frogs, fish and other food.
About The Photographer
Robert Cooke is a retired journalist living in Stow, MA. In retirement he is devoting major time and effort to travel and all sorts of photography – landscape, wildlife, still life and almost anything else that gets in front of the lens. As with everything else, he still has a lot to learn, which is what makes life great. He spent 40 years in newspaper work, most of it as a writer covering multiple area of science and medicine. He has published three books, one on genetic engineering, the second on the eruption of Mount St. Helens, and the third on the research and teaching of Dr. Judah Folkman, a renowned cancer researcher at Harvard and Children’s Hospital, Boston. He’s currently working (very slowly) on a fourth book. The book royalties are keeping him well-fed.
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