Bird Watching: DAILY PICS Vol 145, 1 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Sue, beautiful start for the new thread!
Lovely pictures everyone and on the last thread too! Pelle, your kinglet pictures are just amazing!
GP, I almost drove into a turkey vulture on Sunday! It's wingspan was about as wide as my car! They are amazing.

Went to Lake Sheldon on Sunday and it was like something out of Silent Spring. Usually the herons and other water birds are making a lot of noise and flying around. There wasn't a single bird, frog -- nothing. I realized later that the storm surge from Ike filled the lake which was low from the drought with salt water and probably killed the food source for the birds. The ponds nearby are man-made and managed. They seemed OK with the same number of birds; however, there were a lot more alligators in the ponds. The lake birds must have flown off to better hunting grounds but the alligators had to find something nearby.

These White Ibis were by the ponds.