Water Level Dynamics and Nesting Success
Shown here: Cattle Egrets and a Snowy Egret.
Egrets and herons nesting at water level in this freshwater pond in Taylor, Texas leaves nests and birds vulnerable to devastating losses during flooding. I've only observed drought conditions here in recent years and will have to research flooding in the area in the past. However, as a fairly new rookery (4 or 5 years old or so, I believe), I've not seen any prior flooding of the rookery).
This shot was taken 13 days before the severe Memorial Day 2015 flooding which inundated a significant proportion of the nests at this nuisance rookery in Central Texas .
Williamson County, Texas, USA; May 18, 2015.
IMG 0288
Water Level Dynamics and Nesting Success
Shown here: Cattle Egrets and a Snowy Egret.
Egrets and herons nesting at water level in this freshwater pond in Taylor, Texas leaves nests and birds vulnerable to devastating losses during flooding. I've only observed drought conditions here in recent years and will have to research flooding in the area in the past. However, as a fairly new rookery (4 or 5 years old or so, I believe), I've not seen any prior flooding of the rookery).
This shot was taken 13 days before the severe Memorial Day 2015 flooding which inundated a significant proportion of the nests at this nuisance rookery in Central Texas .
Williamson County, Texas, USA; May 18, 2015.
IMG 0288