Kettling Wood Storks
Birders use the term 'kettling' to refer to a large number of birds circling and riding on thermal updrafts, as it reminds them - some of them, at least - of water boiling in a kettle. These birds are wood storks, which migrate through the southeast Texas area and Brazos Bend State Park. They occasionally stay for a day or so in the park, and when they take off to continue on their migration they will form a kettle, waiting for all the members of their flock to join them, before traveling on. Their numbers have declined precipitously over the years, and their conservation status is listed as threatened.
Kettling Wood Storks
Birders use the term 'kettling' to refer to a large number of birds circling and riding on thermal updrafts, as it reminds them - some of them, at least - of water boiling in a kettle. These birds are wood storks, which migrate through the southeast Texas area and Brazos Bend State Park. They occasionally stay for a day or so in the park, and when they take off to continue on their migration they will form a kettle, waiting for all the members of their flock to join them, before traveling on. Their numbers have declined precipitously over the years, and their conservation status is listed as threatened.