Xref: utzoo rec.birds:2202 rec.travel:12749 rec.scuba:3156 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsk!king From: king@cbnewsk.att.com (joyce.l.king) Newsgroups: rec.birds,rec.travel,rec.scuba Subject: Re: Trip to Everglades and Florida Keys: Part 1 Summary: wood storks moving north Message-ID: <1990May30.155921.27316@cbnewsk.att.com> Date: 30 May 90 15:59:21 GMT References: <126613@midas.encore.com> Followup-To: rec.birds Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 > South Florida is suffering through a severe drought (though it > has been raining for the past week, it hasn't helped much). > The animals in the Everglades are having a tough time. The > birds are suffering to the extent that their breeding > schedules have gotten out of sync. They have also abandoned > many of the newborn birds because of lack of water. I read in > the newspaper that the wood stork is in particular trouble. On Mother's Day I saw a number of wood storks West of Brooksville, Florida, at the Boy Scout Preserve. Brooksville is 40 miles north of Tampa. I was surprised to see them so far north but I guess they have to go where they can find food and water. The same day a sandhill crane gave me a dirty look for stopping and watching it "shop" for lunch along the ditch at the side of the road. He was a beauty. -- Joyce Andrews King (This message brought to you from the Florida Keys via the miracle of modern communications.)