Wood Storks of the Birdsville Colony and swamps of the Savannah River site
The population of Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) that breeds in the United States has decreased from an estimated 20,000 pairs in 1930 to just under 5,000 pairs in 1980. The decline has prompted the United States Fish an Wildlife Service to list the United States breeding population of Wood Storks as endangered. When the US Department of Energy (USDOE) decided to restart L-Reactor on the SRS there was concern that when the reactor was restarted, cooling water flowing into the Steel Creek Delta would raise the water level and the area would become too deep for foraging storks. USDOE began consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and agreed to develop and maintain alternative foraging habitat to replace the potential loss so the Kathwood Foraging Ponds were developed. We have examined the breeding biology of the birds at the colony to determine when the birds may have maximum food demand and we have studied foraging ecology of the birds. The objectives of the work carried out in 1989 were: to determine the locations of foraging sites of Wood Storks from the Birdsville Colony ad examine year-to-year variation in sites used; to characterize in more detail the habitat, vegetation, water quality and prey density/biomass at these sites; to observe the breeding birds to determine times when food demands at the colony are greatest; to examine the movements of storks from the rookery to foraging sites and related seasonal trends to the breeding biology; to examine the importance of the Savannah River Site Swamp (SRSS) to foraging Wood Storks; and to examine the movements of individual birds to determine the generality of the observed patterns. 28 refs., 100 figs., 78 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Ecology Lab., Aiken, SC (USA). Div. of Stress and Wildlife Ecology
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00819
- OSTI ID:
- 6909184
- Report Number(s):
- SREL-38; ON: DE90012111
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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