Florida Drought

Zanotti

Its really dry here in the Tampa area. The local rivers are lower than at any historic point. The big lakes are down over 6 feet from normal.

Behind my house is a nice creek that flows with lots of wildlife. Its kind of my personal Viera Wetlands. I went back there this afternoon and found it pretty much dry.




I usually cannot wade across at this point, due to a combination of flow rate and depth. Today, you can walk across and not even get wet:



What few birds are left are looking for water:



If you look down here it is extremely dry and prone to fires. Its usually a pine forest, but now just a tinder box:




There are still a few birds here, but they are skittish. I can normally get really close to this pair - not today, severe cropping to show the kinds of birds.....



This is why the smoke and fires will continue to get worse in Florida until we get a hurricane and lots of rain. Funny to ask for a hurricane, but its what we all need (minus the wind!)

Z, in bone dry Tampa.

bfjr

Got my fingers crossed for some good rain in your parts

Harryb

Its getting bad Z. The creek behind my house is rapidly disappearing.

ShepsMom

Little lake where i shoot my birds is all dry now. Good thing there is a big lake right next to it, but birds are not as active anymore. I'm fearing they'll go somewhere else.. :cry