Well, look. A Limpkin. (A quiet Limpkin!) They sound like this when they aren't quiet.
I was barely around the Pineneedle curve and I saw a Limpkin with a prize snail. It's not a close enough photo to see if it's their favorite, an apple snail. They do eat a few other native snails.
I decided to photograph other areas of Wildewood Springs to show you how smart Neal and Seibert were to include so many retention ponds in our neighborhood. Despite pouring rains, areas drain. (I know some areas have added parking lot culverts.)
Other villages have installed above ground stormwater paths. The water runs across planted areas or grass which helps clean the water before it gets to the pond. That helps reduce summer algae growth in the pond.
Everyone is ready to dry off including this White Ibis.
There are huge puddles in other areas. Within a couple hours most of these areas recede.
So here is a look at the neighborhood this evening. The weather forecast for tonight is HERE.
This is near the Cortez Road entrance and Springlake tennis courts. The pond has flooded into the grassy area.
