tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57336993252360605522024-02-07T19:51:57.000-08:00Commons Ford PrairieCommons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-61044256991927912772020-05-24T08:28:00.000-07:002020-05-24T08:33:47.800-07:00A VIRTUAL PLANT WALK THROUGH COMMONS FORD PRAIRIE<div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A virtual plant walk through Commons Ford Prairie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Amy Concilio</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">May 14, 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The Commons Ford prairie restoration was recently featured in the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://savebartoncreek.org/happy-hours/&source=gmail&ust=1590183260341000&usg=AFQjCNHywztjC4SYsaKI5vhSOLYSq5Iryg" href="https://savebartoncreek.org/happy-hours/" style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Save Barton Creek Association’s
Happy Hour speaker series</a>. The speaker
was Dr. Amy Concilio, a plant ecologist and professor of Environmental Science
and Policy at St. Edward's University. Amy has been leading the vegetation
sampling campaigns to monitor restoration success at Commons Ford prairie since
2017 with a team of enthusiastic students and volunteers. Because of the COVID-19
pandemic, the Happy Hour was held over zoom and recorded. Amy took the group on
a virtual tour of the restored prairie. She introduced some of the dominant and
exciting rare grasses and wildflowers that have returned to the site, and
discussed the implications of the restoration for ecosystem functioning
and biodiversity conservation. She provided the audience with tips for how to
identify commons grasses and wildflowers at the site and showed lots of pretty
pictures- some of which came from the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.flickr.com/photos/commonsfordpro&source=gmail&ust=1590183260341000&usg=AFQjCNFyhbLYE4q2VgtCCJKKLw3Ss8sT3A" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/commonsfordpro" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">CFPRO Flickr page</a>. You can watch the
presentation by clicking on this link: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://stedwards.zoom.us/rec/play/65EtIr2vrW83HdPHtwSDVvB_W9W_Jv6s03VK86Fbnxu3UCJVMQf3Y7JEauoiwD7PFxG82o0tZU9a0O7S?startTime%3D1589497386000&source=gmail&ust=1590183260341000&usg=AFQjCNHE0cKHaIZXaFy7C35BCZvagFxDnA" href="https://stedwards.zoom.us/rec/play/65EtIr2vrW83HdPHtwSDVvB_W9W_Jv6s03VK86Fbnxu3UCJVMQf3Y7JEauoiwD7PFxG82o0tZU9a0O7S?startTime=1589497386000" style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://stedwards.zoom.us/rec/<wbr style="display: inline-block;"></wbr>play/65EtIr2vrW83HdPHtwSDVvB_<wbr style="display: inline-block;"></wbr>W9W_<wbr style="display: inline-block;"></wbr>Jv6s03VK86Fbnxu3UCJVMQf3Y7JEau<wbr style="display: inline-block;"></wbr>oiwD7PFxG82o0tZU9a0O7S?<wbr style="display: inline-block;"></wbr>startTime=1589497386000</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Additionally, Amy posted the plant profile slides from the presentation on the outreach
page of her website, available <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://amyconcilio.com/outreach/&source=gmail&ust=1590183260341000&usg=AFQjCNHVqtZ1NoPIP5FXvbxmLjCch1Dxqg" href="http://amyconcilio.com/outreach/" style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a>. You could use this to identify plants at the site!</span></div>
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-52154473873072955372020-05-20T13:54:00.000-07:002020-05-24T08:38:26.512-07:00Dr. Amy Concilio's PowerPoint Tour of Commons Ford Prairie<div style="text-align: left;">
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<b>PowerPoint from Dr. Concilio's Virtual Tour of Commons Ford Prairie</b><br />
<b>May 14, 2020</b><br />
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In her virtual tour, Amy takes us through the restored prairie, introducing some of the native grasses and wildflowers that have returned to the site, and discusses the implications of the restoration for ecosystem functioning and biodiversity conservation. In her PowerPoint slides below, see tons of amazing photos and come away with some tips for spotting and identifying them when you're able to visit the park in person!<br />
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-79130129666600328802020-02-21T11:26:00.001-08:002020-02-21T11:32:53.783-08:00<br />
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Response of
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A presentation of
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Amy Concilio, PhD, Assistant Professor at St. Edwards
University and her environmental science students presented their findings on
research conducted at a restored prairie to over 44 interested participants in
a slide/lecture presentation at the offices of Travis Audubon Society on
Thursday, January 9, 2020.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">Amy Concilio,
PhD, Assistant Professor at St. Edwards University, presents research conducted
at Commons Ford Prairie</span><br />
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The presentation, sponsored by the Commons Ford Prairie
Restoration Committee (CFPRO), provided a platform for Dr. Concilio and her
students to showcase the results of the research they have conducted since the
spring of 2017 at Commons Ford Ranch Metropolitan Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Students enrolled in environmental science classes at St. Edwards University, have been conducting plant surveys and transect studies to
determine the effects of restoring a prairie in an urban park. Slides and
explanations of research were presented along with some questions and discussion
from the audience. <br />
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The research documents and reinforces restoration efforts of
the prairie committee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Located in
western Travis county, Commons <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ford Metropolitan Park is a part of the City
of Austin Parks and Recreation Department.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Native
Prairie grasses are thriving as part of restoration efforts at Commons Ford
Prairie</span><br />
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As noted on the Commons Ford Blog page located at http://commonsfordpro.blogspot.com,<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Restoration of the 40 acre prairie began in 2010 and continues
today through the efforts of the Commons Ford Prairie Committee, a subcommittee
of Travis Audubon since 2016.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Travis
Audubon and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department have partnered
in their efforts to restore and maintain the prairie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The results of which have increased the
variety of native prairie grasses and wildflowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The increased numbers of native plants have
attracted many birds and insects to the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Commons Ford Park is a popular spot for birdwatching, hiking and
enjoying the outdoors.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As noted on the Travis Audubon web page, “The initial goal of
the restoration effort was to increase native grasses and wildflowers while removing
invasive plant species. The result has been amazing. Invasive plant species
have decreased from 99% to 15% and native species, which provide food and
shelter to attract prairie birds and other wildlife, have increased to
85%. The percentage of prairie birds has increased exponentially.
The first pre-restoration survey identified a single bird while the first
post-restoration survey indicated in excess of 90 individuals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Travis Audubon is working with the City of Austin to manage the
prairie and expand public programming to include field trips, bird and
vegetation surveys, and new offerings for children and families.”</span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A brief summary of
the research that was presented is as follows: </b><br />
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• The restoration treatment worked to increase plant diversity
& greatly reduce the cover of invasive species <br />
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• There are a variety of pollinator friendly plants<br />
• There is insect diversity<br />
• Recreational value of the restored prairie was surveyed<br />
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• Comparisons between the restored prairie and a nearby reference
site are almost certainly underestimating benefits of the prairie restoration<br />
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• Diversity at the reference site was much higher than that
observed at the restoration site pre-treatment <br />
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• Seed dispersal from the restored prairie could have
increased biodiversity in the region! <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">What additional
benefits have been gained by restoring plant diversity at Commons Ford? </b><br />
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• Floral resources – the variety of wildflowers and the
abundance of spectacular color is beautiful and attracts a variety of birds and
insects to the prairie<br />
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• Water holding capacity—long roots of prairie grasses help
plants in the prairie hold water underground<br />
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• Infiltration-long roots of prairie grasses help to filter impurities in
ground water<br />
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• Soil nutrients increased <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Possible future research:</b><br />
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• Does applied nucleation work to increase benefits of prairie restoration
beyond the treated area? To what extent? <br />
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• What are the social and psychological benefits of
restoration of biodiversity in urban environments?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 8.0pt;">Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) and horsemint (Monarda
citriodora) wildflowers were abundant in the spring of 2019.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #404040;">The 40 acre restored prairie site in Commons Ford Park was
dominated by a mix of invasive grasses including King Ranch bluestem, Johnsongrass,
and crabgrass, until a large restoration effort occurred in 2011-12, which
included prescribed fire, herbicides, and seeding more than 70 species of
native Texas grassland plants. Dr. Concilio’s work has focused on quantifying
plant diversity responses and seeding success, whereas her students have looked
at a variety of topics such as insect diversity and abundance in the restored
prairie compared to a nearby reference site (Fall ‘18), social ecosystem
services of the restoration (Fall ‘18), and differences in soil moisture
and organic matter in the restored prairie and reference site (Fall ‘19). Other
student research quantified abundance of pollinator-friendly plants and
compared productivity in the restored versus reference meadows. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 11;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Janice Sturrock</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-38957027163088845612019-06-30T10:12:00.000-07:002019-06-30T11:29:48.870-07:00WHAT'S NEW AT COMMONS FORD PARK?<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-8c0637b7-7fff-c3d6-23b2-748619e0aa68" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Sunday morning, June 23, 2019, family and friends of Rusty Osborne gathered near the prairie at Commons Ford Park to officially dedicate “Rusty’s Perch.” The perch is a bird blind tucked away among the purple horsemint and orange standing cypress wildflowers on the northwestern end of Commons Ford Prairie. The inspiring, peaceful space is dedicated to the memory of Rusty Osborne, a lover of nature and frequent visitor to the park before his passing in June of 2016. A botanist by training and a lifelong lover of the natural world, Rusty so enjoyed spending time at Commons Ford Park, watching the birds, identifying the beautiful prairie flowers and walking the trails with family and friends. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-de3f7334-7fff-f848-28bd-db812d8936e0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a crowd of family and friends gathered on the early summer morning to share in conversation and memories of Rusty, the dedication ceremony began with opening remarks by Sheila Hargis, co-chair of the Commons Ford Prairie Committee. After providing a brief history of the bird blind project, Sheila introduced Cecelia Green who read a poem dedicated to her late husband. Cecelia was joined in her reading by her son, Robin Osborne and her daughter, Lauren Osborne. </span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-6b0659aa-7fff-2390-2ace-bce13785f071" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-28012b42-7fff-0f31-70a7-aa03de719ea0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many thanks to all of the Commons Ford Prairie Committee members for their work in creating such a beautiful space for wildlife. Committee members include: co-chairs Sheila Hargis and Ellen Filtness; members Andy Filtness, Mark Lyon, Deb Wallace, Lee Wallace, Janice Sturrock, Kirsti Harms,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Terri Seigenthaler, Michael Sims, and Ed Fair, in absentia. Funding for the bird blind was provided by the family of Rusty Osborne. Thanks also to the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department for their assistance in the construction of the bird blind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><b>Recent Educational Events at CFP: Learning about Monarch Butterflies and the Travis Audubon Master Birders Program</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial";">If you have been out on the prairie lately, you may have noticed groups participating in educational opportunities uniquely suited to the native environment established at Commons Ford Prairie. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial";">On October 13th, one of Dr. Amy Contillo's classes from St. Edwards University visited the prairie to learn about the monarch butterfly migration and its habits from Steven (Chip) Harris, a Commons Ford Prairie Committee member. The monarch butterfly migrates an amazing +2,500 miles from Canada to Central Mexico each fall. The insect passes through Central Texas in mid-October, where it is often witnessed in mass numbers looking for blooming, native wildflowers on which to feed. Chip explained the life-cycle of the butterfly to students, discussed the importance of the plants as a source of fuel, and caught and tagged one insect at the end of the tour. A tagging and tracking system for the monarchs has been in place for many years by Monarch Watch, an organization dedicated to the science behind the monarch life-cycle and migration. If the tagged insect is found later, the number on the tag will be traced back to records showing it was caught, tagged, and recorded at the prairie in October in Central Texas. Monarch Watch can then determine the movements of the butterfly, helping to understand the incredible migratory habits of this insect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">On October 21, Shelia Hargis and Ed Fair led a field trip for this fall's Travis Audubon Society's Master Birder Program (TAMBP). The </span><span style="font-family: "arial";">Master Birder Program at Travis Audubon Society</span><span style="font-family: "arial";"> is designed to help participants increase their understanding of birds and their habitats, while also developing the skills and opportunities for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm for birds and the natural world with others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial";">This year's group witnessed a Hepatic Tanger</span><span style="font-family: "arial";">, which has been recently spotted at the prairie. Additionally, an Eastern Phoebe became friendly with one of the participants and Ed was able to photograph the bird in an unusual display of man-bird communion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline;">Travis Audubon launched their program in fall 2016. The training, similar to that of the Master Gardener’s Program, includes a series of in-class sessions, study assignments, several field trips, and volunteering and keeping up with continuing education credits for the first three years after completing the curriculum. The instruction is designed to focus on native habitat and vegetation, the distribution of bird species in the area, and conservation issues affecting those communities and species in Central Texas. Participants also receive special instruction on flight and bird behavior, anatomy, and migration. </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><br />
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-30932101649396429032017-07-30T13:42:00.001-07:002017-07-30T13:46:17.874-07:00Commons Ford Prairie Designated as a Monarch Watch “Monarch Waystation” <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Commons Ford Prairie was recently designated a “Monarch Waystation” by the organization, Monarch Watch, a nonprofit educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas that focuses on the monarch butterfly, its habitat, and its spectacular fall migration. Monarch Watch has one of the most widely known and respected “citizen scientist” monarch habitat projects in the U.S., with initiatives directed toward monarch tagging programs to track the insect’s migratory pathway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The actions at Commons Ford Prairie support the City of Austin’s own initiatives aimed at helping this species in peril. In 2015, Austin signed the Monarch Mayoral Pledge through the National Wildlife Federation and is in the “Leadership Circle.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Milkweed is the host plant for monarch butterflies. Part of the reason for the decline of the monarch butterfly is decreasing milkweed habitat and range. There are 36 species of milkweed in Texas (Texas Parks and Wildlife), and four species found in the park. One species, <i>Asclepias asperula</i> (antelope horns milkweed), is by far the one most suited. The committee applied and received a grant of 500 free antelope horns milkweed plugs. The plants were provided by Monarch Watch through their nation-wide “Bring Back the Monarchs” Program. The mission of this program is to address changes in agricultural practices and development which decimated monarch habitat and to restore habitats for monarchs, pollinators, and other wildlife. The goals of this program are to restore 20 milkweed species, used by monarch caterpillars as food, to their native ranges throughout the United States and to encourage the planting of nectar-producing native flowers that support adult monarchs and other pollinators.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To participate in Monarch Watch’s Milkweed Restoration Program, applicants for restoration must demonstrate that they have a land management plan and that other nectar sources are either pre-existing or are included in the new planting. Commons Ford Prairie is a very good example of the conditions for which the program is looking. For more information on Monarch Watch visit <a href="http://www.monarchwatch.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">www.monarchwatch.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Two members of the Commons Ford Prairie Committee, as well as one other volunteer, planted the milkweed plugs at several locations in the prairie in May. As a result of good rains in late May and early June, the plugs are thriving.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today, the 40-acre restored native prairie at Commons Ford Metropolitan Park supports an amazing diversity of wildlife and grassland birds. The prairie explodes in color throughout the spring and early summer and is teeming with hundreds of species of birds, butterflies, insects and other wildlife throughout the year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fifth graders from Valley View Elementary attended the “Kids at Commons Ford”
pilot program, on May 18, 2017. The program was developed as an
educational outreach effort by the Commons Ford Prairie Committee, associated with the Travis Audubon Society. Ten volunteers
from Capitol Area Master Naturalists, Travis Audubon Society and other groups
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nets, bug boxes, binoculars and meter sticks, small groups of 9-10 kids assumed
the role of scientists for the day as they hiked around the 40-acre restored
prairie while observing and documenting birds, flowers, grasses, butterflies,
lizards and more. In addition to exploring and documenting their
discoveries on the prairie, the students hiked through a wooded canyon where
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">Volunteer leaders
assisted students in comparing the open prairie which consisted of 3-4 foot
tall prairie grasses and flowers and very few trees, with the wooded
canyon trail which hosted tall Ashe juniper and live oak trees as well as rocky
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Valley View Elementary, located in the Eanes Independent School District, all
live in the neighborhood near Commons Ford Park. Students and parent
chaperones enjoyed learning more about the prairie and the park. Many
students had visited the park before and all were encouraged to come back to
the park with family and friends in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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developed over the last 2 years and was modeled after the “Kids on the Prairie”
program at Tandy Hills Natural Area in Fort Worth. A colorful field guide
was created for the program and provides an outline of content information for
volunteer guides and an educational journal for students to record observations,
descriptions, thoughts, drawings, time and date and weather conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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program was to provide students with an outdoor educational field experience to
learn about components of a prairie ecosystem. Students had fun in the
outdoors while exploring and discovering the natural world outside of their
classroom. A poster depicting a prairie grass with underground roots over
12 feet long emphasized the importance of prairies in providing natural erosion
control and providing a filter to remove pollutants from rain water as it
percolates through the ground to the water table. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue";">Hopefully, students and
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families, has conducted research that shows that spending time in nature has
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highlight of the day was spotting the great horned owlets in the pecan bottom. Or maybe it was the opportunity to be in the park for the day, or seeing
the incredible display of color on the prairie exhibited in wildflowers such as sunflowers, Indian blankets, wine cups and purple thistle; or a chance to see
tadpoles in a pool along the creek, or discover black fly larva on the rocks
under the flowing water, or the fun of sharing a day with your friends in the
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<b>St Edward’s students learn plant identification skills and the value of native prairies while conducting the annual Commons Ford Prairie vegetation survey</b></div>
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Dr. Amy Concilio of St. Edward’s University has joined the Commons Ford team to take the lead on vegetation surveys. With a group of eight undergraduate students and two Master’s students, she spent a week in early May conducting the annual vegetation surveys along nine transects established in 2011. Most of the undergraduate students had no previous experience identifying plants, so they spent a few days learning about what characteristics are important to ma<span style="color: black;">ke note of when identifying grasses and wildflowers, how to use a dichotomous key, and how to sample vegetation using the transect method. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">It was a fantastic opportunity for them to get hand’s-on experience in ecological field sampling, and several of the students are now considering doing capstone research projects at the site. Most of the students had never been to Commons Ford and were blown away by many different grasses and wildflowers could be found in a native Texas prairie! The students also had the opportunity to hear from Ed Fair about the history of the site and project. They are inspired and excited to share their new knowledge with friends and family, and hopefully contribute to conservation and restoration efforts of native Texas ecosystems!</span></div>
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Travis Audubon and the Commons Ford Prairie Committee thank Dr. Concilio and her students for completing the survey. We hope the students will continue to visit CFP and become avid birders, plant ecologists, or leaders in conservation for native prairies--or all three!</div>
Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-10713390453566041922017-03-20T20:00:00.003-07:002017-03-26T06:29:17.655-07:00<b>Travis Audubon Introduction to Birds and Birding class at Commons Ford </b><br />
<b>March 11 and 12, 2017</b><br />
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Shelia Hargis led the TA Introduction to Birds and Birding Class at Commons Ford Prairie on Saturday and Sunday, March 11th and 12th. Though the weather was less than ideal (cool and raining on Sunday), the group never complained and endured the entire 3+ hour class each day. There were nine students. <br />
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Bird lists from each day follow, along with a photo.<br />
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Eastern Bluebird. Photo by Shelia Hargis on March 11. </div>
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<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Belted Kingfisher</span></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Golden-fronted Woodpecker</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">American Kestrel</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Eastern Phoebe</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Loggerhead Shrike</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">White-eyed Vireo</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">American Crow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Purple Martin</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">10 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Barn Swallow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">25 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Cliff/Cave Swallow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Carolina Chickadee</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">7</span></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse
</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">8 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Carolina Wren</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Bewick's Wren</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Eastern Bluebird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">14</span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> American Robin</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Mockingbird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">22 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Cedar Waxwing</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Parula</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">20</span></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">8 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Chipping Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Field Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">White-throated Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Song Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Lincoln's Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">27 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Cardinal</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Red-winged Blackbird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Western/Eastern Meadowlark</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Brewer's Blackbird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Brown-headed Cowbird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">13 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">House Finch</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Lesser Goldfinch</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">American Goldfinch</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div>
<table class="d-spp" id="spp-list"><tbody></tbody></table>
</div>
<br />
Sunday's list:<br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 320px;">
<colgroup><col span="5" style="width: 48pt;" width="64"></col>
</colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px; width: 48pt;" width="64"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; width: 96pt;" width="128"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Great Blue
Heron</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Black Vulture</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Turkey Vulture</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Red-shouldered Hawk</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Red-tailed Hawk</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Killdeer</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">30 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">White-winged Dove</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Mourning Dove</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Yellow-bellied Sapsucker</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ladder-backed Woodpecker</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Downy Woodpecker</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Flicker</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">American Kestrel</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="15" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 11.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Eastern Phoebe</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="15" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 11.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Scissor-tailed Flycatcher</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Loggerhead Shrike</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">White-eyed Vireo</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">American Crow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Carolina Chickadee</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">7 </span></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse
(hybrid)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Canyon Wren</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Carolina Wren</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Bewick's Wren</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Eastern Bluebird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">American Robin</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Mockingbird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">European Starling</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">40 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Cedar Waxwing</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Parula</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">14 </span></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1</span></td>
<td colspan="4" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)</span></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">10 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Chipping Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">White-throated Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Song Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Lincoln's Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1</span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> Rufus-crowned Sparrow</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">13 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Northern Cardinal</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Red-winged Blackbird</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.5pt;">
<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">100 </span></td>
<td colspan="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Common Grackle (Bronzed)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" height="19" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); height: 14.5pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5 </span></td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">House Finch</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px;"></td>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-39526150321163518642017-02-12T17:16:00.001-08:002017-02-12T17:18:16.033-08:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">February 4, 2017 Field Trip Summary</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">In spite of the poor weather, 15 people participated in the
February 2017 Travis Audubon Monthly field trip at Commons Ford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The temperatures stayed in the 50s throughout
the morning and otherwise the weather alternated between thick fog, to heavy
sprinkles to mist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say this
affected the number of bird species seen.</span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Only 36 species were identified by sight or
vocalization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would expect to get at
least 50 species in February.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Highlights
included flocks of American Robin and good looks at both Red-bellied and
Golden-fronted Woodpecker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only had
six sparrow species but those included Fox and Harris’s as well as a total of
nine Song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least five Song Sparrow
were out in the open perched together pecking for seed on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were also able to see the continuing Sedge
Wren(s?) in the prairie.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-285347646518168342017-01-15T15:24:00.001-08:002017-01-15T15:24:10.299-08:00Commons Ford Prairie is now accepting requests for proposals to conduct vegetation surveys from individuals or groups interested in the study of native prairies, their restoration, and the techniques used to survey vegetation in support of restoration efforts. These entities or individuals must have the capacity to conduct vegetation surveys and record data in May, 2017. <br />
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Link to RFP:<br />
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non-competitive event held around the world promotes birding and species
identification (and fun!). Participants come for all or part of a specified
period--usually 12-24 hours--and sit in a 17-foot diameter circle to identify and
record as many bird species as possible. Rules allow participants to leave The
Big Sit! circle to identify a bird seen or heard within the circle. However,
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Sit! Sixteen people participated throughout the day, 50 total species were
identified, and the hours of the sit extended from 6:00 a.m. to 5:01 p.m. It
was a beautiful, cool, fall day for bird watching, adding to the pleasant
experience of being with like-minded friends and acquaintances identifying
birds collaboratively. The circle was situated on the edge of the prairie just north
of the main ranch house, within good viewing distance of the prairie, the
woodland edge, and the Colorado River valley just beyond the prairie. Together,
these conditions contributed to many sightings of ducks and sparrows as well as
raptors migrating south. A list of species is below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whether participants spotted a Brown or Long-billed Thrasher, either of which
would be a great find for the park. The bird was positively identified as a
Brown Thrasher and a beautiful image by Lee Wallace is included above. Another challenge
was identifying distant, migrating and moving birds from within our small
circle. For example, both Cooper’s Hawks and Sharp-shinned Hawk were spotted
beyond the river, and on the adjacent property, Wild Turkeys roamed in a pack,
nearly alluding detection because they were behind the tree line. </span></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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from Travis Audubon Society’s Board, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Frances Cerbins,
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Ford Prairie History, also included on this blog: The loss of native prairies
has significantly and negatively impacted grassland and other bird species as
well as other wildlife which depend upon such life-sustaining habitats.
Virtually all species dependent upon native grasslands are in decline.
Restoration of wildlife habitats will enhance, support and help sustain these
species by providing nesting, shelter and food sources. Click on the link to
donate to a fund dedicated to the prairie’s ongoing restoration. Thank you for
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ladder-backed Woodpecker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Northern Flicker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eastern Phoebe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">American Crow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Common Raven<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cave Swallow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Carolina Chickadee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tufted x Black-crested Titmouse (hybrid)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Canyon Wren<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">House Wren<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Carolina Wren<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Blue-gray Gnatcatcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eastern Bluebird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">American Robin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brown Thrasher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Northern Mockingbird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lincoln's Sparrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">House Finch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Lesser Goldfinch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you are interested in including
some overall Big Sit stats, see the links below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/connect/bigsit/bigsit-2016/stats.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/connect/bigsit/bigsit-2016/stats.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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compare to other circles in Texas:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-4679282185714994042015-08-16T11:08:00.000-07:002015-08-16T11:12:00.892-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At long last, and thanks to Tess Sherman, we now have a clear written narrative of the history of the Commons Ford Prairie Restoration Project. Check out this beautifully prepared and illustrated document by clicking of the following link <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4uwuCpyyRLRb2dYQlBzdVJYdjA/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">History of the Commons Ford Prairie</a></span>Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-817449434106927572015-05-05T07:44:00.000-07:002016-02-21T10:17:42.380-08:00Vegetation Survey Analysis<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At long last, thanks to our new data analyst volunteer, Lilli Johnson, we are now able to present some concrete results of the prairie restoration efforts. Essentially, we have been conducting annual spring/summer vegetation surveys, beginning with the year prior to commencement of the restoration project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The survey consists of approximately 10 static transect lines of 20 meters in length. The vegetation is catalogued out for one meter in alternative directions on every other meter of the transect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While it was possible to simply look at the prairie and gauge the impact, it is comforting to see these actual comparisons of native and non-native species over the surveys.</span><br />
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The first annual Bird Poker event at Commons Ford was a big success. Nine teams participated in absolutely beautiful weather. Thanks to all who participated.</div>
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So many birders in the park turned up two new species: Long-billed Curlew and Barn Owl. A total of (roughly) 98 species was tallied for the day which is a single day park record. The full list is below. Most interesting misses were Greater Roadrunner and Eastern Screech Owl. </div>
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The winning team, Crakes of Wrath, scored 53 points and also the most species (78). Congratulations to Byron Stone, Noreen Baker, Christian Walker and Arman Moreno.</div>
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Birding the Hardway (Bryce and Rob Hardway) were only one point behind while the third place team, the Old Crows (Trent Miller, Fred Dalbey and Robin Doughty) had 39 points.</div>
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Thanks to all of our donors: Native American Seed Company, Diane Sherrill of Native EarthScapes, artist Gail Woods, Brush Freeman and Barton Springs Nursery for their kind donations and support. All funds raised from this event will go toward continuing the Commons Ford Prairie Restoration Project. Our expanded efforts include placing some education signs around the prairie this year. </div>
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Mark your calendars and join us for Bird Poker 2016 during the last week of March.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Killdeer<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-490888133999902642014-12-13T16:38:00.003-08:002015-01-07T08:45:43.400-08:00Get Ready for Bird Poker on Saturday, March 28, 2015!<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So this year we decided to try something a little different for our annual Commons Ford Prairie Restoration</span> <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Organization fundraiser. So folks, get ready for some Bird Poker!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>For a complete set of Bird Poker Rules, click on the following link </b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; line-height: 27.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can register for Bird Poker <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/bird-poker-tickets-14827267757" target="_blank">here</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.15;">For more information, contact us at <a href="mailto:commonsfordpro@gmail.com">commonsfordpro@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will also be offering some fabulous prizes, all provided by our wonderful (and very talented!) donors...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Want a chance to win a free weekend stay at Native American Seed's Cool River Cabin on the Llano River in Junction? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Up to 6 adults, donated by Native American Seed Company</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How about a copy of the essential birding reference, TOS Handbook of Texas Birds, personally signed by both authors, Brush Freeman and Mark Lockwood? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Four copies, donated by Brush Freeman</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or a beautiful print of one of the "Birds of Commons Ford" by popular local artist, Gail Woods?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Five prints from original watercolors, donated by Gail Woods</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Or a $25 gift certificate from Barton Springs Nursery?</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">5 certificates donated by Barton Springs Nursery</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or another great prize, like a free one hour landscape consultation by NativeEarthscapes, or an energy psychology session by Robin Heart Shepperd, or ???? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Then you need to play Bird Poker at Commons Ford Park on Saturday, March 28, 2015!</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's how it works:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teams consisting of 2-5 members will bird Commons Ford Park on March 28, 2015, anytime between 5:00 AM (park opening) and 3 p.m. If you want to participate, but don't have a team, let us know, and we'll help you find a team.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Birders of all skill levels and all ages are welcome. In fact, we're encouraging new birders with a special prize. (See below)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Bird species will be assigned point values according to how likely they are to be found in the Park during this time of year. We may even have a wild card or two! The fun part is that birders won't know what each species is worth until they turn in their hand.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Once you've finished your birding day, use your bird list to determine your best "poker hand". Turn your hand in to the judges by 3:30 P.M.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Winners will be tallied and prizes awarded. A special prize will be given to the winning team with the most birders having less than 2 years experience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Entry fee is $50.00 per team member. Corporate or organizational sponsors may be enlisted to contribute part or all of a team's entry fee. Sponsors will be recognized in all promotional material for the event, on our blog, and on our FB page. All proceeds will go toward funding 2015 prairie projects. CFPRO is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization operating under the charitable umbrella of the Austin Parks Foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can register for Bird Poker <a href="http://www.birdpoker.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">here</a> </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.15;">Questions? Contact us at <a href="mailto:commonsfordpro@gmail.com">commonsfordpro@gmail.com</a></span><br />
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<br />Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-61445590926177652122014-11-25T11:05:00.000-08:002014-11-25T11:05:32.287-08:00Don't Miss Out on the Last Commons Ford Bird Walks of 2014The summer heat has officially given way to crisp, fall weather. And with that fall weather, comes fall birds! Common's Ford is a popular destination for wintering and migrating fall bird species, due in no small part to the abundance of food sources in the prairie.<br />
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Join us for one (or both!) of our two final bird walks in 2014:<br />
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Sunday, November 30, 2014 - Lead by Deb and Lee Wallace<br />
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Sunday, December 7, 2014 - Lead by George Kerr and Ronnie Kramer<br />
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The walks are free of charge but space is limited. Reserve your spot now by going to the Travis Audubon <a href="http://travisaudubon.org/get-outdoors/field-trips" target="_blank">website</a> and registering.<br />
Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-24140342779371183602014-08-28T08:44:00.002-07:002014-09-03T18:46:56.095-07:00Commons Ford Priaire Organization - News and Updates for 2014<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are also happy to report that we are back on track and will be immediately
moving forward with the prairie work scheduled for 2014. Special
thanks to Brian Block at PARD and Jeff Larsen, our new Park Grounds
Manager at Commons Ford, for their support and assistance in moving the project
forward. We expect to continue our great working relationship with
Jeff, Brian and others at PARD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The main portion of the prairie is in
excellent shape and is setting up for an interesting winter with lots of
prairie birds expected. As most of you know, the 2014 work focuses on
expanding the "good portion" of the prairie to the north and
east. This buffer zone includes roughly 8-10 acres although it is laid
out in more of a strip that runs east-west and then north-south on its eastern
edge. The work includes mowing and shredding which took place on August 27, followed by assessments and limited herbicide treatment only as needed
in the buffer zone, followed finally by planting of a modified native seed
mix in this zone. We also expect to smooth out the uneven
ground which exists in a portion of the buffer zone to insure better seed
contact. All of this work will be performed by our good friend
and project partner, George Cates and Native American Seed Company. George has
continued to work with us throughout the summer to modify the plan as
necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Given the excellent native growth in the prairie this spring and summer, and
with decent rain throughout the summer, we are anxious to see the resulting
impact on birds and other wildlife in the prairie. Wintering sparrows and
other prairie species should begin to arrive in late-September with the
pace picking up in October. Of course, we will be conducting our winter
prairie bird surveys later this winter, but you should come check it
out for yourself either on your own or as part of our monthly bird/nature walks
(see below).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Our monthly walks are continuing with August's walk led by Laurie Foss
and Shelia Hargis. Laurie and Shelia came up with an interesting concept
for their two summer walks which focused on examining bird behavior rather than
just ticking off the species. As always, both of their walks were full
and successful. Thanks to both of them for their continuing support.</span></div>
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the same result and more as the kiosk is extremely expensive. We will be
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along the southern edge of the prairie which would contain the same information
as the kiosk. Additionally, we will consider and discuss the
possibility of placing one or more shaded benches along the trail
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April 20, 2014. Bill identified over 65 plant species, most of which were
native. The diversity, as well as the high percentage of native plants, is due
to the restoration efforts of Commons
Ford Prairie Restoration Organization. The participants enjoyed Bill's
encyclopedic knowledge of native plants and botany, as well as his enthusiasm
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-51311801698647620282014-03-03T17:59:00.000-08:002014-03-03T18:07:54.455-08:00Wack-A-Weed Day <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commons Ford in full spring bloom in the summer of 2012.</td></tr>
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part of the Commons Ford Prairie Restoration Project. Our
restoration project is entering its fifth year and in that time we have made
great strides. Still, we must make every effort to remove any
remaining invasive grasses in order to allow the natives to grow and flourish.
For the volunteer day, we will especially be concentrating on the King Ranch
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Effective tools for battling invasive grasses and forbs in the prairie.</td></tr>
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Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-37477435661225314972014-02-06T18:04:00.004-08:002014-02-06T18:17:23.854-08:00We're Live!The episode of Central Texas Gardener featuring the Commons Ford Prairie Restoration is live on the air!<br />
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Thank you to Central Texas Gardener for spreading the word on our project and the importance of prairie restoration.Commons Ford PROhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221299320284631095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5733699325236060552.post-27378428147558373152014-01-04T08:37:00.003-08:002014-01-19T16:34:08.280-08:00Watch us on "Central Texas Gardener"!<br />
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984574" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Feb. 8</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Feb. 9</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Feb. 10</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984575" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Noon</span></span> & 4<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984576" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9 a.m.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984577" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5:30 a.m.</span></span></div>
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KLRU Q (18/3)</div>
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Tuesday</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Wednesday</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Friday</div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984578" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Feb. 11</span></span></div>
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Feb. 12</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Feb. 14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984579" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6:30 p.m.</span></span></div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984580" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:00 a.m.</span></span></div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984581" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:30 a.m.</span></span></div>
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KLRN (San Antonio)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
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Saturday<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.95pt;" valign="top" width="140"><div class="MsoNormal">
Feb. 8</div>
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11 a.m.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
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KNCT (Killeen & Waco)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
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Saturday<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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Feb. 8</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
1:30 p.m.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div>
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KBDI (Denver, CO)</div>
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Sunday</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tuesday</div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.95pt;" valign="top" width="140"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feb. 9</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feb. 11</span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984585" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2 p.m.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984586" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2:30 p.m.</span></span></div>
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KPBT Midland (Permian Basin)</div>
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Monday</div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.95pt;" valign="top" width="140"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feb. 10</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
12:30 p.m.</div>
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KAMU (College Station)</div>
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Saturday</div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.95pt;" valign="top" width="140"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feb. 8</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
5:00 p.m.</div>
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KRSC (Claremore, OK)</div>
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Saturday</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Tuesday</div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.95pt;" valign="top" width="140"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feb. 8</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Feb. 11</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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KTWU (Topeka, KS)</div>
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multiple days & times</div>
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<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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Arizona Public Media Ready TV, Tucson</div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.95pt;" valign="top" width="143"><div class="MsoNormal">
Thursday (but schedule is not current)</div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 104.95pt;" valign="top" width="140"><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 10.6pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_964984590" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">1:30 p.m.</span></span></div>
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