June 24, 2010, Area 2

Area 2 lies between the cul-de-sacs of Discover Court and Nostalgia Drive. The survival rate of scrub oaks there is  an estimated 5 %.

No scrub-jays were sighted in the planted area whereas 3 were counted at the southern edge of  the area on June 23, 2010. They flew in from the wetlands to the left of the photo above which was taken at the access corridor between Nostalgia Drive and Nostalgia Pond. 

The stick to the right is a dead scrub oak. Despite the rainy winter season, this once green scrub oak below now is dead.Dead scrub oakBlackberries encroaching onScrub oak close to blackberry

View of the area facing towards Discover Court. Almost no scrub oaks have survived. The Bahia grass and weeds are knee-high and blackberries encroach from the wetlands to the left.

View of the access corridor from Nostalgia Drive. The view faces west. The three scrub jays mentioned above sat on the bushes straight ahead. According to birding neighbors, the scrub jays fly in and out, disappear for weeks but show up again later. They could very well be part of a family that we counted in a different area.