Kerrville Chapter

Chapter Meeting March 8, 2022 – Gardening for Birds

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Join us on Tuesday March 8th for a Zoom presentation by Kathleen Scott – Gardening for Birds.  There will be a short business meeting at 1:30 pm with the presentation starting at 2 pm.  The meeting is open to the public.

Gardening for Birds is a program for anyone who wants to enhance their gardens and attract a variety of birds. You’ll learn about birds that frequent the Texas Hill Country, why they’re here, what they need and how to provide it: food, shelter, and habitat. You’ll also learn how to create bird habitat, illustrated with bird, plant and habitat photos from the author’s gardens plus a detailed plant list for the program.

Kathleen Scott is a 12 year Master Gardener but a 20 year wildlife gardener. She’s created large and small habitat gardens certified by the National Wildlife Federation.  In the process, she’s made almost every mistake possible…learning the hard way how to design habitat gardens for birds, the plants that grow here, how to grow them and what NOT to do. Her articles on habitat gardening have been published in the San Antonio Express-News and her wildlife gardening talks draw folks from all over Central Texas.

Kathleen has provided these useful handouts:
Birds of the Texas Hill Country
Bird Gardening – Texas Hill Country Plant List

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About the Region

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This low-elevations region of Texas extends inland from the barrier islands, about 60 or so miles, and stretches from Brownsville to Louisiana. In total, it covers about 9.5 million acres, with a high point of 150 feet in elevation. More than 1000 species of plants can be found in this region. On the southern end, species more common in Mexico (such as Sabal mexicana) and Central America occur.

The barrier islands provide us with dune systems, and clay flats to the inland side, which have species found in these areas alone. Many plants here, such as Ipomoea pes-caprae (beach morning glory), can be found throughout tropical regions of the globe. I’ve encountered the same species on the beaches of Guam.

Once inland, vast marshes and wet prairies occur. Occasionally, oak (Quercus fusiformis) groves can be found. Common grasses include species of Bothriochloa, Paspalum, and Sporobolus; eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides); and switchgrass (Panicum species). Many rivers and creeks cut through the Gulf Prairies, and along these riparian areas various species of trees, Sabal minor, and other plants adapted to clay soils can be found. Due to overgrazing, farming, and fire suppression, woody species such as mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and huisache (Acacia farnesiana), and invasive species such as chinaberry (Melia azedarach), Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius), and Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) have increased and displaced our native flora.

Source: Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason