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December 2009, Volume 3, Issue 12 Official Publication of Sonoma Homeowners Association

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Santa Event Sonoma Annual Santa Eventwill be held Saturday December12th11-1pmattheBarefootpool.Santaandhiselveswillbehavingtheirpicturetakenwiththekids.

DAtes to RemembeR:

December 7 HOA Meeting Monday December 7th ,7 pm

LOCATIONTOBEDETERMINED. Locationinformationwillbesentinanemailblast.Tosign-upfortheE-blast,[email protected]“PleaseAddMeTotheBlast”.

December 12th 11-1pm. TheSonomaAnnualSantaEventwillbeheldSaturday

attheBarefootpool.Santaandhiselveswillbehavingtheirpicturetakenwiththekids.

December 19th ChristmaslightJudgingistonight.

December 21-January 1 NOSCHOOL

December 25th Merry Christmas

January 10th Christmas l ights

should be takendown. The HOAwill begin sendingoutviolationletters.

January 18th NoSchool

Thismonth’sYardofthemonthwinnerwillbechosenbasedonitsChristmaslightdisplay.

ThewinnerwillbechosenthenightofDecember19th.Be sure to turn on your lights!

Yard of the Month

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Please report broken sprinklers, vandalism, suspiciousbehavioretc.Anunreportedleakcancostwastelotsofwaterbeforeit’sfound,vandalismcanbringupsafetyissues. EarlineWakefieldisthePropertyManager.Hercontactinformationisearline.wakefield@goodwintx.comandPhone512-502-7526.Boardmembercontactinformationcanbefoundunderthecontactssectionofeachnewsletter.

A bigTHANKYOU to Mark Palmer. He has takenon the challenge of updating the neighborhood webpage!Its currently under construction, but when it’s up it willfeaturelinkstoeventinformation,ACCforms,newsletterinformationandmuchmore!

updated trail information In2009,GamePlan2020:BuildinganActiveCommunity-TheRoundRockStrategicParksandRecreationMasterPlanwasadoptedastheCity'sguideforfutureparks,recreation,andtrailsplanning.Theplanincludesanupdateofthe2004TrailsMasterPlan.Theplanlooksatexistingtrailsystemsandplansfuturetrailandon-streetconnectionopportunities.TheCitywouldliketotriplethemilesoftrailsinRoundRockby2020.ThefollowingtrailplateslookatfutureopportunitiesinmajorcorridorswithinRoundRockandsurroundingETJ.http://www.roundrocktexas.gov/docs/brushy_creek_corridor_mp_2009.pdf

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ComingfromtheAnglo-Saxonword ‘spearwa’andliterallymeaning ‘flutterer’, sparrowsoftenconjureupimagesoftheubiquitousandnon-nativeHousesparrowandtheHousefinch,whichisn’tasparrowatall.Whilemostsparrowsaregenerallysmalltomediumbrownbirdswithstreaks,thedifferencesbetweensparrowscanbestbedeterminedbytheirrelativesize,headmarkings,andhabitat.

All sparrowshaveconicalbills that theyuse to shell seeds,aprimarycomponentof theirdietyear-round,butespeciallysointhewintermonths.Thereislittledifferencebetweenthemalesandthefemalesintermsofappearance,butmalesareonaveragelargerthanfemales.Asagroup,mostsparrowsarebirdsofgrasslands,prairies,andmarshes,andseemtopreferweedyfieldsandwoodlandedgesinthewinter.Ofthesparrowspeciesthatmigrate,nonetravelfurtherthanthesouthernUnitedStatesornorthernMexico.

OneofourmostcommonwintersparrowsistheChippingsparrow.Smallandslim,withalongnotchedtail,rustycap,whitestripeovertheeyeandablacklinethroughtheeye,thissparrowmovesinlooseflocksandfrequentlyfeedsinshortgrassandopenwoods.Whilestillfairlyabundant,thissparrowisdeclininginnumbers,mainlyduetohabitatdestruction,andwintersinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.Whenfirstidentifiedin1810byanAmericanornithologist,itwasnicknamed‘thesocialsparrow’foritwaseasilyapproachedandassociatedwithhumanhabitation.

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nAtuRe WAtCHThe Simple Beauty of Sparrows

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Afairlylargesparrow,theWhite-crownedsparrowisdistinguishedbyitsblackandwhitestripedhead,unmarkedgraybreast,anddarkpinkbill.Itisfoundinlargegroupsinthicketsandweedyareas,foragingontheground.Discoveredin1772byaGermannaturalist,thissparrowwasoriginallynamedthe‘white-eyebrowedbunting’,forintheOldWorld,sparrowswereusuallycalledbuntings.

Foundinavarietyofgrassyhabitats,andofteninsmallflocks,istheSavannahsparrow.Streakedonboththeirbackandtheirbreast,Savannah’shavepinklegs,yellowabovetheeye,athinwhitemediancrownstripe,andashortnotchedtail.FirstdescribedbyaBritishornithologistin1790,itwascalleda‘sandwichbunting’duetothefirstspecimensbeingcollectedfromSandwichBayintheAleutianIslandsofAlaska.

Lincoln’ssparrowisamedium-sizedbirdwitharathershorttail,broadgraystripeabovetheeye,buffymoustachestripe,andabuffyupperbreastwithcrisp,blackishstreaks.Foundinwinterinbrushyedgesofpondsandothermoistareas,thissparrowwasnamedbyJohnJamesAudubonin1833afterhisresearchcompanion,ThomasLincoln,shotthefirstspecimeninLabrador.

Sparrowsaregregariousandareoftenourmosthardywintervisitors.Adornedinvariousshadesofbrown,gray,black,andwhite,theyreflectthesubduedhuesofawinterlandscape.Oftendismissedas‘littlebrownbirds’whenseenwiththenakedeye,thesebirdsinvitecloserinspectionandarenature’swayofremindingusthatsubtlecolorsandpatternscanbebeautiful,too!

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