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Webster Woods
The first donation of property offered to Oak
Heritage Conservancy was by Dr. J. Dan and
Juanita Webster. Webster’s Woods, located
in western Jefferson County, is a 40-acre
tract of rolling oak dominated forest with a
small stream dissecting it. Over the last
twenty years, biologists such as J. Dan
Webster, Marion Jackson, Daryl Karns, and
Cliff Chapman have studied plants, birds,
mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. As well
as oaks, the canopy is shared by tulip poplar
and ash, with a rich understory of herbs.
The first donation of property offered to Oak
Heritage Conservancy was by Dr. J. Dan and
Juanita Webster. Webster’s Woods, located
in western Jefferson County, is a 40-acre
tract of rolling oak dominated forest with a
small stream dissecting it. Over the last
twenty years, biologists such as J. Dan
Webster, Marion Jackson, Daryl Karns, and
Cliff Chapman have studied plants, birds,
mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. As well
as oaks, the canopy is shared by tulip poplar
and ash, with a rich understory of herbs.
| Webster Woods |
Dr. J Dan Webster has extensively studied the birds wintering in Webster Woods. He
surveyed eight or nine days each winter of the study. He calculated the average
number of each species for the eleven years of the study. The results are: Carolina
chickadee 4, tufted titmouse 4, golden-crowned kinglet 3, cardinal 3, rusty blackbird
3, downy woodpecker 2, blue jay 2, robin 2, starling 2. Fourteen species, including
pileated woodpecker and yellow-rumped warbler averaged 1. Another eighteen
species, several of them hawks and owls, occurred at least once, but averaged less
than 1. Some species were very regular, for example the Carolina chickadee. Some
were very sporadic, such as the rusty blackbird, which happened only once, but as a
flock of 250 birds. The average total of individual birds per trip was thirty-nine. Dr.
Webster would be interested in having a study done on nesting summer birds.
surveyed eight or nine days each winter of the study. He calculated the average
number of each species for the eleven years of the study. The results are: Carolina
chickadee 4, tufted titmouse 4, golden-crowned kinglet 3, cardinal 3, rusty blackbird
3, downy woodpecker 2, blue jay 2, robin 2, starling 2. Fourteen species, including
pileated woodpecker and yellow-rumped warbler averaged 1. Another eighteen
species, several of them hawks and owls, occurred at least once, but averaged less
than 1. Some species were very regular, for example the Carolina chickadee. Some
were very sporadic, such as the rusty blackbird, which happened only once, but as a
flock of 250 birds. The average total of individual birds per trip was thirty-nine. Dr.
Webster would be interested in having a study done on nesting summer birds.
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