Habitat Restoration Day at Los Jilgueros Preserve

Mother nature gave us incredible sunshine for the “First Day Of Spring Planting Event”, March 20th, 2010 at Los Jilgueros Preserve in Fallbrook. We had a wonderful turn out of over one hundred and four volunteers who faced the daunting task of planting 2,213 native California plants, and they did it in only two hours! A family of six came all the way from North Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Native Plant & Wildflower Team along with the Save Our Forest Group of The Fallbrook Land Conservancy coordinated this very successful day. We started off the morning with five dozen donuts, and had to make an emergency run for three dozen more!

The plants were supplied by the Save Our Forest nursery, and sponsored through generous grants by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Along with individual volunteers who came in on their own, there were many who came in groups such as; Fallbrook Rotary Club,  Fallbrook Girl Scouts,  St. Peters Catholic Church Conformation Class,  Fallbrook High School, and The “Miss Fallbrook” Contestants.

By planting natives normally found in the area throughout Los Jilgueros Preserve we hope to create habitat for native birds and wildlife. Some of the natives we planted, such as Coastal Sage, White Sage, Black Sage are especially fragrant and attract butterflies as well. Other varieties of native plants include Encelia, Elderberry and Toyon. Every year the Cedar Waxwings migrate through Fallbrook devouring the Toyon berries, also known as “Christmas Berries” along their way.