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Waterbrook Pond (North to South)
This small slice of environmental heaven is located in Martinez, Georgia, Columbia County. The pond, surrounding pines, and beautiful wooded areas provide a natural habitat for birds, bees, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, and small animals including raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks, possum, and even the occasional smelly, but friendly, white-striped skunk.
Our property faces the Waterbrook pond directly from the northwest corner. Dawn has made both our front and back yards into attractive, inviting garden sanctuaries for birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Her garden sanctuaries compliment the natural surroundings of the pond, creek, and forest and blend in nicely with the natural landscape.
Recent additions to the Waterbrook habitat include 11 ducklings (pictured on our National Wildlife Federation’s “Wildlife Gardens Group” photostream), one gosling born to two of our four Canadian Geese, a large Blue Heron, and a small Green Heron (not yet shown). Each spring and summer the Waterbrook pond fills with turtles and frogs, hummingbirds visit regularly, and the neighborhood children get to see and appreciate nature from their backyards in a relaxed, quiet, and friendly setting.
Other birds that frequent our habitat include Robins, Cardinals, Carolina Wrens, Black-Capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, Grackles, American Goldfinches, Red House Finches, Brown Thrashers, Gray Catbirds, the Tufted Titmouse, Mourning Doves, Mockingbirds, Downy Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, the occasional Red-headed woodpecker, the Brown-headed Nuthatch, and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Waterbrook Pond has a wide variety of ducks and geese that also frequent our neighborhood properties and gardens and in the evenings 5 or 6 Little Brown Bats come out to feed.
We hope to include more photos, as the summer progresses. In the meantime the Waterbrook Garden Habitat and Sanctuaries are here to stay! :)
Waterbrook Pond (North to South)
This small slice of environmental heaven is located in Martinez, Georgia, Columbia County. The pond, surrounding pines, and beautiful wooded areas provide a natural habitat for birds, bees, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, and small animals including raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks, possum, and even the occasional smelly, but friendly, white-striped skunk.
Our property faces the Waterbrook pond directly from the northwest corner. Dawn has made both our front and back yards into attractive, inviting garden sanctuaries for birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. Her garden sanctuaries compliment the natural surroundings of the pond, creek, and forest and blend in nicely with the natural landscape.
Recent additions to the Waterbrook habitat include 11 ducklings (pictured on our National Wildlife Federation’s “Wildlife Gardens Group” photostream), one gosling born to two of our four Canadian Geese, a large Blue Heron, and a small Green Heron (not yet shown). Each spring and summer the Waterbrook pond fills with turtles and frogs, hummingbirds visit regularly, and the neighborhood children get to see and appreciate nature from their backyards in a relaxed, quiet, and friendly setting.
Other birds that frequent our habitat include Robins, Cardinals, Carolina Wrens, Black-Capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, Grackles, American Goldfinches, Red House Finches, Brown Thrashers, Gray Catbirds, the Tufted Titmouse, Mourning Doves, Mockingbirds, Downy Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, the occasional Red-headed woodpecker, the Brown-headed Nuthatch, and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Waterbrook Pond has a wide variety of ducks and geese that also frequent our neighborhood properties and gardens and in the evenings 5 or 6 Little Brown Bats come out to feed.
We hope to include more photos, as the summer progresses. In the meantime the Waterbrook Garden Habitat and Sanctuaries are here to stay! :)