Jester Estates - September 2022 by Peel, Inc.

Each year during fall and spring migrations, nearly two billion birds travel through Texas in one of the planet’s greatest wildlife spectacles. This fall, one in every three birds migrating through the U.S. will pass through Texas from August 15 through November 30. We encourage all Texans to join us in participating in Lights Out Texas to protect migrating birds by turning off non-essential lights at night from 11pm - 6 am during the fall migration period of August 15 through November 30. Each night and each light turned out helps save migrating birds. As an added bonus, turning off nonessential lights also saves money and conserves energy for cities, local businesses, and homeowners!

Birds are amazing indicators because their presence and behavior inform us about changing ecosystems and the impact that our activities have on the natural environment. Birds provide ecosystem services, act as benchmarks for environmental health, increase livability and quality of life, and connect people of all ages and abilities to the natural world. Light pollution is a growing and underrecognized threat to birds. Birds are easily disoriented from commercial and residential light emanating from our cities across the country. In fact, it is estimated nearly one billion birds die annually due to collisions with buildings. Birds tell us it is not too late, but there is no time to lose!

Three New Families

Jester is now home to the Zitkovic’s, originally from Croatia, the Knight’s from Southeast Austin, and the Mothersole’s from Fort Worth. After searching months and looking at many homes in various neighborhoods around Austin, they all found Jester to be the best place in the city to raise their families. From needing more space, convenience to work or living closer to family already in Austin, Jester fit the bill. Jester is lucky to have three more great neighbors. Thanks for choosing Jester Estates!!

Dale Bulla

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Jester Welcomes

By Carol Philipson

Zitkovic Family (Top Right), The Knight’s (Bottom Right) and The Mothersole’s (Left)

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Copyright © 2022 Peel, Inc. The Jester Warbler - September 2022 3 Jester EstatesBoard of Directors www.JesterHOA.com President Eric Cochan eric@jesterhoa.com Treasurer Phil Ponebshek phil@jesterhoa.com Landscape Committee Chair Margaret Hutchinson ........................................margaret@jesterhoa.com Social Committee Chair Teresa Gouldie teresa@jesterhoa.com Safety Officers Carol Philipson carol@jesterhoa.com Phil Ponebshek phil@jesterhoa.com Architectural Control Committee Chair Candace Wong ................................................... candace@jesterhoa.com Firewise Officer Carol Philipson carol@jesterhoa.com Board of Directors Charles Wolchansky charles@jesterhoa.com Restrictions Violations Committee Chair Cyndi Means .......................................... cyndi.means@goodwintx.com Jester Club 512-794-8867 jesterclubmanager@yahoo.com, www.jesterclub.org Homeowner's Association Mgmt - Goodwin Mgmt Cyndi Means cyndi.means@goodwintx.com 11149Office: Research Blvd, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78759 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 203310 Austin, TX 78720-3310 If you would like to add your name, send email to hopeteel@gmail.com with the jobs that interest you,your age and phone number (MUST be a teenager). Baby Pet House Yard Name Sit Sit Sit Work Phone Anderson, Layla*+ • • 512-496-6536 Anderson, River • • ..............512-502-2073 Beach, Annika.................... •.......... • ......... • ........................................ 512-839-0387 Ferrens, Ashley • • 512-767-3003 Fricke, Samantha+ • • • 512-948-2717 Gerrie, Jack ........................ •.......... • ......... • ........................................ 210-290-3842 Gerwels, Emily • 512-795-9270 Gilliam, Ava*+ • • • 512-633-3664 Hayes, Alice ................................... • ......... • ........................................ 512-952-0512 Hull, Carter*+ • • • 512-963-3254 Kellar, Allison • • 512-902-1009 Moore, Kaitlin ................... •...................... • ........................................ 512-739-7652 Orton, Claire • • 512-346-0434 O'Toole, Emily • • 512-917-9397 Pantaleoni, Nicholas .......... •.......... • ......... • ........................................ 310-200-6006 Parouty, Ava • • • 512-298-9160 Popps, Adrian • • • .............512-960-7305 Reed, Emery ...................... •................................................................. 512-592-2141 Shafer, Owen • • 512-786-2378 Schoffler, Isabella* • • 512-804-8047 Thibodeaux, Medeline ....... •.......... • .................................................... 512-619-0291 Trautman, Colin • • • 512-342-2422 Tuttle, Morgan • • 737-247-8558 Ware, Sonoma ................... •................................................................. 512-796-4013 Werth, Amanda* + • • • 217-398-2833 Wright, Brooklyn + • • • 737-465-9459 *-CPR Training +-First Aid Training Teenage Job Seekers JESTERHOA.COM Visit www.jesterhoa.com for HOA documents and info on the neighborhood! NOTONLINEAVAILABLE Newsletter Information Editor Hope Teel hopeteel@gmail.com Publisher Peel, Inc. ..................................... www.PEELinc.com, 512-263-9181 Advertising advertising@PEELinc.com, 512-263-9181 ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS Interested in submitting an article? You can do so by emailing hopeteel@gmail.com or by going to: www.peelinc.com/articleSubmit.php. All news must be received by the 12th of the month prior to the issue. BUSINESS CLASSIFIEDS Classified Ads Business classifieds (offering a service or product line for profit) are $65, limit 40 words, please contact Peel, Inc. Sales Office @ 512-263-9181 or advertising@PEELinc.com.

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Hello Neighbors, Just a friendly reminder to join our Jester HOA Facebook group if you haven’t already! The page is still growing, with over 300 members now. It is a great platform to help quickly spread time sensitive information in our community, to ask for or offer neighborly help and an overall resource intended for facilitating quick and easy communication. Just do a quick search for “Jester HOA” on Facebook, and please answer the questions in order for approval into the group. Please understand that we need the questions answered in order to approve your request for the group as this is a private group to our community. Thank you!

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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid

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by Jim and Lynne Weber

Hoppin’ OrthopteraNatureWatch

Common throughout Texas is the Differential Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis), which is brown to olive-green and yellow and up to 1.8 inches long, with black herringbone markings on its legs. It feeds on both grasses and broadleaf plants, although it prefers the latter, and is often found in areas of lush vegetation. Both nymphs and adults tend to aggregate together, and the adults are found from July to October. Also found thoughout Texas is the Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura). This large grasshopper, to 2.5 inches long, has olive-green forewings and typically a pale yellow-green dorsal stripe from the front of the head to the wing tips. While females can lack this stripe, both sexes have blackishpurple tibia with yellow, black-tipped spines. This species prefers fields and open woodlands, and can sometimes feed on flowers and shrubs.

The use of sound is crucial in courtship, with each species having its own distinct song. Males attract mates through stridulation, or producing sounds by rubbing the upper and lower wings or the hind leg and wing together creating a vibration that is species-specific. The auditory organs for orthopterans are not located on their heads, however, but on the abdomen for grasshoppers and the front legs of crickets and katydids.

Differential Grasshopper

Abundant, large, colorful, and often noisy, orthopterans are unlike other insects in that they undergo an incomplete or gradual metamorphosis. Their simple lifecycle consists of an egg, nymph, and adult, where the nymphs look similar to adults, but lack completely developed wings. Eggs typically hatch in the spring, nymphs develop through the summer, and adults mate and reproduce in late summer and fall, with winter passing in the egg stage. They have three basic body parts: the head, which contains sensory parts such as antennae, eyes, and mouthparts; the thorax, which contains the legs and wings required for movement; and the abdomen, which bears the digestive and reproductive organs.

Take a walk through a meadow on a late summer or early fall day, and you’ll no doubt encounter members of the insect order Orthoptera: grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids. While their Greek name translates to ‘straight wings’, these insects are better known for their jumping ability and powerful hind legs that can propel them to 20 times their body length.

Obscure

The Green-striped Grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata) is found everywhere in Texas except for the southernmost portion of the Trans-Pecos. Up to 1.5 inches long, it has both a green form (usually females) and a brown form (usually males). Between forms, the main difference is the coloring of the head, thorax, and outer face of the hind femora, with the abdomen always being reddish-brown. This grasshopper prefers wet areas with short grasses on which to feed. More often heard than seen, Tree crickets (Oecanthus sp.) are whitish to light green, with long antennae and slender bodies. In late summer from dusk into the evening hours, the males begin to chirp, with the rate of the chirp correlating to the outside temperature. If you count how many chirps you hear in 15 seconds and add that to 40, you’ll come surprisingly close to the actual air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Field crickets (Gryllus sp.) are dark brown to black, about 1 inch long, live in cool, dark areas, and normally emit high-pitched, continuous calls. Those that live in caves are dark brown, have well-developed hind legs, and exhibit a hunchbacked Theappearance.antennae of katydids are hair-like and at least as long as the body, superbly represented by the Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata). This all-green katydid is often found in weedy fields, thickets, forest edges, and along roadsides. Up to 2.2 inches long, the first generation matures in late spring and the second in early fall. Interestingly, the overall size of the adults varies and is directly related to how fast they must mature in order to fully use the growing season to produce the maximum number of Often,generations.whatyou can’t identify by sight during the day becomes clear when it sings, calls, buzzes, or chirps at night. Immerse yourself in the nighttime soundscape, and hear your way to discovery! Send your nature-related questions to naturewatch@austin.rr.com and we’ll do our best to answer them. If you enjoy reading these articles, check out our books, Nature Watch Austin, Nature Watch Big Bend, and Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, and Native Host Plants for Texas Moths (all published by Texas A&M University Press), and our blog at naturewatchaustin.blogspot.com.

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Field Cricket Bird Grasshopper

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