Devon Energy Company volunteers hold an annual workday on Sundown Island. This effort is organized by Lynn Travis and Barbara Van Horn. Warden Chester Smith would like to thank all of the volunteers for their contributions to making it a successful rookery for colonial waterbirds.
Diane Nunley (L) and Warden Chester Smith (R) on the way out to Sundow ...
Approaching the island, notice the large number of Brown Pelicans to t ...
Brown Pelicans leaving the dock area. I think the pelicans believe th ...
For most volunteers the windmill has become a favorite landmark on the ...
New windmill parts are unloaded from the boat to the dock. The windmil ...
After breeding season, many of the adult pelicans leave the island. Y ...
Lynn Travis (with Devon t-shirt) is giving Jen (light-blue), Ethan Per ...
Nancy Posey (daughter of Chester Smith) with her two grandchildren, Ma ...
This group arrived early but Diane got them to pose before they headed ...
Lynn is standing at one of the old pond areas surrounded by Salt Cedar ...
In the Ebony grove, Lynn holds up a new tree to illustrate how small t ...
Chester Smith and Rony Zetik get the "slinger" ready to attach to the ...
Rony Zetik (left) and Gary Eskelson (right) put the insecticide slinge ...
Greg Simmons clears out weeds around trees near the tractor shed.Photo ...
Chester Smith (center) with his great-granddaughter, Victoria Fluitt ( ...
Sally Simmons clears out weeds around one of the trees near the tracto ...
Devon Energy donated a new gas-powered weed-wacker for triming around ...
The funny looking pvc pipe tepee was placed to mark the Ebony tree plo ...
Jen stops for a moment to look up at photographer Lynn.Photo credit: ...
Dale Blakeman clearing out dead stalks from the Silver-leaf Sunflowers ...
Ethan Perry tops briefly to give Lynn a smile!Photo credit: Lynn Trav ...
Brenda Eskelson and Steve Tripp pose with their newly planted trees.Ph ...
Steve Tripp and Gary and Brenda Eskelson have the ground tarp laid and ...
Diane Nunley took this and the next photo while she was checking out t ...
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly enjoying nector from a morning glory.Photo ...
From left to right: Dale Blakeman, Greg and Sally Simmons, Gary Eskels ...
The new motor for the Audubon boat, Egret II, funded by a grant from F ...
Volunteers break for lunch.
Photo credit: Diane Nunley
Chester Smith watches his great grandaughters Madison and Sierra, arra ...
Jen, who came with Ethan Perry, holds up her beach find—surgical sci ...
Priscilla shows off a variety of busted, beat up plastic objects colle ...
Greg Simmons displays the skeletal remains of a Brown Pelican that bec ...
Some of the volunteers stayed behind long enough to meet up at Cathy's ...
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