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March 17 2014

  • Saw a Jack Rabbit crossing the North side of the road at dusk
  • Visited with neighbor who also slowed down when saw rabbit crossing the road
  • Saw Mockingbird and Scrub Jay at hay barn
  • Re-excavated 2nd hay barn pond with Limestone ripples

Very interesting limestone ripples exposed. It is the old sea bed from the Cretaceous Era.

Posted in Census, Habitat, Water, 2014 Journal

September 22 2013

  • Removed 3 (5 gallon) buckets of K.R. Bluestem
  • Inspected new water-line to Deer feeding area

Posted in Census, Habitat, Water, 2013 Journal

May 16 2013

  • Refreshed Hummingbird feeders
  • Saw Fox eating sunflower seeds at wall behind house
  • Saw Skunk at big pond

Posted in Census, Food, Water, 2013 Journal

February 18 2013

  • Saw Fox
  • Removed invasive pond plant from man-made pond with tranfer water pump, sprayed the muck from the bottom of the pond onto high ground around the land.
  • Saw Wild Turkeys roosting at dusk
  • Fed Deer Milo
  • Contibuted to "Great backyard Bird Count", a project of Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

www.birdcount.org

  • 30 Wild Turkeys
  • 20 Lesser Goldfinch
  • 2 Carolina Wren
  • 50 White Winged Dove
  • 12 Mourning Dove
  • 12 Northern Cardinal
  • 4 Black-crested Titmouse
  • 4 Carolina Chickadee
  • 2 Chipping Sparrows
  • 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • 2 Eastern Phoebe
  • 1 Red Tailed Hawk
  • 12 Black Vultures
  • 8 Turkey Vultures
  • 20 Pine Siskin
  • 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

Juniper Hairstreak Butterfly

Posted in Census, Habitat, Water, 2013 Journal

November 11 2012

  • Cleaned out gunk from 'bathtub' trough at well house - found dead tadpoles and fish and water was eutrifying.  After removing gunk, added a Bullrush plant in a pot and some algae. Many fish still alive and well
  • Cold front
  • Saw 10 Robins in Lantana bush
  • Saw Chickadee, and saw Wren under porch
  • Saw lots of butterflies (Yellow, Snouts, Cloudless Sulfurs, Gulf Fritillarys and Grass Skippers)
  • Saw Cardinal and House Finch
  • Saw Woodpecker on seed ball

Woodpecker eating a seed while perched on seedball

Posted in Census, Habitat, Shelter, Water, 2012 Journal

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