September 28 2001

Trapped and removed feral cat

Posted in 2001 Journal, Predator

September 22 2001

• Jack rabbit
• Saw lizard
• Chickadee inside barn was caught in a thick spider web. It was rescued, web removed and set free near tipi

Posted in 2001 Journal, Census

September 22 2001

• Removed old and moldy hay bales from house site to prepare for fresh batch. Lots of little mice scurried away from the bottom of the pile under the pallets
• Relocated dead hay to swales throughout (ongoing project)

Posted in 2001 Journal, Erosion

September 22 2001

• Treated fire ants with Logic and Amdro
• Repaired north fence to keep neighbor's goats out

Posted in 2001 Journal, Predator

September 04 2001

1 week or more of good, long, flooding rain

• Home construction carpenters reported seeing a fox crossing the road towards the water well pasture and a stray mangy dog in the early AM
• Everyone working heard a rabbit scream towards bobcat draw (heard over construction noise)
• Workers saw a squirrel take down birdseed block (bypassed squirrel guard)
• Saw hummingbirds
• Looking for monarch migration
• Tiger swallowtail butterflies
• Raccoon and deer tracks at river
• Scrub jays
• Large butterfly
• Striped lizard (10 inches long)
• Large leopard frog at river
• 18 inch hog nosed snake behind barn that had eaten something large (likely a little field mouse that are quite abundant under the pallets with hay for house construction)

Posted in 2001 Journal, Census