April 23 2010

• Saw sixteen Lesser Goldfinches on Thistle feeder

• Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders, the Hummers watched carefully, jealously guarding their "flowers"
• Wren building a nest upstairs in bird house provided
• Cut small Junipers along road edge
• Shot two female Brown Headed Cowbirds and three males (see Caretakers note dated April11, 2010 for explanation)

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census, Habitat, Predator, Shelter, Food

April 17 2010

•  Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
• Saw a large Jack Rabbit
• Saw a Wren feeding nestlings in Purple Martin House 
• Heard Wild Turkeys
• Saw ten Deer at feeding area

      Texas Bluebonnets in bloom on rocky ground

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census, Habitat, Shelter, Food

April 08 2010

• Found dead Ringtail cat in wood barn- it had been living there
• Saw Wren in birdhouse provided at Rain Barn

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census, Shelter

May 17 2007

• Hung homemade birdhouse in tree behind house
• Erected road barriers to driveway to protect butterfly area near barn
• Used horticultural vinegar on poison ivy at steps to the river
• Removed beggars lice around house
• Monarch chrysalis at barn

Posted in 2007 Journal, Census, Habitat, Shelter

April 25 2007

• Found green worm
• Lizard digging
• Wren nesting in new Martin house
• Hummers galore
• 5 Monarch caterpillars on Antelope horn
• Planted and caged Orchid tree
• Planted in north hedge cage Chinkapin oak

Posted in 2007 Journal, Census, Habitat, Shelter