Conditions: 45-75 F, wind calm, sky clear, 0730-1100 hours
- Nashville Warbler
- Black-crested Titmouse
- Wild Turkey
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Mourning Dove
- Great-crested Flycatcher
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Dickcissel
- White-eyed Vireo
- Carolina Wren
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- House Finch
- Bewick's Wren
- Carolina Chickadee
- Golden-cheeked Warbler
- Great-horned Owl
- Canyon Wren
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Common Grackle
- Inca Dove
- Painted Bunting
- Turkey Vulture
- Great Blue Heron
- Black Vulture
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Green Kingfisher
- Greater Roadrunner
- Yellow-billed cuckoo
Posted in
2005 Journal, Census
- Scrub jay at feeding station
- Wren nesting on shelf in pole barn, sitting on nest with 5 eggs
- Snake in river
- Large snakeskin found on big rock in river
- Baby turtle
- Cricket frogs
- Chuck wills widow singing 10 pm-dawn
Posted in
2005 Journal, Census
- New plantings:
- 100 square feet seedball mix, sage rage seed balls around house and septic field
- Big blue sage
- Engleman's sage
- Mealy blue sage
- Scarlet sage
- Texas sage
Posted in
2005 Journal, Habitat
- Planted:
- Cenizo sage near house
- Rosemary near faucet at edge of bed to begin perimeter protection
- Black cherry (did not survive summer)
- Lavender
- Lemon thyme
Posted in
2005 Journal, Habitat
- Started swales behind tuff shed above septic field
- New swale built below house, with rocks and twigs appox. 80 feet
- Cleared many baby junipers
Posted in
2005 Journal, Erosion