Archive for 'Food' Category
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Saw Hummingbird collecting Bushy Bluestem grass seed heads for nesting material.
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Very many insects, worms, caterpillars and butterflies
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Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
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Saw a Hawk
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Saw 2 Red-striped ribbon snakes
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Treated multiple Fire Ant mounds
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Planted 2, 4 inch pots of Blackfoot Daisy
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Planted 1/4 pound of Native Texas Seed mix from Native American Seed Company
:Indian Blanket, Black-eyed Susan,Clasping Conflower,Mexican Hat,Prarie Coneflower, Plains Coreopsis,Blubonnet, Lemon MInt
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Got four new native Texas water plants that can be used in either the small or large pond.
: Eel grass, Najas-Guadalupe water nymph, Yellow Water lilly and Horsetail
Eel Grass and native Water Lilly in containers and placed in pond.
Posted in
Census, Habitat, Predator, Food, Water, 2012 Journal
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Refreshed Hummingbird feeders
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Many feeders near empty
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Saw Lark Sparrow
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Hummingbird feeding on Cardinal Flower. Hummingbirds are attracted to any flower is tubular shaped and especially red in color.
Posted in
Census, 2012 Journal, Food
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Saw many Bluebonnets blooming
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Saw many Mayfly insects mating dance, flying in a vertcial pattern
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Saw many Butterflies
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Refreshed Hummingbird feeders
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Saw Rock Squirrel
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Saw Eastern Gray Squirrel
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Saw Raccoon
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Saw Possum
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Saw Deer
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Continued to remove invasive pond plants using a broad fork and the tractor
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Saw a Bee on Passion Vine flower
Using a broadfork pulled by the tractor to remove large sections of invasive pond plant.
The invasive plant is Brazilian Egeria, it is similar to hydrilla in its growth and damage.
It is commonly sold in pond supply stores, but is NOT advised for a natural setting where it could be washed down into the river system in heavy rains.
Posted in
Census, Habitat, Food, Water, 2012 Journal
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Refreshed Hummingbird feeders
Posted in
2012 Journal, Food
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Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
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Saw 15 Hummingbirds
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Added 2 more feeders, a total of 10
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Observed rain and flood event
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Saw Turtle in River
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Mouse caught in seed bucket
Mouse trapped in seed can with Milo, was rescued and set free
Posted in
Census, 2012 Journal, Food
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