August 28 2012
- Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
Posted in 2012 Journal, Water
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July 01 2012
- Performed water repair on drip pans behind barn
- Fed Raccoons
- Began mulching Juniper branches cut along trail to river
Posted in 2012 Journal, Habitat, Food, Water
April 20 2012
- Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
- Heard Chuck-wills Widow
- Saw 2 Monarch Butterfly caterpillars
- Saw 20 Gulf Fritilary caterpillars
- Saw 5 Leopard Frogs in small pond near house
- Continued to remove muck and invasive plants from large pond, rescued tadpoles
- Saw Painted Bunting
- Saw a large variety of Butterlies and caterpillars: Admirals, Gulf Frtitilary, Monarch, Checkered Skipper, Pipevive Swallowtail, Dainty Sulpher, Painted Ladies, and Common Buckeye
- Saw 2 Garter snakes on road near front gate
- Eastern Phoebe building nest on back porch
Eastern Phoebe nest on top of a pipe along the wall on the back porch.
Posted in Census, 2012 Journal, Food, Water
April 12 2012
- Saw Hummingbird collecting Bushy Bluestem grass seed heads for nesting material.
- Very many insects, worms, caterpillars and butterflies
- Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
- Saw a Hawk
- Saw 2 Red-striped ribbon snakes
- Treated multiple Fire Ant mounds
- 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 - 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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