March 15 2021

• Planted wildflower seeds in cage
• Saw first Hummingbird of the season, began putting out a few hummingbird feeders

Posted in Census, Habitat, 2021

February 20 2021

Large flock of Cedar Waxwings eating Ashe Juniper Berries after the deep freeze

Lesser Goldfinch

Posted in Census, Habitat, 2021

February 18 2021

• Saw Lark Sparrow
• Saw Chipping Sparrow
• Saw Red-winged Blackbird
• Saw Bluebirds

In the deep freeze, caretakers saw a large number of birds coming to the bird feeding areas.

Pine Siskins dusting snow away from bird seed, and a Chipping Sparrow

Snow on the Blanco River shoreline

Posted in Census, Habitat, 2021

February 15 2021

Snow on cactus

Large flock of Pine Siskins at bird seed feeding area

Posted in Census, Habitat, 2021

January 30 2021

Brush is arranged neatly on contour marked by the orange flags for erosion control.

Dead branches of Ashe Juniper trees are used, which also opens the understory while leaving  a thick canopy cover above.

Posted in Habitat, Erosion, 2021