March 30 2013

• Added old rotting boards to berm in cactus field for erosion control
• Extended berm into the woods from the speed bump on the road
• Removed invasive pond plant
• Saw 30 Pine Siskins

Pine Siskin in blooming Mexican Buckeye tree

Posted in Census, Habitat, Erosion, 2013 Journal

March 20 2013

• Removed small Box Elder tree overgrowth along river bottom land, arranged limbs on the ground on contour
• Refreshed Hummingbird feeders and added three more

Posted in Habitat, Food, 2013 Journal

March 09 2013

• Removed numerous small Box Elder trees along river bottom
• Saw flock of 12 geese at the river
• Heard Hummingbird

Posted in Census, Habitat, 2013 Journal

February 18 2013

• Saw Fox
• Removed invasive pond plant from man-made pond with tranfer water pump, sprayed the muck from the bottom of the pond onto high ground around the land.
• Saw Wild Turkeys roosting at dusk
• Fed Deer Milo
• Contibuted to "Great backyard Bird Count", a project of Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

www.birdcount.org

• 30 Wild Turkeys
• 20 Lesser Goldfinch
• 2 Carolina Wren
• 50 White Winged Dove
• 12 Mourning Dove
• 12 Northern Cardinal
• 4 Black-crested Titmouse
• 4 Carolina Chickadee
• 2 Chipping Sparrows
• 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker
• 2 Eastern Phoebe
• 1 Red Tailed Hawk
• 12 Black Vultures
• 8 Turkey Vultures
• 20 Pine Siskin
• 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
  

Juniper Hairstreak Butterfly

Posted in Census, Habitat, Water, 2013 Journal

February 04 2013

• Began removing deep sticky muck from the bottom of man-made pond and also removed invasive non-native water plants. Water and muck was sprayed onto high ground away from the pond drainage area.
• Saw Eastern Phoebe returning to nesting site on the back porch.

Posted in Census, Habitat, 2013 Journal