Archive for 'Habitat' Category
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Refreshed Hummingbird feeders
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Found dead Raccoon in Man-made pond, we suspect that it was the sick one we saw last week stumbling with distemper. The sick animals eyes glow green instead of yellow in LED light. It could have gotten caught in the thick pond plants and did not have the strenghth to get out.
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Saw Turkeys throughout the day, 2 Toms and 6 hens
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New Raccoon feeding routine to keep area very clean and dog food pans spread apart.
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Saw Hummingbird
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Removed Salvinia molesta (an invasive non-native plant) from the man-made pond and from the house pond. We will remove all invasive pond plants in one year.
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Removed Ligustrum, Chinaberry (both invasive foreign species) and a few Box Elders along river trail.
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Saw Hawk chasing White-winged Dove at feeding area near house.
Ventral view of Red Admiral butterfly
Posted in
2011 Journal, Census, Habitat, Predator, Food, Water
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Seed collector from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Minnette Marr came to see our Pipevine Swanflower (Aristolochiaceae erecta) to consider using seeds for a short grass blend that they are working on. We only have one plant that we know of and did not share the seeds.
Seed pod of Pipevine Swanflower (Aristolochiaceae erecta)
Posted in
2011 Journal, Habitat
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4" rain!
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Saw Woodpecker at seedball
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Studied Swan flower
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Saw Hummingbird chase a little brown bird away from its feeder
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Saw unusual large orange ants
Posted in
2011 Journal, Census, Habitat
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Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
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Saw a Fox by the Rain Barn
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many Turkeys at wood pile feeding area
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Saw a Skunk go under the porch
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Two Woodpeckers at seedball
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2.1 inches of rain!
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many flowers blooming
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Saw many butterflies
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Saw bird eating bugs on Bottle brush tree
Prickly Pear cactus with a white web of the Cochineal bug, also called the Red Dye Bug because it has been used to make a red dye. It does not harm the cactus.
Posted in
2011 Journal, Census, Habitat, Food
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Saw two Turkeys
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there were many differnt kinds of birds
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Removed Ashe Junipers around the house for fire safety
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Saw a Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly
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Saw Woodpecker on seedball
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two Monarch Butterflies on Frostweed flower at river
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Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
Posted in
2011 Journal, Census, Habitat, Food
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