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

November 11 2012

• Cleaned out gunk from 'bathtub' trough at well house - found dead tadpoles and fish and water was eutrifying.  After removing gunk, added a Bullrush plant in a pot and some algae. Many fish still alive and well
• Cold front
• Saw 10 Robins in Lantana bush
• Saw Chickadee, and saw Wren under porch
• Saw lots of butterflies (Yellow, Snouts, Cloudless Sulfurs, Gulf Fritillarys and Grass Skippers)
• Saw Cardinal and House Finch
• Saw Woodpecker on seed ball

Woodpecker eating a seed while perched on seedball

Posted in Census, Habitat, Shelter, Water, 2012 Journal

October 01 2012

• Frogs returned to the pond - they must have been out in the rain
• Removed 1 large bag of KR grass
• Re-seeded with Buffalo and native grass 50 square feet around house
• Rescued some nice grasses
• Made berm to direct rain water out of polebarn
• Repaired leaky water line to pond for frogs
• Recycled trapped lime sand for berms

Posted in Census, Habitat, Erosion, Water, 2012 Journal

September 23 2012

• Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
• Removed invasive pond plants
• Added water to pond
• Removed Ragweed at river bottom
• Saw Swanflower seed pod
• Saw 2 Skunks at feeding area
• local dog came for a visit
• Fed Raccoons dog food
• Removed invasive KR grass from front yard
• Cut dead branches from Junipers
• Began dirt catchers for man-made pond

Juniper branches are arranged to create a dam

Posted in Census, Habitat, Food, Water, 2012 Journal

August 28 2012

• Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders

Posted in 2012 Journal, Water