April 17 2015

•  Shot Feral Cat
• Saw Eastern Phoebe
• Saw Lizard

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April 10 2015

•  Saw 2 Striped Skunks

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April 04 2015

•  Watered various  Cedar Elms
• Added water to Hay Barn Rock floor pond to protect tadpoles
• Relocated about 100 fish and 15 tadpoles from mud pond to let it dry out for redesign

Some of the Leopard Frog Tadpoles relocated from drying up mud pond

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March 27 2015

• Saw Armadillo
• Saw Fox at seed bowl on porch
• Treated Fire Ants along roads with fresh Award Fire Ant bait,on 3 acres.
• Caretakers note: Keep all Fire Ant bait indoors so that it stays fresh and does not get rancid.
• Removed deep muck from house pond
• Saw Red-winged Black bird
• Saw many Hummingbirds
• Heard Golden-cheeked Warbler in Red Oak grove
• Removed fish from the drying up mud pond and relocated to water tanks to prepare for redesign of pond.
• Saw Black Swallowtail Butterfly
• Watered Red Oak grove and Cedar Elm patch

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March 22 2015

•  Saw Hawk
• Planted seeds in upper pasture cage, Native American Seed blend 'Sustainable Quail and Dove Mix'
• Saw male Turkey with 5 females 
• Treated Fire Ants along the roads with Award growth regulator
• Saw several flocks of Geese flying North
• Saw Armadillo
• Saw Meadowlark in the well pasture

This Western Meadowlark was first seen on the ground well hidden in tall grasses, then it flew up into an Oak Tree.

Posted in Census, Habitat, Predator, 2015 Journal