Archive for 'Habitat' Category
- Saw and heard Golden Cheeked Warbler near house
- Built bird house
Posted in
2006 Journal, Census, Habitat
Still in drought conditions.
- Saw 6 Deer
- Saw 2 dozen Turkeys in tall trees at river edge
- Watered all plantings
- Refilled 1000 gallon rain barrel for water drip behind water barn, using long hoses strung from well faucets.
- Saw Wren, Cardinal
- Saw Armadillo getting drink from pond near house
Posted in
2006 Journal, Census, Habitat, Water
- Removed KR bluestem around house and downhill
- Continued to remove ragweed jungle along river trail exposing frostweed, lobelia and turks cap
- Aerated yard
- Continued waterings
Posted in
2005 Journal, Habitat
- Removed 3 strands of barbed wire on fence at deer crossing, total 4 spans, replaced with one strand of non-barbed wire.
- Lopped baby junipers
- Spread compost throughout yard area around new plantings
- Removed Johnson grass
Posted in
2005 Journal, Habitat
- Saw many migrant hummingbirds
- Saw Rufous Hummingbird (new addition to census list)
- Added 4 hummingbird feeders for migrating hummingbirds. A mixture of 4 units of water to one unit of sugar.
- Removed rag weed that had overgrown hummingbird habitat at river, exposed four-o'clocks, turk's cap and frostweed
Posted in
2005 Journal, Census, Habitat
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