Waterstone Wildlife home

May 30 2010

 
  • Caretaker rescued a lizard that was being eaten by a snake. The lizard lost some if its tail.
  • Saw another snake slithering along the sidewalk by the house.

                                       Central Texas Whip Snake

 

Caretakers note: The Central Texas Whip Snake was released and quickly slid to the top of this Ashe Juniper tree. The red underside of its belly is visible as a thin horizontal line in the upper center of the photo.

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census

May 29 2010

  • Mulched brush and put on driveway
  • caged young oaks in  10 foot circle of wire

Posted in 2010 Journal, Habitat

May 21 2010

  • Refreshed all Hummingbird feeders
  • removed dead brush under Junipers around house
  • not a lot of Hummingbirds, 15 seem to favor the feeders on the back porch

Posted in 2010 Journal, Habitat, Food

May 17 2010

  • Refreshed 13 Hummingbird feeders

Posted in 2010 Journal, Food

May 15 2010

  • Only .3 Inches of rain
  • Saw a fox at the feeding area
  • saw a male Painted Bunting
  • 3 dead mice found in cistern overflow (caretakers sealed all openings for mice on roof gutters)
  • Monarch caterpillars on Antelope Horn
  • Two Toads seen at dusk
  • cut and mulched Junipers directly under Cedar Elms (along driveway)

 

                        captured caterpillar grown into a Moth

 

another view of the Moth grown from a caterpillar (see story April 27, 2010)

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census

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