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 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
May 13 2010
- refreshed all Hummingbird feeders and filled ant guard cups with water
- Saw Golden-cheeked Warbler at watering pans behind Rain barn
- Saw Monarch butterfly caterpillars on Antelope Horn
Caretakers note: Netting was secured around the Antelope Horn plant to protect the Monarch Butterfly chrysalis from wasps and to observe
Posted in 2010 Journal