After a long and severe drought in Central Texas, watersto_jennystone records 3 inches of rain!
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Wild Turkeys
- Orange-crowned Warbler
Caretaker's note: The Orange-crowned Warbler is easiest to identify when it is bathing and wet as in this photo, to show the orange color of its crown.
Many varieties of birds visiting seed balls. Continued feeding all animals supplemental food including:
- Black-oil Sunflower seeds
- Milo
- Seed balls (replaced every four to five days)
- Hummingbird and Bees sugar water
Caretaker's note: Sugar water recipe is three parts water to one part plain white sugar, boiled briefly to extend freshness and quickly cooled.
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2009 Journal, Census, Food
- Saw a migrating flock of Lesser Goldfinches
- Saw Ladder-backed woodpecker, Black-crested titmouse and Cardinal all on hanging seed ball
- Saw Bewick's Wren
- Counted 37 turkeys! Three large males in full courtship display.
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2009 Journal, Census
- Counted 15 turkeys!
- Many birds benefiting from hanging seed balls: Cardinals, Goldfinch, Wren, Ladder-back Woodpecker
- Saw Armadillo digging
- Saw Deer, one buck with 6 points and four does
- Worked the South East oak wilt corner. Removed excess small junipers, opened up and freed persimmons and Live Oaks. Mulched brush and used mulch on the ground in driveways.
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2009 Journal, Census, Habitat
- Saw 8 Turkeys at feeding area near house
- Reviewed Oak Wilt project with Oak Wilt specialists. Most trees that had been treated with fungicide look good, but we still chose to re-treat 11 trees in the infected area. This photo shows oak leaves damaged by Oak wilt. Look for these signs of the disease
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2009 Journal, Census, Habitat
Wild turkeys seen roosting in tall cypress trees along river shore. The neighbor across the river had removed large areas of habitat so the turkeys moved onto the watersto_jennystone side of the river.
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2008 Journal, Census
