- Saw a fawn with a wound on its back leg
Caretaker's note: The wound on the fawn's back leg is assumed to be from jumping the barbed wire fence, following it's mother. Caretakers removed 3 strands of barbed wire on the fence where the deer trail crosses.
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2005 Journal, Census
- 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
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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
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2005 Journal, Census, Habitat
July, August, September:
- Continued watering all new plantings
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2005 Journal, Habitat
- Saw first painted bunting at feeder with millet
- Saw male cowbird at millet feeder, stopped using millet
- Saw 3 cowbirds flying away towards neighbor's pasture with cows after yesterday?s shooting
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2005 Journal, Census
