1 week or more of good, long, flooding rain
- Home construction carpenters reported seeing a fox crossing the road towards the water well pasture and a stray mangy dog in the early AM
- Everyone working heard a rabbit scream towards bobcat draw (heard over construction noise)
- Workers saw a squirrel take down birdseed block (bypassed squirrel guard)
- Saw hummingbirds
- Looking for monarch migration
- Tiger swallowtail butterflies
- Raccoon and deer tracks at river
- Scrub jays
- Large butterfly
- Striped lizard (10 inches long)
- Large leopard frog at river
- 18 inch hog nosed snake behind barn that had eaten something large (likely a little field mouse that are quite abundant under the pallets with hay for house construction)
Posted in
2001 Journal, Census
- Heard a different pretty bird song at 8PM
- Heard owl
- Saw cardinal and doves
- Fire ants patiently harvesting sunflower seeds thrown down on ground for critters
Posted in
2001 Journal, Census
- Dug up Yaupon holly from deer cage (at coon draw, near road). Root system still packed tightly from pot
- Watered (two 5 gallon buckets) Possomhaw holly in deerproof cage at tipi pasture. Had scorched leaves. Cut back dead branches, rearranged cage so new growth is more protected. May not survive.
Posted in
2001 Journal, Habitat
- Built up swales below tipi road with wood scraps from construction
- Watered newly planted trees and plants in deer proof cages
- Scattered large sunflower seeds at wikkiup pasture
Posted in
2001 Journal, Habitat
- Saw striped lizard, dead baby lizard at barn
- Fish in water well pond doing good
Posted in
2001 Journal, Census
