June 17 2001

Animals seen and heard in the last month:

• 3 jack rabbits, long ears near water well at gate
• Bat
• Crickets
• Frogs in river, lots of little ones and lots of egg sacs
• Butterflies - monarchs, yellows, black
• Dragonflies
• Good ants! Large black ants at tipi around kitchen area
• Crazy ants found around old fire ant mounds
• Large red wasp nests in tipi
• Heard coughing noise (fox)
• Deer
• Something scared the dog on the river trail
• Snake at river edge, large, black
• Armadillo
• Raccoon
• Squirrel (in Pecan trees at river)
• Cat fish
• Chuck wills widow
• Great blue heron
  
• Chickadee
• Cardinal
• Titmice
• Wren
• Mystery little brown birds (LBBs)
• Hawk
• Crow
• Turkey vulture
• Nighthawk
• Kingfisher
• Duck
• Hawk at river (red-tailed)
• Ladder-back woodpecker
• Great crested flycatcher
• Swallows and martins
• Many different bird songs

Posted in 2001 Journal, Census

May 07 2001

Worked on crushed gravel road to control erosion at road in water well pasture

Posted in 2001 Journal, Erosion

May 06 2001

• Treated fire ant mounds with Safer, rotenone and orange citrus (Gardenville organic product)
• Treated fire ants with Logic throughout (3 hours before rain)

Posted in 2001 Journal, Predator

May 05 2001

Lots of butterflies with orange trim after a hard 1 inch rain.

Posted in 2001 Journal, Census

May 04 2001

Baby turtle rescued from the road crossing at Cypress Creek. Took to water trough. Hard to find again. Relocated in a sand bucket and took to river. Appears to be a Western Chicken turtle.

Posted in 2001 Journal, Census