May 17 2010

• Refreshed 13 Hummingbird feeders

Posted in 2010 Journal, 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

May 10 2010

•  rescued a Lizard being eaten by a snake

                                         Central Texas Whip Snake

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census

May 08 2010

• shot one adult female Brown-headed Cowbird
• Saw two juvenile Raccoons in seed pile at house
• Saw one young Possum
• Saw two young Rock Squirrels
• Saw a female Painted Bunting
• Saw a male Painted Bunting

                                          Male Painted Bunting

Posted in 2010 Journal, Census, Predator