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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Summary of 2014 Costs

  • Diesel Fuel
  • Sunflower Seed
  • Bluebird houses (10)

Semi-Annual Bird Species Count

Birds observed in 2015 to this date (May 10)
  • Barn Owl
  • Grackle
  • Cowbird
  • Cardinal
  • Mourning Dove
  • Bobwhite Quail
  • Carolina Wren
  • Barn Swallow
  • Ruby Throated Hummingbird
  • Crow
  • Vulture
  • Cara Cara
  • Roadrunner
  • Scrub Jay
  • Painted Bunting
  • Red Tailed Hawk
  • Scissor Tailed Flycatcher
  • House Finch
  • English Sparrow
  • Lesser Goldfinch
  • Whitewing Dove
  • Peruque
  • Bluebird
  • Summer Tanager
  • Mocking Bird
  • Chicadee
  • Rio Grande Turkey
  • Cuckoo
  • Raven
  • Titmouse

May 2015 Activity

Week 18     All is stable and quiet this week.

Week 19    Rain, rain, not much volume, but everyday is rainy.  Good for the soil to get some deep-down moisture built up for a change.
Deer have been scarce at dusk and early morning, but tracks prove they are on the prowl all night long.  Many spots in the long grass where they have bedded down for the night.
We will begin to work on the areas of excessive cactus growth, with the tractor, as soon as the ground dries out a bit.
Quail calls still prevalent in all directions from the house.

Week 20  More rain, all is quiet

Week 21  More rain, ground wet.  Mowed track through the center of the south side to provide a place to walk--the needle grass is just too tough to walk through.
Hauled two front end loaders full of brush to brushpile no. 2.  One of the loads was from uprooted prickly pear cactus that was growing too thickly in  one area.
Quail still here.  Wrens have fledged.
We had to electric fence the Mexican Plum tree to keep the deer from browsing the terminal buds.  Most often, we see just three does.  We have not seen any fawns yet.