Week 14
Good rains, about 2 inches.
Must be a fawn is in the brush just in the front yard. Doe keeps hanging around the area in the evening, a sure sign that her fawn is close by. This has been our experience, that does tend to place their fawns near people as they must think that that would be a more safe place. If this is the case here, it will be the third time we have experienced this.
Hen turkey makes a daily round of the south side, in the short, new grass looking for food. Must have a nest of turkeys close by.
We have not seen evidence of the feral hog lately.
Treated 22 mounds of fire ants. They really sprout up after a rain, must be to get the eggs out of the water..
Still no sign of either the painted buntings, or the quail.
Have not heard coyotes for two months.
Week 15
Replace two bluebird houses. No sign of bluebirds however.
Wren houses are popular, wren in one, and the other is occupied by a tufted titmouse.
Deer are scarce this spring. Have seen no fawns yet.
Week 17
The hen turkey does not feed in the back yard anymore that we can see, so she must have reared her chicks and moved on. Nevertheless, we should see her escorting the brood around the area soon.
Deer again scarce. When we do see them, there are no more than three in the group.
We spotted one painted bunting, one day, but not subsequent days.
Hauled three buckets of brush to the main brushpile.
Treated 19 fire ant mounds.
Invited the TPWD person to make a site visit. We have a lot of questions listed for his advice.
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