Still some evidence of deer in the garden. Not sure where they can get in, but plugging all the holes, no matter how small.
Starting to work on the cactus problem on the west side.
No deer in the feedlot during daylight hours.
First sighting of the painted bunting, but I think they arrived earlier because we could hear them, but not spot them. They, especially, like the water provided.
The purple martin population here, again, is zero. Wonder why. At one time, we were going to build a fake chimney for chimney swifts, but cancelled that project for the reason of not seeing any martins.
Week 19
Kitchen scraps to the deer yard have ceased, they scraps no go on the compost pile as the deer are getting to be pests up around the house.
Deer is on the left. This doe looks to be pregnant.
Week 20
Deer have gone from being assisted with the task of living to now being persona non grata. The garden has essentially been stripped of everything except the pole beans, and the zinnias. We have raised the fence to 8 feet in height. Now testing if they can still get in to the produce.
Hen turkey parades around the front yard in the evening, but have not seen any evidence of a nest yet.
No sign of hogs lately, maybe it is too dry at this time.
Keeping the bird feeders and birdbaths full. The painted buntings are back and really take to the water.
Week 21
The leopard frog is back in the water tub in the front under the eave. In spite of this water tub being out of the bounds of the wildlife acreage, it is still a boon to all the wildlife, as it has something for everyone, including the ramp for the birds.
Hen turkey is still around
Raccoon visits often at night, but seems to do no damage that is visible, but then, who knows if the raccoon has found the turkey nest?
Week 22
Hauled two big loads of brush to the main brush pile in the western end of the tract.
Strangely, we have not seen a roadrunner yet this spring. Will do a bird census in the next week or so.
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