A little more than a week ago we had more than 7 inches of rain over a couple of days – One day alone was between 5 and 6 inches! While we did have some driveway damage – nothing a box blade and gravel couldn’t fix – the land...
Water for wildlife-2013
Showing progress of various projects around adding water for wildlife.
Moving trail cameras – Sep 2013
Moved trail camera to capture animals drinking by pond and by turkey feeder.
Summer 2013
Well, summer has come to an end although temperature outside shows no hint of it. I am pleased with progress made, the land is starting to look much better which means besides my ignorance the work has been paying off. Weeds were far fewer than last two years and...
Property photowalk.
Series of shots from walking around property. Nice to see bird nesting boxes being used!
Wildlife
WIldlife at pond. Pond is still holding water but sadly it is now starting to lose the battle but it is still serving many wildlife species as evidenced by all the footprints in the surrounding area (I need to get a book to help me identify footprints). We so...
Water Tank filling
After cleaning of white tank we filled both water tanks. The large tank with rainwater collection was also down to its last 80 gallons so needed a top up.
Cleaning Water Feeders
South End water feeder was starting to suffer from all the crud in the water – pulled it out, soaked in vinegar and now we are good to go – nice clean and steady supply of water.
Spring
When we purchase our property the then owner mentioned that the pond (tank) was spring fed. Based on quality of water and the fact that it held water way better than surrounding ponds we had no reason to not believe this to be true. The other day while dashing...
Trail camera shots down at water tank
Various images taken down at water tank by trail camera:
Filling bird feeders
Never fails to amaze how sneaky the squirrels and racoons are. I had to beef up security on one of our feeders as they were emptying it overnight. Doing bi-weekly checks and fills.