Land has been well cleared of cedar trees but there were lots of brush piles. Way more than we wanted to burn or cart off. I thought of hiring a shredder but the effort would have been enormous – we counted in total 52 brush piles. We brought in...
Wildlife Management – 2013
Wrapping category to wrap all 2013 wildlife activities
Turkey Feeder
Had the boys in town this weekend so decided to move the turkey feeder and add some supplemental food and water for turkeys and other critters.
Morning Bird shoot
Didn’t quite get out as early as we wanted to but still had a fun time with Noleen with some “early” morning bird watching. We are glad that birds and critters have found the water pan – hopefully it brings at least a little relief from this heat and...
Water for animals
Went out earlier this morning and downloaded images from trail camera – at least now we know that animals are using the water. The birds were also very active this morning. All the wrong side of the bird feeder to get decent shots. We’re really glad we added this...
Water Table
Installed a water table to provide much needed water for critters/birds. Table also collects rainwater to help replenish water. Tank is 300gallons and feeds ‘dog bowl’ which has float level sensor. We will be installing a trail camera to monitor animals coming to drink. Noleen at work guiding the...
Fire Ant control
Took Pasha (our Rottweiler puppy) on a walk and accomplished some loose leash training and fire ant control. Also got to test cool new iphone app called EasyTrails which allows one to track journey. I imported this into everytrail along with photos of mounds treated – geeky but cool....
Stock tank, soil testing
We are looking to add another stock pond on top section of property to complement the tank on lower section of property. Section we have chosen has natural runoff and what appears to be high clay content. To figure out our options we had a backhoe come in and...
Fire Ants
One of the sad truths around here is that we have more than our fair share of the imported red fire ant (check out items 3 and 4 on how to identify as they are many more good ants than bad ants!). These ant are invasive and their painful...
Bird Nesting Boxes
Erected approximately 20 bird nest boxes to attract Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee and Titmouse birds. The nest boxes are of three different designs (will add some images), each specifically made to attract certain types of birds. The Eastern Bluebird prefers open grassland and nest boxes were installed approximately 4ft above...
Trail Camera
Still have to find the right spot to setup the cameras. I am finding that they are very sensitive to tree limbs moving due to wind. We presently have two cameras installed both with night time (infra-red leds) capability.