Cleaned out and checked water pans – all looking good.
Wildlife Management 2014
General parent category for land and wildlife management activities for 2014
Bird Feed – Nov 30
Topped up and inspected bird feeders.
Bird Supplemental Feed Oct/Nov 2014
October saw a big clean up and ‘fixup’ of bird feeders after what we assume to be a squirrel party. Been check feeders every couple of weeks and filling up as necessary.
Fire Ant control Oct/Nov 2014
After last bout of rain where saw a marked increase in fire ants, especially in South/East section of property. We didn’t see much increase around stock tank where we have previously treated. Walked a couple of acres, treat large and small mounds.
Last of the wildflowers – Oct 2014
It’s been a pretty decent year for wildflowers but not as much as expected although we are still seeing flowers pop up here and there. Amazing the diversity and how each year is different.
Mulching
We did some extensive cleanup of Live Oak trees over a full four day period as I was concerned on the summer/drought stress they had gone through. During our severe winds, several trees in surrounding area were blown over and on looking a little closer at them I noticed...
Bird Feeders
Cleaned and repaired bird feeders.
Burn breaks – Aug 31
Remowed 18′ burn break around the property perimeter. Also mowed 18′ burn break across width and length of property (dividing property into 4 quadrants).
Strip Mowing – Aug 26
Managed to get couple of acres mowed (east side of south/western quadrant) and around the stock tank which is now looking much better.