Bats are our Friends !
The Little Brown Bats can catch and eat 800 - 1000 mosquitos per hour for a total of 8,000 to 10,000 mosquitos in a night!
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
TC BIRD NESTING SEASON BEGINS !!
Opossum nesting in one of our Owl Nest-Boxes at the Community Garden !
When I went to clean the Screech Owl Nest-Box at the Community Garden yesterday, I was surprised to find a large and sleepy opossum in it. For some time I have been surprised that we have not had a screech owl in that box. Now we know why ! So I too my trash tongs, grabbed the opossum by the tail and dropped him into a cedar bush. From there he left in a great hurry. Big question now is if he comes back or we get the intended screech owl for their nesting season which should start any day now. Screech owls are good for gardens because they enjoy small rodents for their nightly food supply.
When I went to clean the Screech Owl Nest-Box at the Community Garden yesterday, I was surprised to find a large and sleepy opossum in it. For some time I have been surprised that we have not had a screech owl in that box. Now we know why ! So I too my trash tongs, grabbed the opossum by the tail and dropped him into a cedar bush. From there he left in a great hurry. Big question now is if he comes back or we get the intended screech owl for their nesting season which should start any day now. Screech owls are good for gardens because they enjoy small rodents for their nightly food supply.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Carrington Prairie Open House
On May 21 the Clint Small Middle School held an Open House to introduce their project to restore the natural habitat of the Carrington Prairie, a 12.5 acre nature area in the center of Travis Country which is a.k.a. the "AISD Property". This restoration project started during the spring semester and will continue in the fall of 2014. Thus far the students have created a Monarch Butterfly Way Station and placed informative Nature Information throughout the 12.5 acres.
In addition, in cooperation with Travis Country, an initial 5 nest boxes of different sizes for several different species of birds have been placed in the nature area in preparation for the nesting season in the spring of 2015.
Please take a look at some photos from the Open House at the following link:
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