March 27, 2011: While wandering in the woods on the north side of The Big Hill I heard the distinctive call of the Golden Cheeked Warbler. This rare and endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the juniper-oak woodlands of central…
Do you have problems with feral pigs on the ranch? Share your experience with your neighbors on how to control these varmints.
Whitetail deer have scent glands between the two parts of the hoof on all four feet, metatarsal glands on the outside of each hind leg, and a larger tarsal gland on the inside of each hind leg at the hock.…
It’s time to put your purple martin house up. Scouts have been spotted in San Antonio. If you know what I’m referring to this should bring a smile to your face. If you don’t…you’re missing out on great wildlife experience.…
October 17th – 18th, 2009 Wildseed Farms Monarch Celebration at Wildseed Farms is held each year in October to coincide with the Monarch butterflies’ migration stopover in the Texas hill country. Held in conjunction with the University of Kansas project…
Spoke with Rufus Stephens, State Biologist for our area, and he confirmed that one must qualify first for an agricultural valuation (Ag Exemption) before converting to wildlife management. The main reasoning is that it would negatively effect tax revenue for…
I’ve been trying to figure out how to qualify our property for a wildlife management valuation (similar to Ag Exemption) without building fences and grazing cattle. (My beloved had the idea of an Ag Exemption for keeping Bee Hives for…
Had a visitor recently. My beloved and I took our lawn chairs out to watch the meteor shower August 11th. Although we were one day early I figured we’d see some wayward, date-challenged meteors. Anyway, on the way out to the yard…
Let the dog out about 2:00 am this morning. After he came back in I heard a bizarre animal call that sounded a lot like a crow. I thought it might be a fox and confirmed by listening to this…
We’re so tickled to have a family of painted buntings living in a tree behind our house. They frequent a seed feeder and drink at the trough we have set up for the deer. Sadly, these little guys are threatened…
