Some ranch folks have dogs or cats for their pets. For us it appears the Rock Squirrels have become our default pets. We now have at least 6 of these guys hanging (digging) around the ranch house.
Rancho Cardinalis is located in the Texas Hill Country outside the village of Center Point that rests on the Guadalupe River. We acquired the ranch in 2005, built temporary living quarters in 2006 and our home in 2009. Our ranch is managed under a State wildlife plan. The focus is on Near-Artic and Neo-Tropical migratory & breeding Hill County birds. We also manage for small mammals and butterflies. The ranch is named after our most abundant bird – Northern Cardinal - cardinalis
Texas Forest Stewardship award
In 2007 we received a Texas Forest Stewardship award. L-R; Susan Sander, Sherry Collins, Clay Bales, Tom Collins
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Arogos Skipper - Kerr County Record
While doing the Center Point NABA Count that includes our ranch, I came across a skipper I could not identify in the field, but took several pictures before it disappeared. After submitting it to the local Lepidopterist Society contact, I got an immediate reply that my bug was an Atrytone arogos iowa (Arogos Skipper). This skipper is on the Texas Watch list of only 5 butterfly species and becomes very rare in all of it's range.
This was a new Kerr County record and the second county record for our ranch, the first being a Red Rim seen on 11/13/2007.
this also brings our ranch list up to 71 species.
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