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
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Bad Day for Buntings
Sherry and I watched as two male and one female Painted Bunting chased each other around the back yard and one male and female collided with our window. The Male was KOI, while the female lay there with some visible sign of her heart still beating. I picked her up and held her for several minutes until she began to regain some degree of controlled movement. Decided to place her in a shoe box with a towel to keep her body temp up. A few minutes later Sherry called to say our little lady had escaped her shoe box and was now sitting on the dinning room chair. I manged to walk up behind her and grab her, then to the door where she gave one more jerk and the typical bunting chip, and off she flew. I'm still sick about the male, but these guys are know to be very aggressive to each other and sometimes will fight to the death.
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