GILCHREST

LOGBOOK 2022

Species targeted for management:

  • Doves
  • Songbirds
  • Deer

Qualifying wildlife management activities:

  • Erosion control
    • Type: Ridge
    • Slope: Grated, 20ft
  • Predator control
    • Feral hogs, rat snakes
    • Method: Trapping, Shooting
  • Provide supplemental supplies of water, year round
    • Big game guzzler, 1
  • Provide supplemental supplies of food, year round
    • Gravity fed feeder w/ 18% protein feed, 1
    • Hanging bird seed feeder, 3
      • Added a third feeder in September
    • Mineral/Salt block, 1
  • Provide shelters
    • Nest boxes, 7

– APRIL 2022 –

April 30

  • Installed a trail camera to investigate what wildlife is on property.
    • Moultrie on North side near the valley

Our trail cam has been installed for several weeks now to capture the wildlife that comes through over the north side from the valley below. It is so interesting to see what comes through. So far, we have captured photos of:

  • Auodad
  • Deer
  • Hog

– MAY 2022 –

May 21

  • Installed five nest boxes for doves and songbirds
  • Installed one automatic corn feeder
    • Filled with 40 lbs corn
  • Left mineral/salt block on rock near feeder
Dove House
Dove House
Blue Bird House
Feeder for the Deer and Auodad

May 28

  • Installed hanging bird feeder, 1

– JUNE 2022 –

June 3

  • Installed big game guzzler, 1
  • Installed hanging bird feeder, 1 (for a total of two on property)
  • Corrected type of feeder from automatic corn feeder to a gravity fed protein based feeder
Transporting big game guzzler
Installing big game guzzler
Dove Seed
Gravity fed feeder w/ 18% protein feed

June 10-12

  • Completed big game guzzler, 95% full
  • Installed two more bird houses for a total of seven on property
  • Checked deer feeder, still full
  • Checked songbird feeder, still full
  • Checked dove feeder, 60% full
Big game guzzler
Wren House
Wren House

– JULY 2022 –

July 18

  • Checked bird feeders
    • Dove – 1/2 full
    • Song bird – 3/4 full
  • Gravity feeder
    • Empty, need to refill next visit
  • Salt lick
    • Good
  • Guzzler (a.k.a. Saloon)
    • Working good, not much rain
    • 1/2 full
  • Nest boxes
    • still no visible nesting

July 24

  • Changed out songbird seed in bird feeder #2, filled with cracked corn
  • Filled deer feeder, protein feed
  • Salt lick still okay
  • Saloon is working, refilling itself with each rain
  • Nest boxes, still no visible nesting

– August 2022 –

August 30

  • Saloon has remained with water, getting low with this summer’s drought but still a little over 1/4 in capacity
  • Bird feeders still have food
  • Nest boxes, still no visible nesting

– September 2022 –

September 23

  • Installed bird feeder filled with mixed bird seed, total of three on property
  • Filled deer feeder with protein feed
  • Saloon has filled back up almost full from the rains
  • Bird feeder #1, Dove seed 1/4 full
  • Bird feeder #2, Cracked corn full
  • Bird feeder #3, Mixed seed full
  • Nest boxes, still no visible nesting

– October 2022 –

October 16

  • Bird feeder #1, Dove seed still 1/4 full
    • I think the birds have migrated. Feeders aren’t moving much
  • Bird feeder #2, Cracked corn still full
  • Bird feeder #3, Mixed bird seed 1/2 full
  • Nest boxes, still no visible nesting

– November 2022 –

November 13

  • Bird feeder #1, Dove seed still 1/4 full
  • Bird feeder #2, Cracked corn still full
  • Bird feeder #3, Mixed bird seed 1/2 full
  • Saloon full
  • Moved deer feeder over by saloon, filled with protein feed

– December 2022 –