Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve

Found some Armadillo tracks dragging his tail across the road

One of Bunny Run's more reclusive inhabitants.

Snags are natural cavities formed in decaying trees and provide habitat for all kinds of small mammals, birds and insects. The snag in the second photo was full of some kind of sap material. Maybe a natural bee hive?

A whitetail deer's tongue is exactly this wide on a salt block.

Deer feeders, block feeders, and cleaning carpenter ants out of the grain feeder. A little Christmas feeding treat for all the animals at Bunny Run.

Great work by Tonkawa Lodge volunteers for their "Day of Service." They cleared non-native grass, brush and cactus from an unproductive area of the Sandy Beach zone, then seeded with native species. These species, like various Bluestems and Switchgrasses, have root columns that go down many feet. This helps stabilize the bank area against constant erosion from large boats.

Well, the squirrels finally won. New feeder time.

Pretty neat graphic that shows the importance of replanting native Texas grasses and how their root systems play a strong role in preventing erosion. This is especially important along the Sandy Beach zone of Bunny Run where the shoreline is under constant attack from large boat waves.

Prairie grass root system compared to agricultural root system. This is why removal of prairie grass led to the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.

https://returntonow.net/2017/09/30/why-we-need-prairies-not-corn-and-lawns/

It's turtle nesting season again! Every year, Red-Eared Sliders and Texas River Cooter turtles come ashore to lay their eggs in the soft soil along the banks of Lake Austin. When we find a new dig, we cover them with a milk crate and rock to try and keep the racoons away until hatching time. Sometimes it's too late. Bunny Run also posts signs to make drivers aware of turtles crossing the road.

Every day, and for generations past and future, amazing men and women volunteer to serve knowing they may go into harms way and never come home. Today, we honor those who gave their "last full measure of devotion" in service to this great nation.