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Old 08-19-2009, 10:34 AM
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Spent the weekend in San Antonio...watched the bats friday night. It was a really neat experience. Besides all the bats flowing out of the cave (they started at around 6:30pm and were still going when we left at 9:30pm), we also saw two coachwhip snakes feeding on bats that hit the ground, a mother and 3 young skunks heading into the cave, a mother and 2 young racoons scavenging, 3 swainson's hawks, 1 redtailed hawk, and a great horned owl feeding on bats in flight. There was one other bird feeding and we believe it was a peregrine falcon, but nobody got a good enough look to say for sure.

Saturday we went to see the Disney Christmas Carol Amtrak Train, bought some supplemental feed, and reoriented the pasture gates so we could put out a feeder for deer without the goats destroying it. Sunday, we spent about 3 hours in the heat watering persimmon trees we have planted in groves around the property. Hopefully we will get some rain out there soon, as it is getting VERY bad and we will be losing a lot of wildlife this winter if it doesn't rain enough to start some growth soon.

I was lazy and just worked and went home on Monday. Last night was spin class. I worked alot harder than I usually do since it was a "race day" profile. 58 minutes, 92% of max HR, 78% avg HR, 954 calories burned.
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