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Wildlife Preservation
A program of bird feeding in widely dispersed feeders has been initiated in an attempt to keep and attract many different species of birds. The various feeders are filled in three and five day regimens to give some support to the birds but not render them dependant upon the food source. Peanuts, both shelled and unshelled, are used for blue-jays, cardinals, brown thrashers. Grackles are also present but not intended to be part of the support program. White and red millet is used for dove and the feeders are both elevated and ground. Extra wide dispersion is used for dove to encourage their foraging and to eliminate some of the aggressive feeding habits displayed by these supposedly peaceful animals. Sunflower seed is used sparingly and mostly in the winter months. No bread or wheat products are used and the parishioners are instructed regularly in this regard. Occasional corn, safflower, and chicken feed is set out. This is usually in the winter months. Suet and nijar is placed in the winter months
Bird sightings include Mockingbird, Catbird, Blue Jay, Painted Bunting, Red Shouldered Hawk, Mourning Dove, Killdeer, Osprey, Grebe, Brown Thrasher, Wrens, and Red Winged Blackbird to name just a few.
Fish food is set out in the canal on the south border. The fish are fed about once or twice a week. No fishing is permitted within three hundred feet of the feeding area. Feed is generally set on in the early morning and late afternoon.
Otter, raccoon, opossum, and fox as well as squirrels and rabbit are some of the mammalian residents.
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