Weather & Species Sightings in 2023
December 31, 2023 -- Happy New Year To All. December 5, 2023 -- What a difference a good rain can...
Weather Conditions & Species Sightings in 2022
December 30, 2022 -- After last week's Arctic freeze it's warmed up to a normal 60ish, but torrential rain made...
Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida swept through Madisonville, LA, on August 29, 2021, causing downed trees and much debris at Vista Farm.
How To Build a Floating Boat Dock
We needed a floating boat dock and fishing pier at the pond and around the Captain's junkyard we located twenty...
How To Set up A Wood Duck Nest Box
A pair of beautiful Wood Ducks appeared on the pond at Vista Farm a month or so ago. They are...
A List of Birds Observed at Vista Farm since 2005
We've been watching birds at Vista Farm since Day One in 2005. Finally, here's a list of those observed with...
Wild Muscovys Live at the Pond
Wild Muscovy ducks, Cairina moschata, appeared at the Pond some years ago—seven of them as I remember. Males and females....
The Ecosystems at Vista Farm, a Small-Wildlife Habitat
Vista Farm is a thirty-acre tract of flatwood (pine savanna) land in Madisonville, Louisiana, with four distinct ecosystems each with...
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