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.
Clearing Brush and Saving a Holly
An old fence line cut though the middle of a meadow dividing it for no apparent reason. Once it was...
Vista Farm, A Certified Wildlife Habitat
Vista Farm is pleased to announce its designation as a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Yeah! This...
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...
Fall at Vista Farm
Fall might be my favorite time of the year at Vista Farm. After a sweltering South Louisiana summer, the cool...
Field Trip to Lake D’Arbonne State Park
We were up in north Louisiana over last weekend to check on some property and decided that instead of staying...
Vista Farm, A 30-acre Protected Flatwood
This is the story of Vista Farm, a 30-acre flatwood (pine savanna) in southeastern Louisiana where native plants and small...
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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