Webberville Park (Little), Travis, US-TX (5 miles)
Observation date: May 3, 2014 8:35 AM – 12:51 PM
Number of species: 54 (+3 other taxa)
EPISODE 96: A Bluebird Kind of Day
What a gorgeous day. Temperatures were just right – a bit cool to start
andwarmed nicely as the day went along. The skies were cloud free and
brightly blue. Where I grew up we called this a Bluebird Day.
Our summer birds continue to show up. We found Green Kingfisher, Green
Heron, Prothonotary Warblers, Dickcissel and Yellow-billed cuckoos.
Absolutely our best bird of the day was American Bittern. We also found a
White-crowned Sparrow and Cedar Waxwing that are still hanging around.
Our species list for the day totaled 57.
In the other critter department we were fortunate to get several Diamond
backed Watersnake and a few types of turtles. We also were greeted by
many species of butterflies including a number of Monarchs.
17 of us took advantage of the beautiful Bluebird Day. Joan Bishop,
Elizabeth Sirico, Peg Gavin, Betsy Hamblen, Brittney Hoch, Tanya Sommer,
Pam Hohmen, Linda Williams, Lee Charlton, Duncan Charlton, Glen Coleman, Ron
Armbruster, Bobby Hughes, Kevin Anderson, John Barr and Kim Praderas.
Photo of white flowers, Butterfly, and California Poppy by Elizabeth
Sirico.
Don’t forget to like the Austin Bastrop River Corridor Partnership Facebook page. Here you will find more information about the river and water issues in central Texas. I also post more photos.
(Click any image below to view larger. Photos by ABRCP and Elizabeth Sirico.)
54 species (+3 other taxa)
Wood Duck 2
Blue-winged Teal 22
Cinnamon Teal 0
Redhead 1
duck sp. 2
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 2
Cattle Egret 6
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 12
Turkey Vulture 15
Osprey 2
Mississippi Kite 5
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Snowy Plover 0
Spotted Sandpiper 14
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
White-winged Dove 5
Mourning Dove 12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
hummingbird sp. 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Green Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Crested Caracara 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Western Kingbird 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 13
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Cliff Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 24
Tufted/Black-crested Titmouse 8
Carolina Wren 34
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 22
Prothonotary Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 1
Summer Tanager 3
Northern Cardinal 46
Painted Bunting 9
Dickcissel 12
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Brewer’s Blackbird 6
Great-tailed Grackle 5
Orchard Oriole 1
