183-Hornsby, Travis, US-TX
May 2, 2015 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
9.0 mile(s)
Comments: EPISODE 108: Colorado River Nature Watching — Pretty Cool
If I said we found all three Kingfisher species that would be pretty cool. If I said we found fledgeling Great-horned Owls being overseen by a parent that would be pretty cool. If I said we found a Bald Eagle that would be pretty cool. If I said we found Spotted Gar spawning that would be pretty cool. If I said we found a string of baby Wood Ducks trailing behind their mother that would be pretty cool. If I said we found migrating species like Balitmore Orioles that would be pretty cool. If I said we found lingering winter birds like Gadwall and Cedar Waxwing as well and summer species like Yellow-billed cuckoo and Red-eyed Vireo that would be pretty cool. To find all that on the same day — way cool.
We found a load of great birds today. It was an interesting mix of the lingering winter birds as well as some of our summer favorites. Throw in a few migrants and you get a list of 64 species.
In addition to all this there were cricket frogs, turtles and snakes all around. Flowers are blooming and the butterflies, dragonflies and damsel flies were plentiful Time to get out and enjoy nature.
We could not have gotten all this done without a great group of nature enthusiast. Today we had Joan bishop, Linda williams, Stacvey bucklin, Cheryl Lockett, Sharon Richardson, Wilda Campbell, Debbie Sharp, Steve Mackey, Bobby Hughes, Jeff richardson, Bob West John Barr. A big thank yu to everyone for making this a wonderful day.
Looks like I got some sunblock on the lens of my camera late in the day. Several later photos have an unusual glow.
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. Learn more about the Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership at the CER website.
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61 species (+3 other taxa)
Wood Duck 25
Gadwall 20
Blue-winged Teal 24
Northern Shoveler 8
Redhead 18
duck sp. 20
Double-crested Cormorant 44
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 8
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4
Black Vulture 32
Turkey Vulture 14
Osprey 1
Accipiter sp. 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 7
Swainson’s Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 7
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 28
White-winged Dove 21
Mourning Dove 9
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Great Horned Owl 3
Barred Owl 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
hummingbird sp. 3
Ringed Kingfisher 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Green Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 34
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Purple Martin 5
Cliff Swallow 200
Carolina Chickadee 27
Black-crested Titmouse 9
Carolina Wren 15
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 45
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Parula 3
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Summer Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 75
Indigo Bunting 1
Painted Bunting 15
Dickcissel 3
Red-winged Blackbird 33
Great-tailed Grackle 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow 8
