Howard Lane to Utley (969) Bridge, Bastrop, Texas, US
September 5, 2015 9:15 AM – 2:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
EPISODE 112: A Welcomed Shower

Rain showers usually build during the day then rain in the afternoon and evening. We are off the river before the showers begins. Very rarely are we out on the river and get a rain shower come over us. For whatever odd reason we had a shower today, and it was in the early part of the trip.

Our bird list is short and very typical. We did manage a pair of raptors that is still being disputed. Some think migrating Mississippi Kites and some think Falcon. I have listed them as Mississippi Kites. We also had a good number of Pileated Woodpeckers. There were also bright yellow birds we saw at a distance but could never get an accurate ID. I think they were Yellow Warblers but did not list them.

Our bird list came to 41 species.

In the other critter department butterflies were plentiful. Viceroy, Giant Swallowtail, Tiger swallowtail, and Sulfur, were some of the more showy

We all had great looks at a Cottonmouth before it found refuge under a shelf of rock.

Enjoying the rain and critters today were Caroline Taylor, Tam Tran, Kim Parades, Glen Coleman, John Barr, Stuart Bailey, and CR Smith. Thanks for helping make it another great day on the river.

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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39 species (+2 other taxa)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 2
Blue-winged Teal 4
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 8
Cattle Egret 4
Green Heron 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 6
Black Vulture 14
Turkey Vulture 18
Mississippi Kite 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 8
Spotted Sandpiper 7
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 5
Inca Dove 1
White-winged Dove 2
Mourning Dove 12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
hummingbird sp. 1
Belted Kingfisher 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Crested Caracara 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 21
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 14
Cliff/Cave Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 22
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Northern Cardinal 35