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Photos - Page 5


NETFO Field Trip to Austin TX area

April 5-6, 2003


 

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NETFO at ShinOakObsDeck BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Dorothy Metzler. Shin Oak Obs. Deck, BCNWR 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray.
Shin Oak Observation Deck at
Balcones Canyonlands NWR

 

 

Doeskin Ranch_05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray. NETFO at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Black-capped Vireo at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.
Listening and watching for Golden-cheeked Warblers and Black-capped Vireos at Balcones Canyonlands NWR Black-capped Vireo
at Balcones Canyonlands NWR

 

 

NETFO at Doeskin Ranch 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Doeskin Ranch 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray.
Creek crossings at Doeskin Ranch,
Balcones Canyonlands NWR

 

 

Eastern Shooting Star at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Blackfoot Daisy at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Wild Turkey on Cow Ck. Rd. 05-Apr-03, photo by Dorothy Metzler.
Eastern Shooting Star at
Balcones Canyonlands NWR
Blackfoot Daisy at
Balcones Canyonlands NWR
Wild Turkey along
Cow Creek Road

 

 

NETFO on Cow Creek Rd, photo by Dorothy Metzler. Cow Creek Falls, photo by Bob Metzler.
Scenic Cow Creek Road

 

 

NETFO on Cow Creek Rd, photo by Dorothy Metzler. NETFO on Cow Ck Rd 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray. Golden-cheeked Warbler_05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.
Enjoying the scenery and a singing Golden-cheeked
Warbler along Cow Creek Road

 

 

Professional wildlife photographer John D. Ingram was photographing birds at BCNWR
while we were there.  Click on this link to see the pictures he got:
 http://windowsonnature.com/Nature_Pages/MainPage.html.

 

 

Species Seen or Heard
4/4/2003 to 4/6/2003 ~ in Austin TX area
(Travis, Burnet and Williamson counties)

 

Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Ruddy Duck (Apr.4*)
Wood Duck
American Wigeon (Apr.4*)
Green-winged Teal (Apr.4*)
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler (Apr.4*)
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron (Apr.4*)
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Common Snipe (Apr.4*)
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper (Apr.4*)
Least Sandpiper (Apr.4*)
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
White-winged Dove
Monk Parakeet
Common Poorwill
hummingbird sp. (prob. BC or RT)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Cedar Waxwing

Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Chickadee
Black-crested Titmouse
House Sparrow
American Pipit (Apr.4*)
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Green Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (Apr.4*)
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird (Apr.4*)
Eastern Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Total:  89 species


(* Friday, Apr.4 -- Bob & Dorothy saw these species at Hornsby Bend ponds.  HB closed early on Saturday, Apr.5, and all day Sunday, Apr.6, due to extra staffing required by heightened security.)

 

 

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