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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. NETFO at ShinOakObsDeck BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Dorothy Metzler.](images/ShinOakObsDeck-BCNWR_DM_small.jpg) |
![Shin Oak Obs. Deck, BCNWR 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray. Shin Oak Obs. Deck, BCNWR 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray.](images/ShinOakObsDeck-BCNWR_ERay_small1.jpg) |
Shin Oak Observation Deck at
Balcones Canyonlands NWR |
![Doeskin Ranch_05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray. Doeskin Ranch_05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray.](images/NETFO-at-DoeskinRanch_05Apr03_NRay_small.jpg) |
![NETFO at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. NETFO at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/NETFO-at-BCNWR_05-Apr-03_BM_small.jpg) |
![Black-capped Vireo at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Black-capped Vireo at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/BCVireo_05Apr03_BM_small.jpg) |
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. NETFO at Doeskin Ranch 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/NETFO-at-DoeskinRanch_05-Apr-03_BM_small.jpg) |
![Doeskin Ranch 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray. Doeskin Ranch 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray.](images/NETFO-at-DoeskinRanch_05Apr03_ERay_small.jpg) |
Creek crossings at Doeskin
Ranch,
Balcones Canyonlands NWR |
![Eastern Shooting Star at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Eastern Shooting Star at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/EShootingStar_BCNWR_05Apr03_BM_small.jpg) |
![Blackfoot Daisy at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Blackfoot Daisy at BCNWR 05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/BlackfootDaisy_05Apr03_BM_small.jpg) |
![Wild Turkey on Cow Ck. Rd. 05-Apr-03, photo by Dorothy Metzler. Wild Turkey on Cow Ck. Rd. 05-Apr-03, photo by Dorothy Metzler.](images/CowCkRd-WildTurkey_DM_small.jpg) |
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. NETFO on Cow Creek Rd, photo by Dorothy Metzler.](images/NETFO-CowCkRd5_DM_small.jpg) |
![Cow Creek Falls, photo by Bob Metzler. Cow Creek Falls, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/CowCkFalls_BM_small.jpg) |
Scenic Cow Creek Road |
![NETFO on Cow Creek Rd, photo by Dorothy Metzler. NETFO on Cow Creek Rd, photo by Dorothy Metzler.](images/NETFO-CowCkRd3_DM_small.jpg) |
![NETFO on Cow Ck Rd 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray. NETFO on Cow Ck Rd 05-Apr-03, Photo by Eddie & Nancy Ray.](images/NETFO-CowCkRd_NRay_small.jpg) |
![Golden-cheeked Warbler_05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler. Golden-cheeked Warbler_05-Apr-03, photo by Bob Metzler.](images/GCWarbler_05Apr03_BM_small.jpg) |
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)
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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
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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
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(* 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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