We walked the path around Taylor Lake. This path was mostly along the shoreline but it went through some wooded areas as well. Birds we saw included ring-billed gull, pied-billed grebe, green heron, American anhinga, white ibis, American coot, blue-gray gnatcatcher, palm warbler, common gallinule, …
We covered most of the eastern part of the Wetlands today including Wetlands Blvd, Night Heron Lane, Bobcat Trail, Cypress Boardwalk, Osprey Blvd, Bald Eagle Blvd, and Limpkin Lane. On the south side of Bald Eagle Blvd, we were treated to seeing a male vermillion …
We saw a few birds from the parking lot including blue-gray gnatcatcher, red-shouldered hawk, yellow-rumped warbler, and ruby-crowned kinglet. From there, we walked a complete loop around Pool 1. Some of the birds we saw were common gallinule, American coot, belted kingfisher, blue-winged teal, eastern …
We covered three areas of the park. Some birds we saw along the Red Trail and two overlooks included golden-crowned kinglet, yellow-rumped warbler, mallard, belted kingfisher, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, northern harrier (“gray ghost”), mute swan, green-winged teal, northern pintail, northern shoveler, and gadwall. We …
We birded the trail on the west side of the park along the west side of South Pleasant Valley Road from the dam to across the Oracle building. It was cloudy and windy but we managed to identify these birds: great-tailed grackle, white-winged dove, northern …
After Roy Guerrero Park, we drove to Pond 2 in the Hornsby Bend water treatment plant and walked along part of that pond. Some of the birds we identified there included northern shoveler, eared grebe, American coot, ruddy duck, and blue-winged teal. After that, we …
The first park we went to on our Texas trip was Bob Wentz at Windy Point Park. We first birded in the main area where the road ends at the point parking lot, then we walked down to the point area along Lake Travis. Birds …
We covered two areas of the park. First, we took the north part of Gordon’s Pond trail from the parking lot to Bench 5. Birds we saw along this trail included northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, pine warbler, eastern bluebird, yellow-rumped warbler, osprey, killdeer, great blue …
Our first stop was the Boat Ramp area. We walked from the ramp along the boardwalk to where it ended. Some of the birds we saw were red-shouldered hawk, anhinga, osprey, common gallinule, American coot, great blue heron, palm warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, and tufted titmouse. …
We covered a lot of ground today. Our first stop was at the Nature Center. The feeders attracted many birds including nanday parakeet, painted bunting, and boat-tailed grackle. Other birds in the area included western cattle egret, purple martin, bald eagle, and loggerhead shrike (on …
