Baker Sanctuary 2017-05-06

This morning I spent over 3 hours covering about 2.5 miles of trails on the south half of Travis Audubon's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Austin. It was a beautiful cool and clear morning, and when I arrived at about 8:30 the birding was great! Many birds were singing including Painted Buntings, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Northern Cardinals, and Yellow-billed Cuckoos.

I followed a trail I hadn't been on before that paralleled Lime Creek Road and enjoyed lots of bird activity. A few spring migrants I found were Magnolia Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The grosbeak was especially fun to find because I heard its loud squeak call first, and thought it might be a rock squirrel before I saw the bird.

Most exciting was hearing some fast high chipping, and then finding a couple fledgling Golden-cheeked Warblers. Here's one of them:

Golden-cheeked Warbler Fledgling - 2

As I watched it through my camera, a male adult came in and fed it! I got this single photo showing them both:

Golden-cheeked Warbler Fledgling and Parent

Golden-cheeked Warblers is one of the main reasons the Baker Sanctuary exists, and I felt especially fortunate to be able to observe this species successfully reproducing here.

By about 10:00 AM the bird activity had slowed, and I walked a trail going down to Baker Creek. I found a few odonates including tantalizing looks at a dark dragonfly over my head that never landed. I think it was some kind of darner I've never seen before. By the creek this Great Spreadwing was fun to find:

Great Spreadwing

A few butterflies were about as well, and I was able to photograph a Monarch and this small sparkly Juniper Hairstreak:

Juniper Hairstreak

Here's my complete bird list:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36589857

And here are my photos on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157681370431381/

What a fun morning! I need to spend more time here!

Posted on 06 de maio de 2017, 08:22 PM by mikaelb mikaelb

Observações

Fotos / Sons

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 10:45 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 11:06 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 11:22 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 10:43 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 10:22 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Borboleta-Monarca (Danaus plexippus)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 10:17 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Aranha-Espinhosa (Gasteracantha cancriformis)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 09:17 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

I came across these two spiders spinning their webs at the same time, the smaller in front of the larger.

Fotos / Sons

What

Mariposa-Arco-Íris (Passerina ciris)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 09:14 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Tico-Tico-Trinador (Spizella passerina)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 09:03 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Realejo (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 09:03 AM CDT

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Mariquita-de-Bochechas-Douradas (Setophaga chrysoparia)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 2017

Lugar

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Mariposa-Arco-Íris (Passerina ciris)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 6, 2017 08:40 AM CDT

Lugar

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Descrição

Taken on Travis Audubon Society's Baker Sanctuary in northwest Travis County.

Fotos / Sons

What

Mariquita-de-Bochechas-Douradas (Setophaga chrysoparia)

Observador

mikaelb

Data

Maio 2017

Lugar

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

Descrição

Two Golden-cheeked Warblers counter-singing their B song to each other

Comentários

Nice!!! I'll probably want to get the rights one of the adult with the fledgling for my book on the Ashe juniper. :)

Publicado por emcgreevy quase 7 anos antes

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