Baker Sanctuary 2017-06-10

This morning I spent almost 4 hours covering a little over 3 miles on the northwest part of Travis Audubon's Baker Sanctuary. Like when I visited last month, I wanted to see an area of the preserve I hadn't been on before. So after parking I crossed Lime Creek Road and followed a trail west until I ran into the west fence line. On the way I found the old limestone quarry site which I've only seen once before:

Baker Sanctuary Old Quarry - 1

Then I followed the fence line north until I found an old truck trail a little to the east which also led north. At one point the trail opened up to this beautiful view to the north:

Looking North from Baker

Golden-cheeked Warblers are less detectable now since most of the males have mostly stopped singing. (I think I only heard one song while I was out.) Of the four I observed, two were juvenile males with a little bit of green on their crown and back. I'm not familiar with this plumage and at one point I thought I might be seeing a late migrating Black-throated Green Warbler.

Golden-cheeked Warbler

Other highlights included finding an early Autumn Meadowhawk dragonfly, having a family of Bewick's Wren come in to inspect me very closely while they were foraging, and lots of singing Field Sparrows and Painted Buntings. See my attached observations.

Here's my bird list:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S37515694

And here are a few more photos on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikael_behrens/albums/72157681885805954/

由使用者 mikaelb mikaelb2017年06月11日 00:55 所貼文

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什麼

原野雀鵐 (Spizella pusilla)

觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 08:03 CDT

描述

Recorded on Travis Audubon's Baker Sanctuary.

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什麼

畢格羅櫟 (Quercus sinuata var. breviloba)

觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 09:06 CDT

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 09:13 CDT

描述

Recorded on Travis Audubon's Baker Sanctuary.

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 09:28 CDT

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 09:54 CDT

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什麼

比氏葦鷦鷯 (Thryomanes bewickii)

觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 10:56 CDT

描述

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

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 2017

地點

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

描述

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

照片/聲音

觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 2017

地點

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

描述

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

This is one of two juvenile male Golden-cheeked Warblers I encountered this morning. It's the first time I've photographed this plumage. The faint green in the crown and back made me wonder if it was a late migrating Black-throated Green Warbler.

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 08:59 CDT

描述

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

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 09:20 CDT

描述

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

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 10, 2017 08:32 CDT

描述

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

My best guess at identifying this dragonfly so far is that it's a juvenile or teneral female Autumn Meadowhawk.

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觀察者

mikaelb

日期

6月 2017

地點

Texas, US (Google, OSM)

描述

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

This is one of two juvenile male Golden-cheeked Warblers I encountered this morning. It's the first time I've photographed this plumage. The faint green in the crown and back made me wonder if it was a late migrating Black-throated Green Warbler.

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