Labor Day Birding the JBH Burr Property

As a Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter, many of our conservation partnerships allow opportunities for tromping and hiking on private properties ... like the Wharton Count gem owned by James B. Harrison Foundation known simply as 'The Burr Property.' With many watering holes, wooded and wetland habitats, oak and cypress hammocks, and wide open spaces with clear, up-high trails for walking and viewing, it is easy to log 100 species or more. Walked and counted slowly, social-distancing or masking intact.

At least fifty of animals logged for the day were birds -- the very reason for the trip -- and several species stood out for me. Getting out of the car, the call of Eastern Pewees were heard through the woods, as well as Great-crested Flycatcher and the familiar 'PEET-suh' of Acadian Flycatcher. Canada and Yellow Warblers were high in the Bald Cypress, and the birds of the day (for me) were the Wood Storks and Pectoral Sandpiper.

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I changed my lens a couple of times as the insects were also out in great numbers! I had to take time to look down and collect some new species for my Life List of Earthlings: Flag-tailed Spinyleg and Wooly Rosemallow. Sometimes that meant missing other great shots (like the Wood Storks in flight!) since I had the wrong lens on. Oh well. Can't have everything!

Peace, Love, Prairie.

Posted on 08 de setembro de 2020, 05:43 PM by dirtnkids