Brazos Bend SP

Went with husband, Scott, for a nature hike around Big Creek Loop at the north end of the park. Also counted numbers of bird species with eBird app, checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59427998. Logged these species, some of which I photographed with the long lens. Great day to be out!

Posted on 01 September, 2019 18:47 by dirtnkids dirtnkids

Observations

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Violet Ruellia (Ruellia nudiflora)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 07:45 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 07:48 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 07:49 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 07:49 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 07:50 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 07:50 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Yellow-breasted Chats (Family Icteriidae)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:07 AM HST

Place

Oak Forest Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:08 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:08 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:12 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:14 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:14 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:15 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

False Mint (Dicliptera brachiata)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:16 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:24 AM HST

Place

Windmill Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:24 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:25 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Texas Vervain (Verbena halei)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:27 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Inland Wood Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:32 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:33 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee (Megachile xylocopoides)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:49 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Photo with Lin lens coming. Foraging in primrose.

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:52 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:55 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 08:57 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:01 AM HST

Place

Windmill Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Also this video right after the spider wrapped up his (still alive) dragonfly lunch:
https://dirtnkids.smugmug.com/Insects-and-Spiders/i-BJRJd43/A

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:09 AM HST

Place

Windmill Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Green Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:10 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Rattlebush (Sesbania drummondii)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:14 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Genus Malachra

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:15 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Dragonflies (Suborder Anisoptera)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:17 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

A GIANT dragonfly, 4” wingspan and 3” body length

Photos / Sounds

What

Golden Silk Spider (Trichonephila clavipes)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:22 AM HST

Place

Windmill Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:36 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Rio Grande Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus campi)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:37 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Santa Maria Feverfew (Parthenium hysterophorus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:44 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Upright Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:47 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Broomweed (Malvastrum coromandelianum)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:48 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 09:56 AM HST

Place

Oak Forest Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Carolina Satyr suspected. No photo.

Photos / Sounds

What

Interrupted Spider Wasp (Poecilopompilus interruptus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:01 AM HST

Place

Windmill Rd, Damon, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Snow-on-the-Prairie (Euphorbia bicolor)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:05 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Lesser Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:06 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

American Germander (Teucrium canadense)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:07 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Walker's Annual Cicada (Megatibicen pronotalis)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:14 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Unknown cicada song. Recording in the comment. ID welcome. :D

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Queensland-Hemp (Sida rhombifolia)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:15 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Dung Beetles (Subfamily Scarabaeinae)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:25 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Watched him turd-rolling! Got video:
View my video at https://dirtnkids.smugmug.com/Insects-and-Spiders/i-9hxTJWH

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Oppositeleaf Spotflower (Acmella repens)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:28 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Resh Cicada (Megatibicen resh)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:36 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Brown, looks like wood. Photo with big lens to upload later to help with ID.

Photos / Sounds

What

Checkered-Skippers, White-Skippers, and Allies (Tribe Pyrgini)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:38 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:49 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Queen suspected. Photo taken with big lens.

Photos / Sounds

No photos or sounds

What

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

Observer

dirtnkids

Date

September 1, 2019 10:50 AM HST

Place

Brazos Bend State Park, Needville, TX, US (Google, OSM)

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