Four Winns Ranch 2021-10-23
In October I got to camp out for a night with Hill Country Conservancy's EPIC group on one of HCC's new conservation easement properties, the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County near the small town of Wimberley. I spent the afternoon exploring and was excited to find this beautiful little waterfall on a small creek running through the property:
Attached are some observations of plants and animals that caught my eye and that I was able to photograph. It was fun to see several Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies, a species I rarely see in my northwest Austin neighborhood. And there were a few beautiful patches of Lindheimer Muhly grass.
Here's my eBird list from Saturday afternoon.
And here are the same photos on Flickr.
Observations
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Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Texas Creeping-Oxeye (Wedelia hispida)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Genus TrimerotropisObserver
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Lindheimer Muhly (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Grooved Nipple Cactus (Coryphantha sulcata)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
The striking pattern on this little frog made me think it might have been something other than a Gulf Coast Toad. But closer examination of the pattern of head ridges and poison sacs on the back of the head make me think it is a Gulf Coast Toad.
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Great Spreadwing (Archilestes grandis)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
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Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)Observer
mikaelbDescription
Taken on the Four Winns Ranch in Hays County, a new conservation easement property for Hill Country Conservancy, during HCC's EPIC campout.
Comments
I always enjoy these post, Mikael. :)
Thanks! Did you see the Gulf Coast Toad observation? That pattern really made me think it was another species!
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