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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

With the temperature near 20°F, there were no expectations of any invertebrate or even cold-blooded vertebrate sightings. However, our intrepid trio of volunteers did manage to see some birds before the cold became too uncomfortable. The gecko had frozen on the side of a building.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko)
photo by Val Bugh


ice on pond
photo by Val Bugh


icicles on water feature
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
    Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
    House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
    Kinglet (Regulus sp.)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
    White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

  • Reptiles:
    Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus), dead

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    coleoptera  bruchidae  Unknown sp.  Seed Beetle

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