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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

With the temperature below freezing, overcast skies, and a brisk wind, one participant completed the first survey of the year. No insects were sighted, but glimpsing a coyote hunting near the volunteer parking lot made the excursion very memorable.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Canis latrans (coyote)
photo by Val Bugh


Bubo virginianus (great horned owl on nest)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (stone centipede)
photo by Val Bugh


ice on tree branch
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
    White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

  • Mammals:
    Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
    Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
    Coyote (Canis latrans)

  • Misc.:
    Stone Centipede (Unknown sp.)

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