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Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Reserve
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Great Plains
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Edwards Plateau
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Balcones Canyonlands is a national wildlife refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Austin. The refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds including the golden-cheeked warbler and the black-capped vireo and to preserve Texas Hill Country habitat for numerous other wildlife species. The refuge augments a similarly named preserve in Austin called …
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Trails
(10)
FEATURED
Shin Oak Trail
Trailheads
(6)
FEATURED
Shin Oak Bird Observation Deck Trailhead
Attractions
Bird Watching Areas
(4)
FEATURED
Shin Oak Bird Observation Deck
Plants
Algerita
Berberis trifoliolata (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Plains Blackfoot
Melampodium leucanthum (species)
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Texas Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana (species)
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Texas Yucca
Yucca rupicola (species)
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Acris blanchardi (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Texas Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus olivaceus (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Urosaurus ornatus
SPECIES ·
“Ornate Tree Lizard”, “Tree Lizard”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Collared Lizard
Crotaphytus collaris (species),
“Eastern Collared Lizard”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Opheodrys aestivus
SPECIES ·
“Rough Greensnake”, “Greensnake”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
4,479
Observations
JAN - DEC
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura (species)
3,803
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (species)
3,157
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Crested Titmouse
Baeolophus atricristatus (species),
“Mexican Titmouse”
3,081
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii (species)
2,669
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Common Wood-Nymph
Cercyonis pegala (species)
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mitoura gryneus
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera (species),
“Honey Bee”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Great Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Sympetrum vicinum
SPECIES ·
“Autumn Meadowhawk”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
Nature Reserve
3
Wildlife Reserve
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Wildlife Reserve
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
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