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Texana Titmouse LbNA #6219 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Silver Eagle Supporter Verified
Plant date:Oct 26, 2003
Location:
City:Edna
County:Jackson
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: Baby Bear
Last found:Dec 15, 2003
Status:F
Last edited:Oct 26, 2003
*** Part of my TX Birding Trail Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, .75 mile RT)
Status: retired (02/11/07)


The Tufted Titmouse is an active, noisy, and conspicuously vocal bird that has a distinctive black forehead and gray crest. It prefers a riparian habitat containing a variety of tree species with a fairly dense canopy and will nest in or near swamps, orchards, parks, and other suburban areas. Lake Texana State Park provides a great place to view this interesting bird along with many other woodland and migrant species. It is part of the Texana Loop described on the Central Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail map. The park also offers camping, fishing and hiking for only $2.00 per adult, so come look here for my microbox and the real thing!

Directions:
Lake Texana State Park is about 80 miles southwest of Houston via Hwy 59. From Hwy 59, exit southeast on Hwy 111 for 6 miles to park entrance on the left. Pay fee then go left at T-junction and soon you will cross a bridge. Just over the bridge, park on the left at the "Texana Trail - Entry Point #2" trail head.

Clues:
Walk on the trail for about .25 mile, finding Baby Bear's letterbox on the way, until you come to a wooden trail sign on the right. It points to the right for the Footbridge Nature Stop and Entry Point #3, so turn right and go 100 steps. You will be under an oak tree that leans over the trail and you will see a bench up ahead and to the left. Turn right and go 8 steps off the trail to the far side of the trunk of the tree. In a crevice between roots at its base, under dead branches and a rock, lies the microbox. Please re-cover well.