Texana Titmouse 2 Microbox

Texas Birding Trail Series

Tufted Titmouse

Placed By: Silver Eagle
Date: 02/10/07
Nearest Town: Edna, TX
County: Jackson
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, .5 mile RT)
Recommended Ink: gray & brown
Status: alive (02/10/07)

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, so come look for my microbox and maybe see the real thing! This box contains a different stamp than the original one that went missing, so consider it a new microbox.

Directions:

Lake Texana State Park is about 80 miles southwest of Houston via Hwy 59. In Edna, 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. Continue through first camping area and cross another bridge. Just over the second bridge, park on the left at the Texana Trail - Entry Point #3 trailhead.

Clues:

Walk on the trail for about .2 mile until you come to a wooden trail sign on the right at the Nature Stop trail junction. It points to the right for Entry Point #4, so turn right and go 60 steps from the sign. You should be one step beyond 2 multi-trunk small trees on the left side of the trail. Turn left and walk off-trail for 16 steps to a medium oak tree. The camo microbox is hanging on the back side about 7 feet off the ground. Please replace as described.

NOTE: Always take adequate precautions (such as prodding with a stick and/or wearing gloves) before reaching into dark crevasses and holes in the wild. Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.

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