Who Cooks For Y'all? Minibox

Texas Wildlife Trail Series

Barred Owl

Placed By: Silver Eagle
Date: 01/18/09
Nearest Town: San Antonio, TX
County: Bexar
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 400 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown
Status: alive (03/07/09)

Walker Ranch Historic Landmark Park has long been a site of historical significance, where hunting and gathering people have lived and visited over thousands of years. Today it features a 1/2 mile paved exercise trail, about 1 mile of nature trail, playscape and covered pavilions. It is also part of the Alamo Loop described on the Heart Of Texas Wildlife Trail - East map. The canopy of large trees around Panther Springs Creek and Salado Creek provide a shaded nature trail with access to a diverse bottomland habitat. Many birds can be found here, including the Barred Owl, otherwise known as the Hoot Owl. Its usual call is a series of eight accented hoots ending in oo-aw, with a downward pitch at the end. The most common way to remember the call is to imagine it is asking "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you all". Of course, here in Texas I'm sure the last part of that question has been shortened to "who cooks for y'all".

Directions:

At the intersection of Loop 1604 and Bitters St. in north San Antonio, go east on Bitters for 4.3 miles to West Avenue. Turn right and go 1.1 miles to Walker Ranch park on the right.

Clues:

Walk to the large wooden trail sign and take the paved Meadow Loop Trail counter-clockwise to the Salado Trail. Turn right, then after a few steps, go left. After just a few more steps, bear right at the Y jct and cross a creek. Stay right at the next junctions, following the red trail marks. When a trail merges from the left, walk 10 steps to a rock in the middle of the trail with a red mark and a large tree to the left. Go right off trail at 300 degrees for 20 steps to 2 large trees next to each other. The Minibox is hanging on the back of the first tree about 5 feet high. The box is a pill container and is permanently attached to the tree, so remove the top by pushing down while turning counter-clockwise. When replacing the top, make sure to screw it on all the way and check to make sure it doesn't come off if you lift up on it.

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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Last updated on 03/09/2009

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