Georgetown Recreation Trails Map

This map includes four main trail located in Georgetown TX. The four bird watching icons on the map represent 4 different hot spots where a wealth of different bird species have been spotted. The data for the species found around Georgetown was gathered from Ebird.org. Ebird is an online organization that provides a checklist that allows for the birding community to report and access information about birds. The number of species of birds found in the Ebird Range and Point Maps is dependent on the number of reports. On the map, the four icons represent a different hotspot. We selected four hotspots that are found on the four main trails for trail user and birder convenience. Below we have listed the types of bird species found in each hotspot between the years 2010 and 2012.

Hotspot #1 – Lake Georgetown Loop (red)

Location: Lake Georgetown- Russell Park, Williamson County, Texas, US

Date of Effort: May 27, 2012 11:00 AM

Species: 23 total

4 Wild Turkey

1 Neotropic Cormorant

2 Black Vulture

4 Turkey Vulture

2 Mourning Dove

3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker

1 Eastern Wood Pewee

1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

6 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

3 White-eyed Vireo

4 Carolina Chickadee

8 Black-crested Titmouse

12 Bewick’s Wren

2 Carolina Wren

4 Northern Mockingbird

4 Golden-cheeked Warbler

2 Summer Tanager

6 Northern Cardinal

3 Blue Grosbeak

4 Painted Bunting

6 Red-winged Blackbird

2 Lesser Goldfinch

Hotspot #2 – San Gabriel Park Loop (pink)

Georgetown – San Gabriel Park, Williamson County, TX, US

Date of Effort: August 31, 2012 7:00 AM

Species: 14 (+2 other taxa) total

20 goose sp.

3 Egyptian Goose

10 Mallard duck (domestic)

1 Great Egret

1 Red-Shouldered Hawk

10 White-winged Dove

2 Northern Flicker

2 Eastern Phoebe

2 Blue Jay

3 Carolina Chickadee

1 Northern Mockingbird

5 European Starling

1 Common Yellowthroat

2 Northern Cardinal

1 Baltimore Oriole

2 Lesser Goldfinch

Hotspot #3 – Airport Way Trails (blue)

Georgetown-Berry Springs Park, Williamson County, TX, US

Date of Effort:  October 18, 2010

Species: 20 total

Killdeer

White-winged Dove

2 Great Horned Owl

1 Barred Owl

1 Red bellied Woodpecker

1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker

1 Downy Woodpecker

American Crow

Carolina Chickadee

Black-crested Titmouse

1 Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

2 Eastern Bluebird

1 Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

American Pipit

Yellow-rumped Warbler

1 Vesper Sparrow

Great-tailed Grackle

House Sparrow

Hotspot #4 – Golden Years Gold Trail (purple)

Sun-City-Legacy Hills Park, Williamson County, Texas, US

Date of Effort: July, 18 2012

Species: 21 Total

4 Mallard (duck)

2 Green Heron

1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

12 Black Vulture

1 Killdeer

1 Mourning Dove

1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1 Belted Kingfisher

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker

1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Great Crested Flycatcher

1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

2 Blue Jay

1 Carolina Chickadee

1 Bewick’s Wren

1 American Robin

25 Northern Mockingbird

1 Summer Tanager

2 Northern Cardinal

2 Lesser Goldfinch