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*Please
be aware of our “birding” addition located at the bottom of this
page! Please go to http://www.chappellhillbirdfest.com/ for information on the Birdfest!! 4/29/05 - 4/30/05
Chappell Hill
Historical Museum
Wed. - Sat. 10am-4pm; Sun. 1pm-4pm
Tours at other times by appointment. Call (979) 836-6033.
Walking/Driving
Tours of Chappell Hill
To enjoy a self-guided tour, pick up a brochure in the Museum or
from the outdoor kiosk next to the Providence Baptist Church on Main Street.
Providence Baptist Church & Parsonage Visitor Center
Located on Main Street. Open during festivals and
special events or by appointment and available for rent for gatherings such
as weddings. Call (979) 836-6033.
Chappell
Hill Bank
Open during bank business
hours. Stop by for a visit.
Old
Rock Store
A historic
property on Main Street housing rare folk-art wall hangings
created by the women of the town. This property is also available for rent
for small meetings and gatherings. Call: (979)836-6033 for information,
Chappell
Hill Circulating Library
Located on Cedar Street. Stop by and sit a while in the new
gazebo.
Historic Methodist Church
Available for tours
during festivals and special events
or for groups by appointment. Also available for weddings.
Call (979) 830-0021
for more information.
Historic Masonic Cemetery
Located on Old Chappell Hill Road, north of FM 2447.
Home to gravesites from the Crockett and Travis families.
A historic monument was dedicated here on October 1,
2000
for William B. Travis, hero of The Alamo, and his son.
Several
unique shops and restaurants
Mostly located along Main Street
Bed
& Breakfast Inns
See the Business
Directory on this site for listings.
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park
Located 20 miles north
of town on FM 1155.
Enjoy the new Visitor Center, Barrington Living History Farm,
and the Star of the Republic Museum.
Monastery of
St. Clare Miniature Horse Farm
Located approx. 9 miles north of Downtown Chappell Hill.
Take FM 1155 north, make a left on FM 2193, turn right on Hwy. 105.
The Monastery will be the first driveway on the right.
Antique Rose
Emporium
Take FM 1155 north from Downtown Chappell Hill, make a
left on FM 2193, left on Hwy. 105, right on FM 50. Go north 9 miles.
Birding
in the Chappell Hill Area
Please
go to http://www.chappellhillbirdfest.com/
for information on
the Birdfest!!
4/29/05 -4/30/05
The
following are reports by local resident, Darrell Vollert. This will be updated as we receive new
information.
Hello Texbirders,
On June 13th I ran the Burton BBS route. This route begans
at the junction of Sandstone Road and FM1697 north of Burton in Washington County. The entire route
lies in Washington County and runs pretty much
west to east. The route ends on Old Independence
Road at Marcus Road near the Sandy Hill
community. The landscape along the route consists of post oak/juniper
woodlands, pastureland, and mixed hardwood forest. There is a lot of woodland
edge habitat on this route much to the liking of Painted Buntings. A total of
42 species were encountered along the route this year. That number has been
the average count the last three years. Once again the top three species
encountered on the Burton BBS route were Northern Cardinal(128
individuals found at 44 stops), Painted Bunting(76 individuals found at 39
stops), and American Crow(65 individuals at 27 stops). I did not add any new
species to the route bird list this year. Highlights this year for me were
Chuck-will's-widow calling at Stops 1 and 3 along Sandstone Road, Pine
Warbler singing in the pines on the grounds of Rehburg
Lutheran Church along FM1948 near Rehburg Road at
Stop 10, a Greater Roadrunner lazily walking across Rehburg
Road just behind my car at Stop 22, and all those Painted Buntings
encountered along the route again this year! This is the third consecutive
year that I have found a singing Pine Warbler at Stop 10.
Below is the complete bird list for this year's run with the total number of
individuals listed along with the number of stops each species was
encountered.
Species
Total Individuals
Total Stops Encountered
Great Blue
Heron
2
2
Great
Egret
2
2
Green
Heron
1
1
Black
Vulture
6
4
Turkey
Vulture
19
13
Red-shouldered
Hawk
3
3
Northern
Bobwhite
1
1
Rock
Pigeon
7
1
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
2
2
Mourning
Dove
36
21
Inca
Dove
9
7
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo
13
11
Greater Roadrunner
1
1
Chuck-will's-widow
2
2
Chimney
Swift
2
2
Red-bellied
Woodpecker
13
12
Downy
Woodpecker
7
7
Western
Kingbird
2
1
Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher
15
12
Loggerhead
Shrike
1
1
White-eyed
Vireo
37
22
Blue
Jay
1
1
American
Crow
65
27
Purple
Martin
49
16
Cliff
Swallow
3
2
Barn
Swallow
4
4
Carolina
Chickadee
32
21
Tufted
Titmouse
11
6
Carolina
Wren
47
34
Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher
4
4
Eastern
Bluebird
6
3
Northern
Mockingbird
27
22
Pine
Warbler
1
1
Lark
Sparrow
5
5
Northern
Cardinal
128
44
Painted
Bunting
76
39
Red-winged
Blackbird
1
1
Eastern
Meadowlark
6
6
Common
Grackle
24
9
Brown-headed
Cowbird
4
4
House
Sparrow
4
3
Best regards and good birding,
Darrell Vollert
Chappell Hill
For answers to questions about this list, as well as current Texas
Birding Links, visit the Texbirds Reference Page at
http://www.texbirds.org
For questions about the birds of
the Central Brazos Valley and birding please contact Darrell Vollert via
e-mail at: darrellv@computexas.net or you can reach him on his cell
phone at : 979-251-4986.
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