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View of front porch.
View of kitchen and main room.
Overview of Casita
Main room.
Stove insert and microwave.
View from main room looking into kitchen.
Main room
View from kitchen looking into main room.
Bathroom
Shower stall
Waterfall on Little Bee Creek
Golden-cheeked warbler
Photographer Jess Lee captured this squirrel as it emerged from a hideout.
We named our ranch for the Texas Madrones that grow here.
A northern bob white quail comes in for a sip of water.
A female black-chinned hummingbird feeds her two young chicks.
Los Madrones, a private ranch in western Travis County, in Central Texas, offers visitors the opportunity to 'rent-a-ranch' for a while, for nature photography, birding, or just relaxing. The 400-acre property features limestone bluffs, Little Bee Creek, open pastures, and hilltop vistas stretching past the Colorado River. Ranch owners Julie and Mike Murphy converted the property to wildlife conservation in 2000, and have managed it since then to improve habitat for turkey, quail, and other species.
Four or five pairs of Golden-cheeked warblers nest on the property every spring; and with luck, ranch visitors may observe and photograph this endangered species.