Owl Eyes Cave is one of the lesser known secluded caves of Austin, Texas. Not too much information can be found out about Owl Eyes Cave. This news article will explain what Owl Eyes Cave is.
Owl Eyes Cave is a secluded cave which is isolated and surrounded with miles of natural wildlife in a BCCP preserve in the Four Points neighborhood 6-10 miles northwest of Austin, Texas. Owl Eyes Cave is located in a BCCP preserve which actually part of/in the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan. Now Owl Eyes Cave is located with in the same vicinity as Eluvial Cave, Penn Pit Cave, and Jollyville Plateau Cave are.
Owl Eyes Cave is known to be inhabited by Tooth Cave ground beetles and Bone Cave harvestman. That is why several Tooth Cave ground beetles and Bone Cave harvestman coexist inside of this cave. Ptentothrix is also believed to exist inside of this cave. (Ref: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Documents/R2ES/HCP_TPGFourPoints_19951113.pdf)
Owl Eyes Cave has many limestone fissures and granite features. There are a handful of granite coagulations of smaller rocks in the area.
The earliest known exploration of this cave was done by Mike Warton of Warton & Associates at the very end of 1994. A species of Eidmannella Roewer (Eidmannella sp.) was discovered by Mike Warton of Warton & Associates on December 29, 1994. (Ref: https://www.academia.edu/19112284/NEW_AND_RARE_NESTICID_SPIDERS_FROM_TEXAS_CAVES_ARANEAE_NESTICIDAE_)
Owl Eyes Cave was visited again by an SWCA cave biologist on April 11, 1995 for the purpose of making biota collections. Owl Eyes Cave was considered to contain potential habitat for endangered cave invertebrates, although none were found during biota collections. Remaining features were considered insignificant with respect to endangered cave invertebrates. Now this SWCA cave biologist discovered Owl Eyes Cave is known to be inhabited by Tooth Cave ground beetles and Bone Cave harvestman. However no endangered cave invertebrates were found in Owl Eyes Cave. (Ref: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Documents/R2ES/HCP_TPGFourPoints_19951113.pdf)
Mike Walsh and Casey Berkhouse of Texas Cave Conservancy began protecting Owl Eyes Cave in 2004. (Ref: https://digital.lib.usf.edu/SFS0054742/00001)
Owl Eyes Cave is located at 7501 River Place Boulevard, Austin, Texas, US 78726.
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