Yes, I had an adult male MOURNING WARBLER there back on Sunday, 5 May. One of the earliest-ever spring occurrences for the county. It was over on the west side by N. Walker Ave. I have seen several MOWA downtown over the last 10 years. It’s regular in spring and fall migration at that location.
Best,
Devin Bosler
Edmond, OK
> On May 17, 2024, at 2:40 PM, drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote:
>
> Devin, I have seen the male magnolia warbler at Meinders garden each of the last 3 years, all during spring migration. I am not an eBird lister.
> Hal A. Yocum, MD Edmond.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 17, 2024, at 12:39 PM, Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi OKBIRDS,
>>
>> The adult male MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, originally discovered by Grace Huffman this morning, continues through midday at Myriad Botanical Gardens in downtown OKC. I saw it at 11:50am near the waterfall/ fountain feature at extreme ne. corner of Meinder’s Garden. It was silent and skulking around in low understory. I never did get on the male Magnolia Warbler during my brief visit but it may still be around. This appears to be the FIRST documented record of MGWA for Oklahoma Co. At least per eBird database. Long overdue in my opinion.
>>
>> Good birding,
>> Devin Bosler
>> Edmond, OK
Date: 5/17/24 11:54 am From: drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> Subject: Re: Adult male MacGillivray’s Warbler - Myriad Botanical Gardens, OKC
The MacGillavrays is new. We have seen morning warblers there as well, more often in the fall migration Hal
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 17, 2024, at 1:51 PM, drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote:
>
> Devin, I have seen the male magnolia warbler at Meinders garden each of the last 3 years, all during spring migration. I am not an eBird lister.
> Hal A. Yocum, MD Edmond.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 17, 2024, at 12:39 PM, Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi OKBIRDS,
>>
>> The adult male MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, originally discovered by Grace Huffman this morning, continues through midday at Myriad Botanical Gardens in downtown OKC. I saw it at 11:50am near the waterfall/ fountain feature at extreme ne. corner of Meinder’s Garden. It was silent and skulking around in low understory. I never did get on the male Magnolia Warbler during my brief visit but it may still be around. This appears to be the FIRST documented record of MGWA for Oklahoma Co. At least per eBird database. Long overdue in my opinion.
>>
>> Good birding,
>> Devin Bosler
>> Edmond, OK
Date: 5/17/24 11:52 am From: drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> Subject: Re: Adult male MacGillivray’s Warbler - Myriad Botanical Gardens, OKC
Devin, I have seen the male magnolia warbler at Meinders garden each of the last 3 years, all during spring migration. I am not an eBird lister.
Hal A. Yocum, MD Edmond.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 17, 2024, at 12:39 PM, Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> wrote:
>
> Hi OKBIRDS,
>
> The adult male MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, originally discovered by Grace Huffman this morning, continues through midday at Myriad Botanical Gardens in downtown OKC. I saw it at 11:50am near the waterfall/ fountain feature at extreme ne. corner of Meinder’s Garden. It was silent and skulking around in low understory. I never did get on the male Magnolia Warbler during my brief visit but it may still be around. This appears to be the FIRST documented record of MGWA for Oklahoma Co. At least per eBird database. Long overdue in my opinion.
>
> Good birding,
> Devin Bosler
> Edmond, OK
Date: 5/17/24 10:38 am From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> Subject: Adult male MacGillivray’s Warbler - Myriad Botanical Gardens, OKC
Hi OKBIRDS,
The adult male MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, originally discovered by Grace Huffman this morning, continues through midday at Myriad Botanical Gardens in downtown OKC. I saw it at 11:50am near the waterfall/ fountain feature at extreme ne. corner of Meinder’s Garden. It was silent and skulking around in low understory. I never did get on the male Magnolia Warbler during my brief visit but it may still be around. This appears to be the FIRST documented record of MGWA for Oklahoma Co. At least per eBird database. Long overdue in my opinion.
Date: 5/16/24 6:33 pm From: Scott Loss <scottrloss...> Subject: Stillwater Waterbird fallout
It was a very interesting morning for birding around Stillwater. It seems the morning storms caused a late fallout of waterfowl. I saw 9 total duck species between Boomer Lake and Lake Carl Blackwell, which seems exceptional for this late in spring, including Ring-necked Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, etc, as well as several Eared Grebes and a Common Loon. I also saw a Sanderling and Dunlin at Ski Pt at Lake Carl Blackwell (both very uncommon shorebird species around Stillwater).
Date: 5/15/24 9:12 am From: Larry Mays <larrymays1949...> Subject: Re: Great Crested Flycatcher Nests and Nesting
Preach!!!
On Wed, May 15, 2024, 10:42 AM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
> Great-crested Flycatchers are here for the breeding season. They are
> cavity nesters that use natural cavities, abandoned woodpecker holes that
> have enough space and nest boxes, the proper size and placement.
> *Box* *Box* *Hole* *Hole* *Placement* *Placement*
>
> *Floor* *Height* *Height* *Diameter* *Height* *Location*
> *Species* *Inches* *Inches* *Inches* *Inches* *Feet*
> Great Crested Flycatcher 6 X 6 8 to 12 6 to 10 1 & 3/4 5 to 15 Open
> Woods, Orchard
>
> Great Crested Flycatchers use *discarded snake skins*, weaving them into
> their nests and often hanging them at the entrance hole. Allaboutbirds adds
> that “where it’s readily available, as in Florida, nearly every nest
> contains snakeskin. Many of you do not tolerate snakes in your yard and
> with the decline of snakes nationwide, discarded snake skins, are a limited
> resource. In Arkansas it is illegal to kill protected snake species
> which includes the timber rattlesnake, Eastern Mississauga, Speckled
> kingsnake, Louisiana Pine Snake, and Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. It is
> strictly illegal to kill, capture, or harass these protected snake species. It
> is important to consider the ecological implications and alternatives to
> killing, as snakes play a vital role in maintaining a balanced ecosystem.
> You should try to find non-lethal ways to move or tolerate snakes. If you
> are out and about and find shed snake skins and desire to help your nesting
> Great-crested Flycatchers, bring them home and make them available.
>
> I have 26 nest boxes and nest structures up for various bird species in my
> 2 acre yard. The first year that the Great-crested Flycatcher box was
> constructed and placed and a pair of flycatchers found it they were so
> excited communicating back and forth and going in and out inspecting it.
> They did build a nest with shed snake skin which I often make available by
> hanging on a shrub or limb close to the nest box.
>
> We have 85 species of birds and 49 species of mammals and many species of
> amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates that need cavities for nesting and
> cover. Retain your snags and yards with snags have a 37 % higher bird
> species diversity. If you do not have snags, provide the right size and
> nest box placement. With our sanitized Forests and manicured yards, and
> short timber rotation with less tree species diversity, there is always a
> housing shortage for cavity nesting species, nationwide. You need to do
> your part to correct this situation on all fronts.
>
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
>
>
>
Date: 5/13/24 8:16 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 13
It was overcast, and mild with a slight wind today on the bird survey. The first couple hours it was also misty and foggy so I skipped the morning flight out of the heronry as it would be very difficult to see anything and I just birded along Red Slough road till visibility increased. 85 species were found. A few migrants were still coming through; mainly shorebirds. Most notable finds today were 2 Tricolored Herons, 2 Black-bellied Plovers, and a Hudsonian Godwit. Unit 44 has nice mudflats right now and has a lot of shorebirds and waders. This is the unit just east of the middle parking lot. There are also large numbers of waders and a few shorebirds in unit 15 too. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 8
Wood Duck - 9
Blue-winged Teal - 24
Northern Shoveler - 2 males
Lesser Scaup - 3 (1 male & 2 females).
Ring-necked Duck - 5 male
Hooded Merganser - 2 females
Pied-billed Grebe – 10
American White Pelican - 4
Neotropic Cormorant - 28 (11 active nests)
Anhinga - 132 (Lots sitting on nests.)
Least Bittern - 3
Great-blue Heron - 27
Great Egret - 225
Snowy Egret - 90
Little-blue Heron - 47
Tricolored Heron - 2 adults (unit 44)
Cattle Egret - 800
Green Heron - 10
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 4
White Ibis - 65
Plegadis species - 2 (possible hybrids)
Black Vulture - 15
Turkey Vulture – 9
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
King Rail - 1
Purple Gallinule - 135
Common Gallinule - 105
American Coot – 26
Black-bellied Plover - 2
Killdeer - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 10
Hudsonian Godwit - 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 31
Least Sandpiper - 2
White-rumped Sandpiper - 17
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2
Stilt Sandpiper - 18
Long-billed Dowitcher - 4
Dowitcher species - 1
Wilson's Phalarope - 5
Black Tern - 8
Mourning Dove - 12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 10
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great-crested Flycatcher - 4
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 9
Bell's Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 4
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow – 7
Fish Crow - 4
Purple Martin - 2
Tree Swallow - 12
Cliff Swallow - 5
Barn Swallow - 6
Carolina Chickadee – 3
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Carolina Wren – 14
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 11
Common Yellowthroat - 13
Yellow-breasted Chat - 13
Summer Tanager - 2
Northern Cardinal – 16
Blue Grosbeak - 4
Indigo Bunting - 17
Painted Bunting - 5
Dickcissel - 10
Red-winged Blackbird – 29
Common Grackle - 25
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
Orchard Oriole - 3
Odonates:
Eastern Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Blue Corporal
Herps:
American Alligator
Red-eared Slider
Cajun Chorus Frogs - calling
Green Treefrog
Green Frog
Bullfrog
Also: 13 year (Brood XIX) Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada tredecim & M. tredecassini).
Date: 5/13/24 7:26 pm From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> Subject: Spectacular shorebirding at Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
> From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...>
> Date: May 13, 2024 at 9:24:21 PM CDT
> To: okbirds <OKBirds...>
> Subject: Spectacular shorebirding at Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
>
> Hi OKBIRDS,
>
> This evening, Monday, 13 May, yielded an astonishing shorebird show at Edmond Park on Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma Co. There was a late-season wave of waterfowl as well including several Northern Shovelers, 3 American Wigeons, 4 Lesser Scaups among the numerous Mallards. Shorebird highlights included 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 14 WHIMBREL, 20 MARBLED GODWITS, 24 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, 25 STILT SANDPIPERS, 3 DUNLINS, a voice-confirmed SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 16+ Spotted Sandpipers, many White-rumped and Semipalmated Sandpipers, fair numbers of Least and Baird’s Sandpipers, a couple Lesser Yellowlegs, etc. It was a shame that I arrived so late and had limited daylight with them. They were all quite vocal but wary and jumpy. Some departed to the northwest just before dusk. Others stayed through dark. It was a fabulous sight to behold.
>
> Good shorebirding,
> Devin Bosler
> Edmond, OK
>
>
Date: 5/13/24 7:24 pm From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> Subject: Spectacular shorebirding at Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
Hi OKBIRDS,
This evening, Monday, 13 May, yielded an astonishing shorebird show at Edmond Park on Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma Co. There was a late-season wave of waterfowl as well including several Northern Shovelers, 3 American Wigeons, 4 Lesser Scaups among the numerous Mallards. Shorebird highlights included 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 14 WHIMBREL, 20 MARBLED GODWITS, 24 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, 25 STILT SANDPIPERS, 3 DUNLINS, a voice-confirmed SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 16+ Spotted Sandpipers, many White-rumped and Semipalmated Sandpipers, fair numbers of Least and Baird’s Sandpipers, a couple Lesser Yellowlegs, etc. It was a shame that I arrived so late and had limited daylight with them. They were all quite vocal but wary and jumpy. Some departed to the northwest just before dusk. Others stayed through dark. It was a fabulous sight to behold.
Same. Drove by at 1:30 and not a single shorebird.
But I tried again this evening and got 16 Black-bellied Plovers and 4
Whimbrels at 6:00 PM. There were a bunch of small shorebirds also, but
couldn't get an ID
Lara
On Mon, May 13, 2024, 5:27 PM mitchellterry1957 <mitchellterry1957...>
wrote:
Date: 5/11/24 9:30 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Re: Jenkins Road , Norman
You did great. I didn't stay as long but had about 40 I think. Did you find the cape may today? D.
On Fri, May 10, 2024, 4:28 PM drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote:
> Had 48 species there today. Only 2 warblers- yellow (Merlin only) & > glimpse of a yellow-throated. > No returned calls for Yellow-throated. > Hal Yocum > > Sent from my iPhone
Date: 5/8/24 1:49 pm From: Mark and Mary Peterson <markandmarypeterson...> Subject: Re: Bartlesville birding trailhead closed
There is EF 3 or EF 4 tree damage approximately 1/4 mile SE of the high
school parking lot.
On Wed, May 8, 2024, 3:28 PM Dan Reinking <dan...> wrote:
> Mark Peterson reports that the Pathfinder Parkway trailhead behind
> Bartlesville High School is currently closed due to tornado damage.
>
> You may (or may not) still be able to access that section of the trail by
> parking in the Wesleyan Church parking lot on Silver Lake Road and walking
> west on the trail toward the high school. He did not report on that option,
> although it is still near an area of tornado damage, so it may or may not
> be a working alternative.
>
> Dan Reinking
>
> Sutton Center
>
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Mark Peterson reports that the Pathfinder Parkway trailhead behind Bartlesville High School is currently closed due to tornado damage.
You may (or may not) still be able to access that section of the trail by parking in the Wesleyan Church parking lot on Silver Lake Road and walking west on the trail toward the high school. He did not report on that option, although it is still near an area of tornado damage, so it may or may not be a working alternative.
Mark Peterson reports that the Pathfinder Parkway trailhead behind Bartlesville High School is currently closed due to tornado damage.
You may (or may not) still be able to access that section of the trail by parking in the Wesleyan Church parking lot on Silver Lake Road and walking west on the trail toward the high school. He did not report on that option, although it is still near an area of tornado damage, so it may or may not be a working alternative.
Date: 5/8/24 11:02 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Rose breasted grosbeak
I only have a couple of Cleveland co records but yesterday I was watching Sally's feeders and heard what I thought was a very loud clear robin calling at noon. Thought it was extra loud and pulled out merlin and it said American robin but a minute a rb grosbeak popped on the screen. I was straining my ears to hear the loud call when a female landed on Sally's feeder. Be neat if they nest... D.
Date: 5/7/24 7:38 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 7
Mark Peterson (OK) joined me for part of the bird survey today. It started off overcast & mild turning partly cloudy, windy and hot. 76 species were found. Highlights were finding a pair of Sandhill Cranes circling low above unit 31 with their feet dangling and appearing to be coming down to land somewhere on Red Slough but they went behind a tree and I lost them and could never find them again (We have never had any later than March 18 and they are rare at Red Slough.), and an adult Tricolored Heron. The Tricolored Heron was in unit 44 and there were two reported there yesterday morning. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 20
Canada Geese – 2
Wood Duck - 11
Blue-winged Teal - 15
Northern Shoveler - 3 males
Ring-necked Duck - 1 male
Hooded Merganser - 1 female
Pied-billed Grebe – 5
American White Pelican - 3
Neotropic Cormorant - 22 (9 active nests)
Anhinga - 136 (Many sitting on nests.)
American Bittern - 1
Least Bittern - 4
Great-blue Heron - 4
Great Egret - 55
Snowy Egret - 12
Little-blue Heron - 99
Tricolored Heron - 1 adult (unit 44)
Cattle Egret - 5000
Green Heron - 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3
White Ibis - 320 (Units 44 & 15)
Plegadis species - 1 (Flying with White Ibis)
Black Vulture - 18
Turkey Vulture – 7
Mississippi Kite - 2
Bald Eagle - 1 imm.
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
King Rail - 1
Purple Gallinule - 97
Common Gallinule - 51
American Coot – 23
Sandhill Crane - 2 (very late!)
Mourning Dove - 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Common Nighthawk - 1
Chuck-wills-widow - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Great-crested Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 7
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
American Crow – 1
Fish Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 5
Tree Swallow - 6
Cliff Swallow - 5
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee – 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren – 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 6 (Pair with 4 fledglings.)
Wood Thrush - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Pine Warbler - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 4
Kentucky Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 9
Yellow-breasted Chat - 2
Summer Tanager - 2
Northern Cardinal – 11
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 6
Painted Bunting - 5
Dickcissel - 5
Red-winged Blackbird – 11
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 adult male
Common Grackle - 46
Brown-headed Cowbird - 7
Orchard Oriole - 1
Odonates:
Common Green Darner
Prince Baskettail
Eastern Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Black Saddlebags
Common Whitetail
Herps:
American Alligator
Common Snapping Turtle
Red-eared Slider
Three-toed Box Turtle
Diamond-backed Water Snake
Rough Green Snake
Green Treefrog
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Green Frog
Bullfrog
Also: 3 River Otters and 13 year (Brood XIX) Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada tredecim & M. tredecassini).
Date: 5/6/24 10:17 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Recent S Jenkins sightings (soundings)
Friday we ( the okc Audubon society visited) had an eastern wood pewee and a yellow breasted chat and this morning a northern waterthrush singing and I actually heard the chat. D.
Date: 5/3/24 7:23 am From: Jay Pitocchelli <jpitocch...> Subject: Request for assistance – song recordings of migrating Mourning Warblers
Request for assistance – song recordings of migrating Mourning Warblers
I am posting my annual opportunity to participate in a Citizens Science Project that involves recording migrating Mourning Warbler songs. I am trying to determine the nature of migratory pathways taken by different song populations of Mourning Warbler males during their spring migration. I am continuing to collect your recordings and plot them on a map of North America to determine if and where birds with different song types (regiolects) separate from each other during spring migration. The most current map of songs of migrants is at the web site below.
All you need is a Smartphone and a singing Mourning Warbler. You can send the recordings to my e-mail address (jpitocch AT anselm.edu). The web page link below describes the project and how to make recordings on your Smartphone in more detail.
Date: 5/2/24 3:20 pm From: drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> Subject: East side Zoo Lake -OKC
I had an olive -sided flycatcher (Juv. with white neck/ throat) today about 2 PM about mid way along the available walkway.
Hal Yocum, Edmond
Sent from my iPhone
Date: 5/2/24 3:31 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Re: Lexington Public Hunting Area
I think you need that or a conservation license. Kind of permission to
play piece of paper.
D.
On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 6:22 PM Nick LoLordo <lord9691...> wrote:
> Dick, does one need a hunting license to bird that area?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 1, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> funny I was seeing all kinds of butterflies and thinking of when we met up
> down there. Most of them were by ear. I am aging out of readly finding
> birds in dense foliage. I was walking the same southernmost road where I
> ran into you. probably about a mile and a half back and forth across the
> metal bridge. I try to avoid Merlin till I get stumped but running it
> would put you within earshot and potential photo distance.
> D.
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 1:15 PM Bryan Reynolds <
> <nature_photo_man...> wrote:
>
>> Dick,
>>
>> Most of those would be lifers (or at least photo-lifers), and I'd sure
>> like to tag along someday to learn more about them. As you know, I live
>> very close to Lex and spend a lot of time there.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Bryan
>>
>> Bryan E. Reynolds
>> Photographer/Writer/Consultant/Speaker
>> My nature and wildlife photography portfolio
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanereynolds/albums/72157648698477036__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!55qYvZPMedBwMpYOIulRsIuh01ElfHSTn57vB1B99c0_DysIbSz3Dt8btRbs2XJBPY8xDYpkgG_mIx0h_09oRVmvCVl368E$> >> ------------------------------
>> *From:* okbirds <OKBIRDS...> on behalf of Richrd Gunn <
>> <richardgunn1940...>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2024 11:41 AM
>> *To:* <OKBIRDS...> <OKBIRDS...>
>> *Subject:* [OKBIRDS] Lexington Public Hunting Area
>>
>> I made my annual visit to Lex to bolster my paltry numbers for the CCAS
>> annual spring county which fortunately includes McClain county. FOYs for me
>> were:
>> broad winged hawk, field sparrow, Eastern Wood Pewee, pine
>> siskin,kentucky warbler (at least half a dozen always in the same place),
>> black and white warbler, least flycatcher, clay colored sparrow and cattle
>> egret. Also one which I heard and could not figure out. Merlin's
>> opinion was an Acadian flycatcher. In truth it sounded exactly what Sibley
>> gives out but the book doesn't allow for it to bleed over into
>> Cleveland county Consider the source.
>> Also, summer tanagers,painteds and indigos, blue grosbeak
>> gnatcatcher,white eyed and red eyed vireos, parulas, wood ducks and
>> dickcissel,
>> These were all except the cattle egret along the farthest road back to
>> the south bordering on the prison.
>> D.
>>
>
Date: 5/1/24 8:25 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 1st
It was overcast and mild, with some light rain, turning partly cloudy, warm, and a bit windy on the bird survey today. 81 species were found. Except for a few shorebirds, terns, and gulls there really wasn't much for passing through migrants around today. Especially noticeable was the lack of migrant warblers. Hopefully this will change soon. Normally my bird survey during the first week of May would be over 100 species. Lots of birds building and sitting on nests in the heronry now. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 19
Canada Geese – 2
Wood Duck - 16
Blue-winged Teal - 20
Northern Shoveler - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 4 males
Hooded Merganser - 3 females
Wild Turkey - 1
Pied-billed Grebe – 14
Neotropic Cormorant - 28 (9 active nests)
Anhinga - 112 (Many sitting on nests.)
Least Bittern - 4
Great-blue Heron - 6
Great Egret - 34
Snowy Egret - 15
Little-blue Heron - 114
Cattle Egret - 5500
Green Heron - 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3
White Ibis - 136 (one standing in a nest moving sticks around.)
Date: 5/1/24 10:47 am From: Bryan Reynolds <nature_photo_man...> Subject: Re: Lexington Public Hunting Area
Thanks, Dick. I'm in that area many times per month. The more time I spend there, the more success I'll have.
FYI, I just had a Rose-breasted Grosbeak on my suet and I've got several Swainson's Thrushes around the house. These guys are singing in their swirly sounding call sounding like they're doing it through a paper towel roll.
funny I was seeing all kinds of butterflies and thinking of when we met up down there. Most of them were by ear. I am aging out of readly finding birds in dense foliage. I was walking the same southernmost road where I ran into you. probably about a mile and a half back and forth across the metal bridge. I try to avoid Merlin till I get stumped but running it would put you within earshot and potential photo distance.
D.
Most of those would be lifers (or at least photo-lifers), and I'd sure like to tag along someday to learn more about them. As you know, I live very close to Lex and spend a lot of time there.
I made my annual visit to Lex to bolster my paltry numbers for the CCAS annual spring county which fortunately includes McClain county. FOYs for me were:
broad winged hawk, field sparrow, Eastern Wood Pewee, pine siskin,kentucky warbler (at least half a dozen always in the same place), black and white warbler, least flycatcher, clay colored sparrow and cattle egret. Also one which I heard and could not figure out. Merlin's opinion was an Acadian flycatcher. In truth it sounded exactly what Sibley gives out but the book doesn't allow for it to bleed over into Cleveland county Consider the source.
Also, summer tanagers,painteds and indigos, blue grosbeak gnatcatcher,white eyed and red eyed vireos, parulas, wood ducks and dickcissel,
These were all except the cattle egret along the farthest road back to the south bordering on the prison.
D.
Date: 5/1/24 9:19 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Re: Lexington Public Hunting Area
funny I was seeing all kinds of butterflies and thinking of when we met up
down there. Most of them were by ear. I am aging out of readly finding
birds in dense foliage. I was walking the same southernmost road where I
ran into you. probably about a mile and a half back and forth across the
metal bridge. I try to avoid Merlin till I get stumped but running it
would put you within earshot and potential photo distance.
D.
On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 1:15 PM Bryan Reynolds <nature_photo_man...>
wrote:
> Dick,
>
> Most of those would be lifers (or at least photo-lifers), and I'd sure
> like to tag along someday to learn more about them. As you know, I live
> very close to Lex and spend a lot of time there.
>
> Take care,
> Bryan
>
> Bryan E. Reynolds
> Photographer/Writer/Consultant/Speaker
> My nature and wildlife photography portfolio
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanereynolds/albums/72157648698477036__;!!GNU8KkXDZlD12Q!55qYvZPMedBwMpYOIulRsIuh01ElfHSTn57vB1B99c0_DysIbSz3Dt8btRbs2XJBPY8xDYpkgG_mIx0h_09oRVmvCVl368E$> > ------------------------------
> *From:* okbirds <OKBIRDS...> on behalf of Richrd Gunn <
> <richardgunn1940...>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2024 11:41 AM
> *To:* <OKBIRDS...> <OKBIRDS...>
> *Subject:* [OKBIRDS] Lexington Public Hunting Area
>
> I made my annual visit to Lex to bolster my paltry numbers for the CCAS
> annual spring county which fortunately includes McClain county. FOYs for me
> were:
> broad winged hawk, field sparrow, Eastern Wood Pewee, pine
> siskin,kentucky warbler (at least half a dozen always in the same place),
> black and white warbler, least flycatcher, clay colored sparrow and cattle
> egret. Also one which I heard and could not figure out. Merlin's
> opinion was an Acadian flycatcher. In truth it sounded exactly what Sibley
> gives out but the book doesn't allow for it to bleed over into
> Cleveland county Consider the source.
> Also, summer tanagers,painteds and indigos, blue grosbeak
> gnatcatcher,white eyed and red eyed vireos, parulas, wood ducks and
> dickcissel,
> These were all except the cattle egret along the farthest road back to the
> south bordering on the prison.
> D.
>
Date: 4/30/24 10:29 am From: Bryan Reynolds <nature_photo_man...> Subject: Re: Lexington Public Hunting Area
Dick,
Most of those would be lifers (or at least photo-lifers), and I'd sure like to tag along someday to learn more about them. As you know, I live very close to Lex and spend a lot of time there.
I made my annual visit to Lex to bolster my paltry numbers for the CCAS annual spring county which fortunately includes McClain county. FOYs for me were:
broad winged hawk, field sparrow, Eastern Wood Pewee, pine siskin,kentucky warbler (at least half a dozen always in the same place), black and white warbler, least flycatcher, clay colored sparrow and cattle egret. Also one which I heard and could not figure out. Merlin's opinion was an Acadian flycatcher. In truth it sounded exactly what Sibley gives out but the book doesn't allow for it to bleed over into Cleveland county Consider the source.
Also, summer tanagers,painteds and indigos, blue grosbeak gnatcatcher,white eyed and red eyed vireos, parulas, wood ducks and dickcissel,
These were all except the cattle egret along the farthest road back to the south bordering on the prison.
D.
Date: 4/30/24 9:41 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Lexington Public Hunting Area
I made my annual visit to Lex to bolster my paltry numbers for the CCAS annual spring county which fortunately includes McClain county. FOYs for me were: broad winged hawk, field sparrow, Eastern Wood Pewee, pine siskin,kentucky warbler (at least half a dozen always in the same place), black and white warbler, least flycatcher, clay colored sparrow and cattle egret. Also one which I heard and could not figure out. Merlin's opinion was an Acadian flycatcher. In truth it sounded exactly what Sibley gives out but the book doesn't allow for it to bleed over into Cleveland county Consider the source. Also, summer tanagers,painteds and indigos, blue grosbeak gnatcatcher,white eyed and red eyed vireos, parulas, wood ducks and dickcissel, These were all except the cattle egret along the farthest road back to the south bordering on the prison. D.
Date: 4/30/24 5:18 am From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> Subject: Imm. Brown Pelican cont. - Lake Hefner, Oklahoma Co.
Hi OKBIRDS,
Lake Hefner’s third documented BROWN PELICAN (one-year-old immature) continues at Lake Hefner in n. Oklahoma City this morning, Tuesday, 30 April. I had it shortly after arriving at 6:45am by the East spit area at ne. corner of lake. It flew from south to north and then back south toward the lakefront restaurants. It was originally discovered by Trina Arnold on Sunday evening, 28 April.
Date: 4/29/24 12:26 pm From: Bob And Nancy <blnllaval...> Subject: Bird apps
I have the Merlin Bird ID App on my IPAD. Tried out the sound id section this morning. Stepped out the back door early. I am hard of hearing and don’t hear birds like I used to. Wear hearing aids but don’t help much with the high pitched voices. Anyway this sound id thing is amazing. It picked up 10 bird songs quickly. I could hear maybe 5 of them. It also heard yellow, Black and White and Yellow-Rumped Warblers. Also Warbling, Red-Eyed and White-Eyed Vireos. Apparently we had a fallout of migrants after the tornadic storm that went through here about dark.
The sound id lists the bird singing and keeps a list of all bird’s heard. The next bird heard is at the top of the list as an active singer and will stay there until a new voice is heard. If it has been previously heard it is not repeated to the saved list.
How I wish I had this app many years ago.
Bob Laval
Heavener
Sent from my iPad
Date: 4/29/24 11:52 am From: drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> Subject: Mitch Park, Edmond
First of Season/ year ( FOS/FOY) today for painted buntings, and Bell’s vireo.
Also 3 established hummingbirds at stands of Scarlet honeysuckle in the park- one east side near the community pond entrance, one west and north at the large metal bridge and one in the middle just west of the connection of the dirt/ grassy path from the Skatepark to the north paved path.
I have heard 1 Bob white quail do a contact call( not the male mating call).
Plenty of bluegrays, titmouse, house and field sparrows , thrashers .
Worth a morning walk now.
Hal Yocum
Sen my iPhone
Date: 4/29/24 11:27 am From: Cecil Kimberlin <cecilhk47...> Subject: Re: OOS Spring meeting field trip.
Curtis, I wanted to come Saturday, but was unable to. I live in Enid and
wanted to meet you. My name Cecil Kimberlin, 575-513-5572. My wife and I
are both birders.
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM Curtis Stewart <curtibob...> wrote:
> Jake-
>
> I think I shared it. If you don’t get it let me know. Thanks for coming
> along, it was fun.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Curtis
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 27, 2024, at 8:27 PM, Jake Kirkland <kirklandj...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Curtis,
>
> Thanks for leading the great trip this morning. If you can share your
> eBird list with me I'd appreciate it.
>
> eBird: kirklandj
>
> Thanks
> Jake
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 9:11 PM Curtis Stewart <curtibob...> wrote:
>
>> Hey all-
>>
>> I plan on starting the field trip/bird walk for the OOS Spring Meeting on
>> Saturday just after sunrise near the Eagle Roost trailhead and parking area
>> on Saturday 27 April. This is near the refuge headquarters at Salt Plains
>> National Wildlife Refuge on Harper Rd. north of Nescatunga and West of
>> highway 38. Sunrise looks to be around 0645 that day so if we start at
>> 0700 that gives folks a little cushion before we head out along the trail.
>> Afterwards and if the weather allows I think a walk along Sandpiper Trail
>> should be easily doable before lunch too.
>>
>> I was at the refuge last weekend and the water levels had fallen some at
>> Sand Creek Bay yielding more mudflats than have been present recently, so I
>> am hopeful for some amazing shorebird activity this weekend. I hope the
>> weather cooperates for us. I look forward to seeing some good birds and
>> you good people as well.
>>
>> Thanks-
>>
>> Curtis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
Date: 4/28/24 4:57 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Great-tailed Grackles vs. Common Grackles at Red Slough WMA
I have been seeing e-bird reports from Red Slough over the past 3 years where people are reporting Great-tailed Grackles and sometimes in large numbers. I have worked at Red Slough for 24 years and am there most of the work week plus I do regular bird surveys there and I have only seen Great-tailed Grackles on 4 or 5 occasions usually involving 1 or 2 birds. Great-tailed Grackles are common nearby in Idabel and Broken Bow around McDonald's and the Choctaw Travel Plazas but they are very rare at Red Slough. On the other hand, Common Grackles are abundant breeders at Red Slough and during the breeding season their tails are longer than the rest of the year. Please be careful making this identification and if you really think you have a Great-tailed Grackle please take a photo.
Date: 4/28/24 12:22 pm From: Randy Soto <Giantsoto1...> Subject: East Sentinel Lake Thunderbird; Whimbrel and Piping Plover. April 28, 2024
Hello
For anyone that missed the Whimbrels and Piping Plover at East sentinel last time, there is a new round of them right now at East Sentinel, along with Hudsonian Godwit, and Willets.
Date: 4/28/24 10:39 am From: Mike Yough <myough...> Subject: Violet-green Swallow at Lake Carl Blackwell
Greetings all. I had a Violet-green Swallow in a mixed swallow flock (consisting of all the swallow species regularly seen in Oklahoma except Cave) at Ski Point at Lake Carl Blackwell this morning. I was able to observe it during 3-4 close fly-bys during a 10ish-minute window before the flock began to dissipate. I remained for about 30 more minutes, but unable to refind.
Mike Yough Stillwater
-- "Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels he is 'finding his place in it,' while really it is finding its place in him."
Date: 4/27/24 6:01 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Red-headed Woodpecker!
An additional note on the Red-headed Woodpeckers. Growing up in East Texas there were not enough snags for the woodpeckers and because the power poles were like snags with no bark, the Red-headed woodpecker built their nesting holes in power poles. My dad called them his “fence builders” because when the Texas Power and Light replaced the poles, he could buy the damaged poles for his fence corner posts. Many people remember Woody Woodpecker which was a Red-headed woodpecker. When I was the Forest Wildlife Biologist on the Kaibab National Forest, the Forest Service in the west cut down all of the snags calling them lightning rods and they feared they would start of Forest Fires. We had 64 species of birds and mammal on the Forest that needed snags for nesting. In some areas of the Forest, there were less than two snags per 640 acres rather than the 2.7 snags per acre that we needed. One night I saw the Channel 2 News in Phoenix interviewing Walt Lance as he was passing through Sky Harbor airport. I thought that he could do more in a few days for snag management than I could do in a wildlife career so I wrote him a letter and explained the importance of snags for 85 species of birds and 49 species of mammals. He replied and said that he used to have a snag in his back yard and woodpeckers and when the snag was gone he never understood why the woodpeckers were gone and never made the connection. A long story short, he drew a Woody Woodpecker Graphic saying Do Not Cut, I Live Here and in addition, he used his studios to make video and audio spots for TV and Radio. I held a Snag Habitat Management Symposium in Flagstaff, Arizona with 200 + pages of research on snag habitat and wildlife use. The proceeding went into a second printing and was distributed to every state and 76 foreign countries.
Today too many people do not understand the value of snags and the connection of primary and secondary cavity nesters, nor that if you have a snag in your yard bird species diversity increases by 37%. We have manicured yards and sanitized forest. It can take 100 years to get a tree big enough for Pileated woodpeckers 20 inches DBH and it takes fungi and heart rot 40 years to decay the inner trunk to have cavities. “Snags Are For Wildlife” was my paper at that Symposium.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Hrishikesh More
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2024 6:38 PM
To: <jwdavis...> ; Judy Griffith
Cc: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Red-headed Woodpecker!
During the start of the breeding season they move from forest interiors to forest edges or disturbed areas. Wherever they breed, dead (or partially dead) trees for nest cavities are an important part of their habitat. In the northern part of their winter range, they live in mature stands of forest, especially oak, oak-hickory, maple, ash, and beech. In the southern part, they live in pine and pine-oak. They are somewhat nomadic; in a given location they can be common one year and absent the next.
- This explains their 'periodic' springtime visit to the backyard !
- My neighbour (a few lots northside) has a big barkless dead tree, and that explains Jerry's point as well. I hope whoever purchases that property (currently on sale) does not cut it down. 🤞
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> wrote:
Red-headed Woodpeckers prefer snags without Bark which is more difficult
for rat snakes to climb. I have two nesting pair that come for suet and
Black oil Sunflower seeds. If a Red-bellied WP is on the suet, they run
it off.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
On 2024-04-27 4:22 pm, Judy Griffith wrote:
> Numerous native Shortleaf Pines that died in the drought of 2011- 2013
> surprisingly and wonderfully became homes to Red-headed Woodpeckers!
> The beautiful birds also came to our suet feeders where we thrilled in
> their beauty, and they raised many young here before leaving every
> autumn. Over the years those cavity trees have finally fallen over but
> there are still more in the surrounding woods.
> The birds are indeed spectacular to see with their brilliant colors!
> Thank you, Hrishikesh.
>
> J
>
>> On Apr 27, 2024, at 3:48 PM, Hrishikesh More
>> <hrishikesh.r.more...> wrote:
>>
>> We have one visiting for the last few days (April 25 2:40 pm
>> onwards) on suet feeders.
>> I am not sure if they have a very large range or not, this male is
>> not seen year round. Last year also during spring time this male
>> visited for 4 weeks (almost daily) then no show.
>>
>> However, whenever he visits, it is an absolute joy to watch such a
>> brilliantly colored bird. I just wish he stays around for the whole
>> year as the range indicates (in Sibley).
>>
>> regards,
>> Hrishikesh
>> Bella Vista
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM Judy Griffith
>> <9waterfall9...> wrote:
>>
>>> Saw one beauty for the first time yesterday since they departed
>>> last fall.
>>>
>>> Judith
>>> Ninestone, Carroll County
>>>
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> Hi Curtis,
>
> Thanks for leading the great trip this morning. If you can share your
> eBird list with me I'd appreciate it.
>
> eBird: kirklandj
>
> Thanks
> Jake
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 9:11 PM Curtis Stewart <curtibob...> wrote:
>
>> Hey all-
>>
>> I plan on starting the field trip/bird walk for the OOS Spring Meeting on
>> Saturday just after sunrise near the Eagle Roost trailhead and parking area
>> on Saturday 27 April. This is near the refuge headquarters at Salt Plains
>> National Wildlife Refuge on Harper Rd. north of Nescatunga and West of
>> highway 38. Sunrise looks to be around 0645 that day so if we start at
>> 0700 that gives folks a little cushion before we head out along the trail.
>> Afterwards and if the weather allows I think a walk along Sandpiper Trail
>> should be easily doable before lunch too.
>>
>> I was at the refuge last weekend and the water levels had fallen some at
>> Sand Creek Bay yielding more mudflats than have been present recently, so I
>> am hopeful for some amazing shorebird activity this weekend. I hope the
>> weather cooperates for us. I look forward to seeing some good birds and
>> you good people as well.
>>
>> Thanks-
>>
>> Curtis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
Date: 4/27/24 4:50 pm From: Jake Kirkland <kirklandj...> Subject: Re: OOS Spring meeting field trip.
Hi Curtis,
Thanks for leading the great trip this morning. If you can share your eBird
list with me I'd appreciate it.
eBird: kirklandj
Thanks
Jake
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 9:11 PM Curtis Stewart <curtibob...> wrote:
> Hey all-
>
> I plan on starting the field trip/bird walk for the OOS Spring Meeting on
> Saturday just after sunrise near the Eagle Roost trailhead and parking area
> on Saturday 27 April. This is near the refuge headquarters at Salt Plains
> National Wildlife Refuge on Harper Rd. north of Nescatunga and West of
> highway 38. Sunrise looks to be around 0645 that day so if we start at
> 0700 that gives folks a little cushion before we head out along the trail.
> Afterwards and if the weather allows I think a walk along Sandpiper Trail
> should be easily doable before lunch too.
>
> I was at the refuge last weekend and the water levels had fallen some at
> Sand Creek Bay yielding more mudflats than have been present recently, so I
> am hopeful for some amazing shorebird activity this weekend. I hope the
> weather cooperates for us. I look forward to seeing some good birds and
> you good people as well.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Curtis
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
Date: 4/27/24 11:49 am From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> Subject: Anhinga continues - Martin Park NC, Oklahoma Co.
Hi OKBIRDS,
The adult male ANHINGA continues at Martin Park Nature Center off W. Memorial Rd. in n. Oklahoma City. I arrived just before the T-storms blew up at 1:30pm and it flew up to its usual perch at northeast corner of the pond. It’s been seen off and on since 7 April. It’s the first documented record for Oklahoma Co. per eBird database. Good to know it’s still around.
Date: 4/26/24 5:32 am From: Matthew Ratcliffe <mtratcliffe...> Subject: Re: 16 spp. of shorebirds - Edmond Park, Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
Nice list, Devin! I may need to stop by again to get the Caspian Tern and Stilt Sandpipers. I was shocked when I first found the Sanderlings Wednesday evening - those were not birds that were on my radar! But there was no mistaking their large size, white coloration, and their sprinting abilities.
Matt Ratcliffe
Choctaw OK
________________________________
From: okbirds <OKBIRDS...> on behalf of Devin Bosler <devinbosler...>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2024 4:53 AM
To: <OKBIRDS...> <OKBIRDS...>
Subject: [OKBIRDS] 16 spp. of shorebirds - Edmond Park, Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
Hi OKBIRDS,
On Thursday evening, 25 April, I had 16 species of shorebirds at Edmond Park on Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma Co. Highlights included 43 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 6 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3 SANDERLINGS, 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 WESTERN WILLET, and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Fair numbers of Least (15) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (50). Also had swarms of migrating Franklins Gulls, 9-10 Ring-billed Gulls, 1 CASPIAN TERN, and 6+ Forsters Terns. Landbirds were fairly quiet but I did manage to pick up several migrants including an adult White-crowned Sparrow along the shoreline of the lake.
Date: 4/26/24 2:53 am From: Devin Bosler <devinbosler...> Subject: 16 spp. of shorebirds - Edmond Park, Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
Hi OKBIRDS,
On Thursday evening, 25 April, I had 16 species of shorebirds at Edmond Park on Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma Co. Highlights included 43 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 6 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3 SANDERLINGS, 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 WESTERN WILLET, and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Fair numbers of Least (15) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (50). Also had swarms of migrating Franklin’s Gulls, 9-10 Ring-billed Gulls, 1 CASPIAN TERN, and 6+ Forster’s Terns. Landbirds were fairly quiet but I did manage to pick up several migrants including an adult White-crowned Sparrow along the shoreline of the lake.
Date: 4/25/24 6:20 pm From: Curtis Stewart <curtibob...> Subject: OOS Spring meeting field trip.
Hey all-
I plan on starting the field trip/bird walk for the OOS Spring Meeting on Saturday just after sunrise near the Eagle Roost trailhead and parking area on Saturday 27 April. This is near the refuge headquarters at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge on Harper Rd. north of Nescatunga and West of highway 38. Sunrise looks to be around 0645 that day so if we start at 0700 that gives folks a little cushion before we head out along the trail. Afterwards and if the weather allows I think a walk along Sandpiper Trail should be easily doable before lunch too.
I was at the refuge last weekend and the water levels had fallen some at Sand Creek Bay yielding more mudflats than have been present recently, so I am hopeful for some amazing shorebird activity this weekend. I hope the weather cooperates for us. I look forward to seeing some good birds and you good people as well.
Date: 4/25/24 4:24 pm From: Louis Truex <ml2x1954...> Subject: Eldorado Area Issues
Hello Everyone,
I scouted out S Jackson County today. I had 12 Cave Swallows on 175 west of Elmer, OK. Going on down to S of Eldorado I found out I no longer had access to the Odom property where we could find all the specialities..... :( I then proceeded to the Bryant property where it was abandoned. Sue and all her animals were gone and it had not been mowed since last year. All the surrounding property looked leased. She had told us earlier last year that she was hoping to lease everything except the trailer so she could stay but it doesn't look as if that has happened. All the OLAP signs were gone from her property. The other OLAP property is still there but it is off limits until Turkey season ends in May sometime.
Am watching for buntings so thanks for the update.
Had a Black Chinned Hummingbird at the feeder this week…in SW Edmond.
"Carry a heart that never hates, a smile that never fades, and a touch that
never hurts."
On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 7:24 PM Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...>
wrote:
> Atta girl...
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 5:57 PM drhal2 Yocum <drhal2...> wrote:
>
>> Dry nice Nancy!
>> Hal
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Apr 24, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Nancy Reed <reednancy1717...>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Today is new arrival day for yard birds.
>
>
>> > Both Painted Bunting and Indigo Bunting arrived in my yard, Norman.
>> > Also have 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
>> >
>> > Nancy Reed
>> > Norman, OK
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>
>
Date: 4/24/24 8:04 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - April 24
It was overcast, mild, and calm turning partly cloudy, warm, and a little windy on the survey today. 87 species were found. Not many migrant Passerines around and there wasn't much singing either. A few FOS have come back. Best highlight of the day was re-finding the Tricolored Heron that was originally found a couple weeks ago. Least Bitterns are back and calling also. Here is my list for today:
> Dry nice Nancy!
> Hal
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 24, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Nancy Reed <reednancy1717...> wrote:
> >
> > Today is new arrival day for yard birds.
> > Both Painted Bunting and Indigo Bunting arrived in my yard, Norman.
> > Also have 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
> >
> > Nancy Reed
> > Norman, OK
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 24, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Nancy Reed <reednancy1717...> wrote:
>
> Today is new arrival day for yard birds.
> Both Painted Bunting and Indigo Bunting arrived in my yard, Norman.
> Also have 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
>
> Nancy Reed
> Norman, OK
>
> Sent from my iPhone
I/ we have located 3 hummingbirds here at Mitch. Photos of 2 of the3 show them to be black- chinned. No photos of #3 yet.
We have not seen the Ruby-throat return yet to the set of honeysuckle that has been its location for many summers 8-10 ( likely several generations that were hatched here).
Locations- one is living on the east side of the Park near the community pond entrance . There are several (3) growths of the honeysuckle there right along the main path, the entrance path to the pond and one at about 8 o’clock onto path around the pond going clockwise from the entrance.
#2 is around the main large metal bridge and feeds on the honeysuckle at each end of the bridge. It has a “sitting tree “ on the south side of the bridge in a 30 ft dead willow tree. Likely more than that one tree, but often there.
#3 is along the north side where main path just west of the connection of the dirt/ grassy path from the Skate Park parking to the north. This one we do not have a definite photo ID yet.
LAWT pair living in the creek and has been heard more than seen both to the N& S of the bridge.
No reports of Bells vireo yet, nor painted buntings.
Hal Yocum
Date: 4/23/24 8:10 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Re: Recently on South Jenkins
It's happening. I just love this time of year...
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 5:46 AM anne davis <aiwdavis73...> wrote:
> Thanks, Dick, for this info. I saw a Painted Bunting on S J yesterday.
>
> anne
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> > On Apr 22, 2024, at 12:26 PM, Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...>
> wrote:
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> > In the last couple days things have begun to pick up. Both kingbirds, n.
> rough winged swallow, great crested flycatcher, Baltimore oriole, chimney
> swift, spotted sandpiper and house wren have arrived. The common
> yellowthroat and marsh wren popped up this morning but they are regulars
> most of the time anyhow and just added to the music. Nice morning.
> > D.
>
Date: 4/23/24 3:46 am From: anne davis <aiwdavis73...> Subject: Re: Recently on South Jenkins
Thanks, Dick, for this info. I saw a Painted Bunting on S J yesterday.
anne
> On Apr 22, 2024, at 12:26 PM, Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> wrote:
>
>
> In the last couple days things have begun to pick up. Both kingbirds, n. rough winged swallow, great crested flycatcher, Baltimore oriole, chimney swift, spotted sandpiper and house wren have arrived. The common yellowthroat and marsh wren popped up this morning but they are regulars most of the time anyhow and just added to the music. Nice morning.
> D.
Date: 4/22/24 10:26 am From: Richrd Gunn <richardgunn1940...> Subject: Recently on South Jenkins
In the last couple days things have begun to pick up. Both kingbirds, n. rough winged swallow, great crested flycatcher, Baltimore oriole, chimney swift, spotted sandpiper and house wren have arrived. The common yellowthroat and marsh wren popped up this morning but they are regulars most of the time anyhow and just added to the music. Nice morning. D.
As many here already know, I've been working on a huge Oklahoma wildflower photography project. While doing this, I also try to get out to photograph other subjects such as birds. I usually do this when road-hunting for wildflowers on various refuges/WMAs, or occasionally, I'll swing through the Purcell City Lake for a few hours on my way to get groceries. I realized I hadn't updated the group with any of my 2024 bird images, so I thought I'd create an album of what I've photographed so far. The first few in this album are some flight shots of Ring-billed Gulls, American Coots feeding, and a Great-tailed Grackle fluffing and a Red-winged Blackbird displaying. Next is a Pied-billed Grebe, including a water shake-off shot after diving, a few more Coots and a Eurasian Collared-Dove. Then a few shots of my FOS Greater Yellowlegs probing for food. Next is a photo-lifer Hermit Thrush as well as a female Northern Cardinal (from the Little River NWR) and a Tufted Titmouse (near Red Slough). Then back to Purcell City Lake to get a basking Great Blue Heron and another foraging Greater Yellowlegs and a European Starling glistening in the sunlight. Back to Little River and I got a Barred Owl in dappled light. And finally, back to Purcell for a Canada Goose sitting on its nest and panting in the heat, a pair of Blue-winged Teal (preening, wing-flapping, flying, foraging and splashing around), a Great-tailed Grackle in flight, a foraging Coot, various shots of a Great Blue Heron (including making a deposit), and finally a White-eyed Vireo.
