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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Pre- and Post-Black Friday Denizens of Boomer Lake


                                                                Male Bufflehead


                                                                  Male House Finch

                                                             Juvenile Male Cardinal


                                                              Northern Mockingbird


                                                    Cooper's Hawk with Ring-billed Gull


                                             Cooper's Hawk Flies Off with Ring-billed Gull



                                                                Pied-billed Grebe

                                            Male Bufflehead Gaining Momentum for Flight


                                                            Male Northern Cardinal


                                                                  Dark-eyed Junco


                                                                Silent Sentinel 4


                                                               Female Bufflehead


                                                                Male Bufflehead

30's/Partly Cloudy to Sunny/Light and Variable to 20 mph Winds/0800-0930ish

These are photos over the past several days.  The duck population is increasing, and The Northern Reaches is hosting Great Blue Herons who are getting their breeding plumage.  A Black Crowned Night Heron has been seen in the Souther Cove and chances are looking good that we might have a youngster upcoming from there.  We did last year, so let's hope for the best.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Late Fall Pool Party in Retrospect


                                                       Canvasbacks(Male on Right)
                                                   

                                                                Great Blue Heron


                                                          Canvasbacks(Male in Lead)


                                                                    Canvasbacks


                                                                     Ruddy Duck


                                                                 American Coot


                                                                Great Blue Heron

0800-0930/light and variable winds/partly cloudy/31-33 degrees

The ducks are moving in, about two weeks early, which is right on schedule per the water temperature.
Oklahoma has experienced several days of colder than normal temperature due to northern snowstorms ad wind movement over the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.  A number of unnatural avian movements are also expected from the north, and this is a year that I expect a number of unusual species due to weather patterns.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

The North Meets the South, Long May They Fly


                                                             Great Blue Heron in Flight


                                                           Great Blue Heron Fishing


                                               American Goldfinch, Non-Breeding Plumage


                                                                     Pine Siskin


                                                             Northern Mockingbird


                                              American Goldfinch, Non-Breeding Plumage


                                                                   American Crow


                                                                Ring-billed Gull


                                                            Double-crested Cormorants


                                                               Great Blue Heron

0745-0930/46-51 degrees F/Partly Cloudy/Light and Variable Winds

Look what advanced from the northern states--hordes of American Goldfinches, the Pine Siskin,
more Double-crested Cormorants, and the ducks are inbound, as we speak.  There has even been a lone Broad-billed Hummingbird around Stillwater, which is very rare for any hummingbird during this time of year.  Watch and wait.  See what you might discover...

110914 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

http://www.stwnewspress.com/community/local_columnists/life-at-boomer-lake-fall-is-something-to-crow-about/article_3c9f567a-67a6-11e4-b5d3-03f95a1c5aea.html

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

The Week at a Glance


                                                           Red-winged Blackbird


                                                            Canada Goose in Flight


                                                            Great Blue Heron in Flight


                                                                    American Crow


                                                                Belted Kingfisher


                                                         Double-crested Cormorant


Here are some of the fall denizens at Boomer Lake.  Let's welcome them and let them ring in the season with open arms.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Great Horned Owlets


                                                          Two Great Horned Owlets

Saturday, November 1, 2014


                                                           Great Horned Owlet