Meet the Most Recent Discovery of Papua New Guinea: Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Vogelkop Superb Bird-of-Paradise

Will Avian Genome Sequencing Lead to the Truth?

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/bigger-better-bird-tree-life-will-soon-fly-view

Cold Front Headwinds Are Hard on Birds

www.krgv.com/story/37961565/impacts-of-cold-fronts-on-bird-migrations

Costa's Hummingbird Males Are Where Its At

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041518 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/lifestyles/life-at-boomer-lake-a-new-season-of-young-birds/article_8390a4d1-60d7-5db2-88be-f9eed63f11a8.html

Kirtland's Warbler, Another Success Story For Endangered Species Act

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/oklahoma_news/feds-propose-dropping-songbird-from-endangered-species-list/article_bc7047c9-c4e5-5a4f-8ac4-fab22c325d4d.html

Plastic Has HAD Its Uses--This Must Stop

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-sperm-whale-that-washed-up-on-a-beach-in-spain-had-64-pounds-of-plastic-and-waste-in-its-stomach/ar-AAvLFJ6?ocid=spartandhp&ffid=gz

French Farmland Birds Seeing Extensive Decline

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/science/farmland-birds-decline.html

Boomer Lake's Year of the Bird

                                                                 Common Loon

                                                  Franklin's Gulls Amid Ring-billed Gulls

                                                                    Purple Martin

                                                         Double-crested Cormorant
                                                Adult in Breeding Plumage (head tufts)

                                                                  Eastern Bluebird

                                                               Brown Thrasher (FOY)

                                                              Northern Mockingbird

                                                            Greater White-fronted Geese

                                                  Close Up Greater White-fronted Goose


04-07 - 04-08-18

This was the weekend that is proving that winter birds meet spring birds, and it was amazing.
The main winter birds were both the Common Loon and The Greater White-fronted Goose, neither of which are here the entire winter.  Both usually pop on by either in the midst of the coldest part of the winter, or while in transit to their northern breeding grounds, and none of the pictures show the birds well due to the distance.  Both species tend to be in the middle of the lake, but not this year.  As you can see, both of them were fairly close.  This was the first time that the Greater White-fronted Goose has come onto land, and it is about two weeks late on its breeding territory.  I assume that the adult male waited for the juvenile female to grow in most of her adult plumage and they will be northbound shortly.  This now makes her a second year bird.

The Franklin's Gulls are migratory birds, breeding on either side of the US/Canadian border.

The Purple Martins began trying to settle in last weekend.

If you look closely on the head of the Double-crested Cormorant, you'll note its namesake crests, which denotes a breeding age bird.

The Eastern Bluebird breeds in Oklahoma and stays with us year round, just like the Northern Mockingbird.

This Brown Thrasher showed up on Saturday, as did the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and the Scissor-tailed Flycatchers.

There will be many more birds to see as time progresses.

Victories For Year of the Bird Petitions in 2018

http://www.tiogapublishing.com/free_press_courier/birds-benefit-from-federal-omnibus-spending-negotiations/article_4b934c0a-38ee-11e8-a364-1ba5894e68c1.html

04-08-18 Birding Today Via Muskogee Phoenix

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/lifestyles/birding-today-attract-local-birds-with-local-plants-fruit/article_621952cd-62e0-5b68-9dee-43a4cf17fc31.html

040818 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/lifestyles/life-at-boomer-lake-winter-birds-are-on-their-way/image_cea12223-d31d-5c7b-8590-c12c99ebd8fc.html

Keep Sao Tome Island, The African Galapagos, Safe From Encroachment

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   http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/exploring-african-galapagos-sheds-light-mysterious-rare-birds

View Live Eaglets and Ospreys, But You Must Wait For Barred Owls, Great Blue Heron, and White-tailed Sea Eagles

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/birds-animals-nest-cams-spring/#close

The Messenger 2015 Trailer

Climate Change Could Disrupt Fall Food Sources For Migrating Birds

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-climate-impact-critical-food-migratory.html

Do It For the Birds This Migratory Season

http://www.khou.com/article/news/local/galveston-county-officials-ask-residents-to-turn-off-lights-to-help-protect-birds/285-534881653

Cry-4, a Molecular Protein in the Retina, May Be Responsible For Detection of Magnetic Fields

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/birds-get-their-internal-compass-newly-id-eye-protein

Everglades WItnessing Some Improvement For Wading Bird Numbers

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2018/04/02/ecologists-hopeful-after-strong-year-everglades-wading-birds/469630002/

040118 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

http://www.stwnewspress.com/news/lifestyles/life-at-boomer-lake-conditions-are-right-for-migrating-birds/article_f25db739-623c-5685-b3fe-3e21a462251e.html