Pre- and Post Flood Natural Birding Wonders

                                                                         Dickcissel

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One of many of these birds found at Sooner Lake.  This was one of the few days that it didn't rain, providing a wonderful day birding.

                           
                                                                 Swainson's Thrush

                                                                 Savannah Sparrow

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This was a couple of days after the flood.  This beautiful Swainson's Thrush sat out in the open in the current swampy area, where I also located a late-migrating Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a singing male Common Yellowthroat, and both Alder and Least Flycatchers.

The Savannah Sparrow is known as a later sparrow migrant, providing a couple of nice shots in a drier area.

The lake had receded slightly, but it still was not completely back within its banks.