041826 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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083025 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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020125 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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060124 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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052524 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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111223 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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050723 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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060422 SNP Edition, Life At Boomer Lake

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022521 Muskogee Edition Birding Today

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02142 Muskogee Edition, Birding Today

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012421 Muskogee Edition, Birding Today

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112120 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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110720 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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110120 November Begets Ducks and More Waterbirds

                                                                 Red-necked Grebe 1

  

                                                                  Red-necked Grebe 2  

                        

                                                                  Ring-necked Duck

                                                                                   

                                                                   Red-necked Grebe 3

                                                                       Ruddy Duck

         

                                                                       Common Loon

Today was another birding extravaganza with a second Red-necked Grebe, not in the exact vicinity as the first, but still remaining as a companion of other grebes.  In the area of Heron Cove, a Colorado visiting birder and writer discovered three Horned Grebes, eight Pied-billed Grebes, a Common Loon, several Ruddy Ducks, a Ring-necked Duck, migrant Mallards, Franklins Gull, and multiple additional gulls (like Ring-billed Gulls ), Killdeer, and Great Blue Herons on Shorebird Jetty.

With all the action at Heron Cove and surrounding lowlands, which included Killdeer, House Finches, and more, there was no need to travel further, since time was spent getting better Ring-necked Grebe photos.

Happy winter birding!

                                                        

120819 Muskogee Edition, Birding Today

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111118 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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101418 Muskogee Edition, Birding Today

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Minnesota's Birds Are Losing Numbers, Too

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041518 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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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.