021525 Muskogee Edition, Birding Today

https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/columns/birding-today-stu-sara-continue-trip-through-midwest/article_5a343416-ea32-11ef-98cc-23b04055098f.html 

020825 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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121424 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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102724 SNP Edition, Life at Boomer Lake

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102420 SNP Edition, Life At Boomer Lake

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090520 Birding On a Shoestring: Fremont County, WY, Part 1

082020                                                    Black-capped Chickadee

                       

                                                                               Butterfly

                                                                      Metal Sheep Moth

                                                                    Mountain Bluebird

                                                                       Clark's Nutcracker

                                                                       Wilson's Phalarope

                                                                    Western Wood-Pewee

                                                                   Western Meadowlark

082120                                                             Mule Deer

                                                                        Song Sparrow

                                                                         Gray Catbird

                                                                   American Goldfinch

                                                                   Mountain Chickadee

                                                                   Mountain Chickadee 2

                                                                      American Dipper

                                                                   Black-billed Magpie


This was two days worth of birds and animals, which is nothing to be embarrassed about.  Many of these birds are not found in Oklahoma, unless one birds the Panhandle, and even then they can be on the rare side.  Also some of these birds are found in Colorado, right next to OK.

This was an excellent trip overall, and writer strongly recommends it for anyone who weeks a good sample of the birds of the west.

                                                           

Post-Rain Adventures still Continue with One Shorebird

                                                          Pine Siskin atop Bradford Pear

                                              Yellow-rumped Warbler in Northern Catalpa


102619

0822-0929/48-50 F/clear/NW-7/87-86% RH/29.80-29.83 Hg and falling

After two solid days of rain, it was certainly necessary to get out for a while to look for birds, as I knew they would be out there.  On the water we had both Pied-billed and Horned Grebes, the American Coot, Ring-billed Gulls, Ruddy Ducks, and a few Double-crested Cormorants with most of them heading south.

Songbirds comprised large numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, a half dozen Eastern Bluebirds,  a few Pine Siskins with a couple of fall plumaged American Goldfinches, several Chipping Sparrows,  and last but not least a Savannah and a White-crowned Sparrow.  The Carolina Chickadees were there as a welcoming committee, but no unusuals were there...yet.

                                                                Greater Yellowlegs



102719

0815-0934/50-55 F/clear/SE-9/83-8-% RH/29.72 Hg and steady to 29.81 Hg and rising

Today there were both the Bewick's and Carolina Wrens, American Goldfinch, Western Meadowlark,
38 Yellow-rumped Warblers with most of them in the air, my first Dark-eyed Junco of the season staring me down in a tree, and the Greater Yellowlegs that I saw from Heron Cove.  It was so far away, I thought that I had a yellowlegs or Solitary Sandpiper, so I had to go see for myself what was among the ten Killdeer. 

Birding On a Shoestring: Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve

Female Dickcissel 

                                                                    Male Dickcissel

                                                                 Bank Swallows

                                                          Grasshopper Sparrow 1

                                                              Grasshopper Sparrow 2



072819 early to late morning

The following morning we took a jaunt to the Nature Conservancy's Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve, which was a prelude to Cheyenne Bottoms.

The Preserve includes 7700 acres, which has some shallow marshes less than a foot deep, deeper marshes up to several feet, and some priceless tall grass habitat.

Many of the birds observed were the Red-winged Blackbird, Dickcissel, Western Meadowlark, Blue-winged Teal, Red-tailed Hawk, and the ubiquitous White-faced Ibis.  Around the reservoir were large numbers of Bank Swallows and Great-tailed Grackles, all seeking insects.

Many areas like these are usually closed to the public, so this wonderful find was a treasure to traverse for the morning.

for more on the adventure:

https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2019/08/birding-on-shoestring-quivira-national.html

https://debhirt.blogspot.com/2019/08/birding-on-shoestring-cheyenne-bottoms_5.html