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What could climate future mean for birds?
Oklahoma Mesonet reported no precipitation over the past week, even with the dusting of snow a couple of times during the Deep Freeze event.
Payne County rare birds for the past seven days include the ongoing Lesser Goldfinch in residential areas, Black Scoter at Lake Carl Blackwell, and Trumpeter Swan in assorted locations, and Gadwall x Mallard hybrid at Sanborn Lake.
The nationwide rare/vagrant birds include continuing Texas’ Yellow-headed Caracara, Brown Jay, Mottled Owl, and Cattle Tyrant, Massachusetts’ Northern Lapwing, and Alaska’s Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Province of Quebec discovered a Redwing among American Robins, which it likely considered related.
Vermont tagged Purple Gallinule, New Hampshire checked MacGillivray’s Warbler, while Massachusetts counted Painted Bunting.
Tennessee shared Purple Sandpiper, as Kentucky added Varied Thrush, along with Virginia’s Say’s Phoebe.
Michigan counted Anna’s Hummingbird, while Alaska shouted out Hen Harrier.
Writer ran across something of interest recently, and some of you might not be aware of it, either. Has anyone seen the Koppen Climate map and know about climate types of the world?
Everything is listed, including present and future maps but the only future map to my knowledge is for Alaska predictions for 2070.
Of great interest to me was Nearctic and Tundra areas. The literature that I have access to has not been released yet and it goes on to describe land features, including shrubs, glacier and scree, polar and rocky tundra, and more.
Once this information is available, it will be passed on
DEB HIRT
to you, as someone was actually out there, looking at plants in crevices and observing birds and animals, as well as making mention of what the future holds, even in some of the coldest areas.
Boomer Lake ticked Snow, Great White-fronted, Cackling, Canada, and Ross’s Geese, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Canvasback, Ring-necked and Ruddy Ducks, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Mourning Dove, Ring-billed and Bonaparte’s Gulls, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Northern Flicker, Carolina Chickadee, European Starling, House and Song Sparrows, myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler, Killdeer, American Herring Gull, Northern Pintail, Greater Scaup, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-shouldered Hawk, Eastern Bluebird, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Northern Mockingbird, American Robin, Harris’s Sparrow, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, and Red-winged Blackbird.
Lake Carl Blackwell tallied Green-winged Teal, Black Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Coot, Greater Yellowlegs, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker, red-shafted and yellow-shafted Northern Flickers, American Crow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, American Pipit, House Finch, slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco, Harris’s Sparrow, Pine Warbler, Lesser Scaup, White-winged Dove, Yellow- bellied Sapsucker, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Ruby- crowned Kinglet, Whiteand Red-breasted Nuthatches, European Starling, Pileated Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Bobwhite, American Kestrel, and American Goldfinch.
Sanborn Lake shared Redhead, Gadwall x Mallard hybrid, American Crow, and White-throated Sparrow.
Oklahoma State University – Cross Country Course counted Greater Roadrunner, Hermit Thrush, Western/Eastern Meadowlark, and Brewer’s Blackbird.
Teal Ridge listed American Tree Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Field Sparrow.
Keep your eyes on the ground and your head in the clouds. Happy birding!
Deb Hirt is a wild bird rehabilitator and photographer living in Stillwater.
This photo illustration of the Hermit Thrush comes from the “Crossley ID Guide.”
RICHARD CROSSLEY, CC BY-SA 3.0
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