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A few more rare bird sightings
Oklahoma Mesonet reported 2.46” of precipitation for the past seven days in Stillwater.
Payne County rare birds for the same period include Neotropic Cormorant, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Hooded Merganser, Brown Booby, American Avocet, American Herring Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Canada and Blackpoll Warblers at Boomer Lake, Blackpoll Warbler singing on South Burdick St., Red-breasted Nuthatch and Bay-breasted and Magnolia Warblers at Sanborn Lake, and Willet at Meridian Technology Pond. An estimated 35,800 birds crossed Payne County between Monday, May 26 at 2040 hours and Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 0610 hours. Peak migration traffic was an estimated 38,200 birds in flight.
Expected nocturnal migrants were Yellow Warbler, Swainson’s Thrush, Least and Great Crested Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbird, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Spotted Sandpiper, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Warbling Vireo, Gray Catbird, Indigo Bunting, Dickcissel and Northern Parula.
Nationwide rare/vagrant birds include continuing rarities Mottled Owl and Brown Jay in Texas and Yellow-headed Caracara in Florida.
Nova Scotia counted Ross’s Goose, Quebec took their share with Black-necked Stilt, Say’s Phoebe, and Greentailed Towhee, Alberta tagged Dickcissel, Lesser Goldfinch, and Black-throated Gray Warbler, while British Columbia tagged Brambling.
The highlight of the week was an unusual visitor in New Jersey water – Streaked Shearwater of the Pacific Ocean, and last week’s Common Swift, along with New York’s Fork-tailed Flycatcher.
Georgia tagged Ruff, North Carolina Bermuda Petrel, Florida Thick-billed Vireo, while Alabama checked Great
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Kiskadee and Roseate Tern, and Tennessee shared Southern Lapwing, likely having moved from Michigan finally.
Ohio added Tricolored Heron, Virginia’s Warbler, Ruff, and Black-billed Magpie for the high count.
Michigan enjoyed Whitewinged Tern, as Wisconsin stunned with Ruff.
Wyoming impressed with Crested Caracara and Tundra Bean-Goose, with Montana’s Tufted Duck and Idaho’s Scissor- tailed Flycatcher.
Washington impressed with Lesser Nighthawk, while Alaska’s St. Paul Island hosted Common Pochard.
Hawaii’s Big Island hosted Great Crested Tern.
A breeding plumaged female Red-necked Phalarope was located at the Leonard Sod Farms on 161st East of 177th on Sunday, May 25. It was with a large group of shorebirds.
Writer came up with an interesting find on Saturday, May 24. The jury is still out on either a Holarctic treefrog or a Gray treefrog at the corner of Lakeview and Husband.
Boomer Lake added Canada Goose, Mallard, Mourning Dove, Common Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Least and Black Terns, Pied-billed Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Alder and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, American and Fish Crows, Bank Swallow, Purple Martin, Northern Roughwinged, Barn, and Cliff Swallows, Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, American Robin, House Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Orchard Oriole, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Prothonotary Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal, Northern Shoveler, domestic Mallard, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Mourning Dove, American Avocet, Mississippi Kite, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, European Starling, Northern Mockingbird, Baltimore Oriole, Brown-headed Cowbird, Hooded Merganser, Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants, Turkey Vulture, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Bluebird, Blue-winged Teal, Red-shouldered Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Carolina Wren, Pine Warbler, Painted Bunting, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Swainson’s Thrush, Gray Catbird, and Cedar Waxwing.
Happy birding! Deb Hirt is a wild bird rehabilitator and photographer living in Stillwater.
A Streaked Shearwater.
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