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Signs of spring showing in bird activity
Oklahoma Mesonet recorded 0.59 inches of precipitation over the past seven days.
Payne County rare birds for the same period include Neorotropic Cormorant at Boomer Lake and Tree Swallow at Lake Carl Blackwell.
Continuing rarities/vagrants for the week include Texas’ Cattle Tyrant, Brown Jay and Crimson-collared Grosbeak, along with the Virginia Red-flanked Bluetail.
Newfoundland shared Golden- crowned Sparrow, Nova Scotia’s Slaty-backed Gull, and Quebec’s Varied Thrush and Harris’s Sparrow.
Pennsylvania still has Garganey, while New York tallied Common Gull and Swainson’s Hawk.
North Carolina tagged Lazuli Bunting with Tennessee’s Green-tailed Towhee.
Illinois continues to share Common Gull and Glaucous- winged Gull.
New Mexico took bragging rights for Purple Sandpiper, as Montana hosted Tundra Bean-Goose.
For those that are unaware, which it seems to be, Kansas posted a photographed Crested Caracara in Douglas and Jefferson Counties via Kansas Birding.
Track your hummingbirds, everyone. They are not far away in Texas, Florida and Mississippi. If you have not done so already, make sure your feeders are clean and you have procured sufficient sugar for the event. Don’t forget to omit the red dye for the health of our precious birds.
It looks like we managed an actual early spring this year, but be watchful of the end result, an overly hot summer, not that we haven’t been used to
DEB HIRT
that over the past few years.
Boomer Lake added Canada Goose, Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, Double-crested Cormorant, American and Fish Crows, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Great Blue Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, Carolina Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Song Sparrow, Myrtle Yellow-rumped and Pine Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blue- and Greenwinged Teals, American Coot, House and Harris’s Sparrows, Bufflehead, Red-breasted and Hooded Mergansers, Mourning Dove, European Starling, Northern Cardinal, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Red-winged Blackbird, domestic Mallard, Common Grackle, Ring-necked Duck, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, White-throated Sparrow, Neotropic Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, Turkey Vulture, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Eastern Phoebe, Greater/Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, House Finch, Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Shoveler, Pileated Woodpecker, Gadwall, and Greater Scaup.
Lake Carl Blackwell penned in Black Vulture, Hairy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Field, Chipping, and Fox Sparrows, Red-shafted Northern Flicker, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, American Wigeon, Bonaparte’s Gull, Horned Grebe, American White Pelican, Red-tailed Hawk, Tree Swallow, Bewick’s Wren, American Pipit, and Brown-headed Cowbird.
Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University checked Cedar Waxwing.
Lake Carl Blackwell-HPELS tagged Red-headed Woodpecker, Great-tailed Grackle, Lincoln’s and Swamp Sparrows, and Cismontanus Dark-eyed Junco (Cassiar ssp.)
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.
A Pair of Hooded Mergansers
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