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More rare birds are inbound
Oklahoma Mesonet recounted 1.18 inches of precipitation for the past weekly period.
Payne County rare birds for the same time frame included Neotropic Cormorant, continuing Snow Goose, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Blackpoll Warbler at Boomer Lake, Blackchinned Hummingbird and Lazuli Bunting at Sanborn Lake, Black-bellied Whistling Duck at Theta Pond, Bobolink on South Sangre Road and Yellow-billed Cuckoo on 68th Street between Hackelman and Range Roads.
An estimated 542,100 birds crossed Payne County between Monday, April 27, 2026 at 2010 hours to Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 0640 hours.
Peak migration traffic was an estimated 81,400 birds in flight from the north, wind speed of 32 mph, at an altitude of 4,300 feet recorded at 0210 hours on April 28.
Expected nocturnal migrants were Great Crested Flycatcher, Swainson’s Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, Yellow rumped Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Dickcissel, Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Summer Tanager, Nashville Warbler, Orchard Oriole, White-throated Sparrow, Painted Bunting and Bluewinged Teal. The nationwide rarities/ vagrants for most of the rest of the month include Quebec’s and British Columbia’s Taiga Bean-Goose, Quebec’s Tundra Bean-Goose, Nova Scotia’s Pink-footed Goose and British Columbia’s Tufted Duck.
Alaska tagged Whooper Swan and Smew, California greeted Garganey and Nazca Booby.
Arizona’s Buff-collared Nightjar, Rufous-capped Warbler, and Flame-colored Tanager were on the menu.
Texas’ American Flamingo, Hook-billed Kite, and Rose-throated Becard and Florida’s Red-billed Tropicbird, Cuban Pewee, La Sagra’s Flycatcher and Shiny Cowbird helped round out the festivities.
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We wind down with North Carolina’s Desertas Petrel.
Boomer Lake added Canada and Snow Geese, Mallard, Rock Pigeon(feral), Mourning Dove, Killdeer, Franklin’s Gull, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina and Northern House Wrens, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, House Finch, House, Field, Clay-colored, Lincoln’s, Chipping, White throated, White-crowned, Savannah, Lark, and Harris’s Sparrows, Baltimore Oriole, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Northern Cardinal, Dickcissel, Red-tailed Hawk, Carolina Chickadee, Barn, Bank, Tree, Northern Rough-winged, and Cliff Swallows, Red-bellied, Pileated, Red-headed, Hairy, and Downy Woodpeckers, European Starling, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-throated, Northern Yellow, Yellow- rumped, Blackpoll, Tennessee, Pine, Prothonotary, Myrtle Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned, Blackand- white, and Nashville Warblers, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Turkey and Black Vultures, Common Grackle, American Coot, Spotted and Least Sandpipers, Ring-billed Gull, Great Egret, Double-crested and Neotropic Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Eastern Kingbird, Purple Martin, Northern Mockingbird, Swainson’s Thrush, domestic Mallard, Eurasian Collared-Dove, White-winged and Mourning Doves, Forster’s Tern, Mississippi Kite, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Gray Catbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Goldfinch, Orchard Oriole, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged Teal, Chimney Swift, Western Cattle Egret, Eastern Phoebe, Western Kingbird, Blue Jay, Purple Martin, White-eyed and Eastern Warbling Vireos, Indigo Bunting, American and Fish Crows, Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, and Broadwinged Hawks, Summer Tanager, Rose-breasted and Blue Grosbeaks, Northern Shoveler, American Avocet, Sharpshinned Hawk, Bald Eagle and Spotted Towhee.
Lake Carl Blackwell tagged Gadwall, American Wigeon, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Northern Bobwhite, Western Willet, Pied-billed and Eared Grebes, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Bluegray Gnatcatcher, Marsh Wren, American Pipit, Pine Siskin, Grasshopper Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Lesser Yellowlegs and Belted Kingfisher.
Keep your eyes on the ground and your head in the clouds.
Happy birding!
A Blackpoll Warbler.
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