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Celebrating birds and habitat preservation
Oklahoma Mesonet indicated there was no rainfall over the past weekly time frame (prior to Thursday) in Stillwater.
Payne County rare birds were the ongoing injured American Herring Gull at Boomer Lake, confirmed Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Will Rogers Woods (private), which was a little harder to determine, and an early Cedar Waxwing flyover at Lake Carl Blackwell.
The nationwide rare/vagrant birds over the past seven days were Newfoundland and Labrador’s Steller’s Sea-Eagle, Arizona’s Berylline Hummingbird, Quebec’s Black-tailed Gull and British Columbia’s White Wagtail.
British Columbia has a current Red-throated Pipit, while Quebec added Black-tailed Gull.
New Jersey is still showing the ongoing Curlew Sandpiper and a current Fork-tailed Flycatcher.
Florida counted Thick-billed Vireo and Gray Gull, along with Texas’ Double-striped Thick-knee.
California tagged Common Ringed Plover and Little Stint.
Alaska took honors with the most birds for the week – Siberian Accentor, Red-flanked Bluetail, Little Bunting, Yellow- browed Warbler, Common Chiffchaff and Yellow-browed Bunting.
An estimated 225,300 birds crossed Payne County between Monday, Sept. 15, 2025 at 1940 hours and Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 at 0710. Peak migration traffic was an estimated 71,600 birds in flight at an altitude of 5,000 feet cruising at a speed of 8 mph southbound.
Expected nocturnal migrants were Great Crested, Least, and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, Nashville Warbler, Common Nighthawk, Gray Catbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Summer Tanager,
DEB HIRT
Baltimore Oriole, Warbling and Bell’s Vireos, Blue-winged Teal, Little Blue Heron, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Friday, Sept. 12 a juvenile vermilion Flycatcher was located at Salt Plains NWR, with the possibility of others.
Tulsa Audubon is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman should be attending the event planned for late October.
Boomer Lake added Canada Goose, Mallard, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, American Herring Gull, Double crested Cormorant, Western Cattle-Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Turkey and Black Vultures, Red-headed, Red-bellied, and Downy Woodpeckers, yellow shafted Northern Flicker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird, Scissor- tailed Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Blue Jay, Carolina Chickadee, Barn Swallow, Carolina Wren, European Starling, Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, House Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Redwinged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Yellow, Pine, and Wilson’s Warblers, Northern Cardinal, Mississippi Kite, Red-shouldered Hawk, Whiteeyed Vireo, American and Fish Crows, Northern Cardinal, Pileated Woodpecker, House Finch, Common Grackle, Western Kingbird, Cliff Swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Dickcissel.
Lake Carl Blackwell penciled in Eurasian Collared-Dove, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Bewick’s Wren, Chipping Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Northern Bobwhite, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Mockingbird, a POSSIBLE Northern Parula, Summer Tanager, Ring-billed Gull, Forster’s Tern, and Hairy Woodpecker.
Sanborn Lake tagged Piedbilled Grebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Gray Catbird, Mourning Warbler, and Red-eyed Vireo.
Couch Park chimed in with Yellow-throated Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
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 Blue-headed Vireo
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