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Getting more folks into birding
DEB HIRT
Oklahoma Mesonet reported 0.04” of rainfall over the past seven-day period.
Boomer Lake rare birds for the same period recorded Short-billed Dowitcher, Neotropic Cormorant,and ongoing injured American Herring Gull at Boomer Lake, soaring Swallow-tailed Kite above State Highway 33 between Cottonwood and Range roads for Aug. 30, and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Sanborn Lake.
An estimated 5,600 birds crossed Payne County between Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 at 1950 hours and Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 at 0700 hours. Peak Migration traffic was an estimated 3,100 individuals that cannot be reliably determined due to low numbers of birds.
Expected nocturnal migrants were Eastern Kingbird, Baltimore Oriole, Warbling and Bell’s Vireos, Wilson’s and Nashville Warblers, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Least Flycatcher, Upland Sandpiper, Green and Little Blue Herons, Eastern Wood-Pewee and Black Tern.
The nationwide rare/vagrant birds listed were continuing Gray Gull and the first Little Elania on the Gulf side in Florida and California’s Little Stint. Florida had reports of two prior Elania sp. reports in the past.
Quebec recorded Shiny Cowbird, while Ontario counted Ferruginous Hawk.
Snail Kite was listed in Texas, while Washington State added Red-footed Booby.
Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska reported Siberian and Pechora Pipits, Willow Warbler and Common Rosefinch.
Suggest our hobby to a non-birder. Not only will you provide a teaching opportunity, but you could change a life positively for someone that really needs it. We don’t always walk in everyone’s shoes.
Boomer Lake shared Canada Goose, Mallard, Mourning Dove, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Red-bellied, Downy, and Hairy Woodpeckers, Eastern Kingbird, Blue Jay, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-winged Blackbird, Rock Pigeon (Feral), White-winged Dove, Chimney Swift, Ruby- throated Hummingbird, Killdeer, Upland and Spotted Sandpipers, American Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Least and Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, Eastern Phoebe, White-eyed, Bell’s, Warbling, and Blue-headed Vireos, Blue Jay, American and Fish Crows, Barn Swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, European Starling, Northern Mockingbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, House Sparrow, House Finch, Baltimore Oriole, Common Grackle, Nashville, Yellow, Pine, and Wilson’s Warblers, Northern Cardinal, Dickcissel, Mississippi Kite, Pied-billed Grebe, Cooper’s Hawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Lark Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Coot, Osprey, and Red-shouldered Hawk. Lake Carl Blackwell tagged Forster’s, Black, and Caspian Terns, Blue-winged Teal, Red-tailed Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, Chipping and Field Sparrows, Indigo and Painted Buntings, Least Sandpiper, Black Vulture, Blue Grosbeak, Bald Eagle, Red-headed Woodpecker, Summer Tanager, and White-faced Ibis.
Sanborn Lake counted Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, and Green Heron. Alder Flycatcher, Snowy Egret, Great Crested Flycatcher, Northern House Wren, American Robin, and American Redstart.
Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University checked off Bewick’s Wren, Northern Flicker, Indigo Bunting, Barred Owl, Red-eyed Vireo, and Northern Parula.
Cimarron River-Ripley observed American White Pelican.
Lake Carl Blackwell— HPELS penned in Northern Rough-winged Swallow and Common Yellowthroat.
Hoyt Grove Park recorded Common Nighthawk.
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 Shiny Cowbird.
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