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Island birds making big waves
Oklahoma Mesonet reported no rain for the past seven-day time frame.
Payne County rare birds for the same period indicated Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Lake Carl Blackwell, Lesser Goldfinch at private residences and Black Scoter at Lake Carl Blackwell Dam.
Nationwide vagrant/rare birds for the week showed Nova Scotia’s Ash-throated Flycatcher and Rock Wren, while Massachusetts counted Lazuli Bunting, Spotted Towhee and Northern Lapwing.
North Carolina counted White-throated Swift, Georgia added Swainson’s Hawk, Tennessee shared Cassin’s Kingbird, and Florida outdoes us again with Ancient Murrelet and Brewer’s Sparrow.
Oklahoma stood up for White-throated Swift, South Dakota added Yellow-billed Loon, as Wyoming ticked Black-legged Kittiwake.
Alaska gave up Baikal Teal on Adak.
For those not aware, there is capital news in Hawaii. A group of five juvenile Alalas or Hawaiian Crows (two females and three males) were translocated to Maui on or about Dec. 5. This was once their ancestral home, and everything they need is still present there, except for the Hawaii Hawk, or Io.
Wisdom has found a new mate and produced an egg on Midway Atoll in the National Wildlife Refuge in November, after nothing for four years since she had no suitable mate.
On Dec. 8 a Little Gull was again at Guthrie Lake.
Boomer Lake shared Canada Goose, Mallard, Mourning Dove, Killdeer, Ring-billed
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Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-bellied Woodpecker, European Starling, American Robin, House Sparrow, slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco, Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned Warblers, Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Coot, Red-shouldered Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Northern Mockingbird, Ruddy Duck, Song Sparrow, Turkey Vulture, Tufted Titmouse, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Lesser Scaup, Eurasian Collared- Dove, Common Loon, yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, American Pipit, American Goldfinch, and Song Sparrow.
Stillwater Creek Woods captured Brown Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow, Redwinged Blackbird and Common Grackle.
Lake Carl Blackwell tagged Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Bonaparte’s and American Herring Gulls, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Shoveler, Common Goldeneye, Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, Greenwinged Teal, Black Scoter, Black Vulture, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy, Hairy, and Pileated Woodpeckers, American Kestrel, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Eastern Bluebird, red Fox Sparrow, White-crowned, Harris’s, and Savannah Sparrows, Spotted Towhee, Rusty Blackbird, Eastern Phoebe, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Carolina and Bewick’s Wrens, Cedar Waxwing, House Finch, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch and Eastern and Western Meadowlarks.
Lake Carl Blackwell – Hwy 86 Bridge escorted Northern Harrier.
Teal Ridge observed Greater Roadrunner.
Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University shared Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rock Pigeon (feral).
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.
An Ancient Murrelet
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