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9 Feb Re: Tulsa Audubon Society ["lribitzki AT juno.com" ] 9 Feb Re: Greater or Lesser Scaup? [Mary Lane ] 8 Feb Re: Rose Lake Saturday [Mary Lane ] 8 Feb Re: Trumpeter Swans [Jim Winner ] 8 Feb Re: Rose Lake Saturday [Steve Schafer ] 8 Feb Re: Rose Lake Saturday [Richard Gunn ] 8 Feb Pontotoc Ridge Preserve Winter Bird Count ["Jona A. Tucker" ] 8 Feb Re: Rose Lake Saturday [Mary Lane ] 8 Feb Re: Rose Lake Saturday [Steve Schafer ] 8 Feb Tulsa Audubon Society [Jo Loyd ] 8 Feb Conservation [hanenhark ] 8 Feb White-winged Doves [Cindy ] 8 Feb Re: Rose Lake Saturday [John Shackford ] 7 Feb Rose Lake Saturday [Mary Lane ] 7 Feb Fw: flicker on flickr [LindaC ] 7 Feb Re: flicker on flickr [Steve Schafer ] 7 Feb Re: Yellow-billed Loon at Lake Hefner [Bill Adams ] 7 Feb Birder in Tulsa Area Needed for Part-Time Survey Job [John Kennington ] 7 Feb Birds today [Berlin Heck ] 7 Feb Re: flicker on flickr [LindaC ] 7 Feb Re: YB Loon and W Grebe/Hefner-Sunday [Brian Davis ] 7 Feb Re: flicker [Bill Diffin ] 7 Feb Re: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [David McNeely ] 7 Feb YB Loon and W Grebe/Hefner-Sunday [jwoodard ] 7 Feb Re: flicker [Steve Schafer ] 7 Feb flicker [LindaC ] 7 Feb Unusual Juncos [Nancy Reed ] 7 Feb Orange Crown in South Tulsa/North Bixby [Brenda Carroll ] 7 Feb Yellow-billed Loon at Lake Hefner [Patricia Velte ] 6 Feb Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [Victor Fazio III ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [Berlin Heck ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [Berlin Heck ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [Berlin Heck ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [Berlin Heck ] 6 Feb Fwd: Afield in Oklahoma [Eric Beck ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [Sebastian Patti ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day ["mike. brewer" ] 6 Feb G.M. Sutton's comment about Loons ["mike. brewer" ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [LindaC ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [matthew jung ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [John Hansen ] 6 Feb Re: Bad day [Jim Arterburn ] 6 Feb Bachman's Sparrow photos [Eric Beck ] 6 Feb Bad day [Berlin Heck ] 6 Feb Re: Request for a photo [Eric Beck ] 6 Feb Re: Request for a photo [Deborah Kaspari ] 6 Feb Re: Request for a photo [Eric Beck ] 6 Feb Re: Request for a photo [TR Ryan ] 6 Feb S. Jenkins Summary; Saturday was the best [matthew jung ] 6 Feb Re: Request for a photo [Eric Beck ] 6 Feb Re: Request for a photo [Bob Fisher ] 6 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake ["mike. brewer" ] 6 Feb Request for a photo [Eric Beck ] 6 Feb Re: Brown Creeper in Bartlesville [Loyd Stephens ] 6 Feb Oxley Volunteer Day Postponed [John Kennington ] 5 Feb Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [Kurt Meisenzahl ] 5 Feb Brown Creeper in Bartlesville [Joe Hawkins ] 5 Feb Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [Richard Gunn ] 5 Feb Trumpeter Swans [William T Sparks ] 5 Feb Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [Dora Webb ] 5 Feb Re: Bald Eagle [Bill Carrell ] 5 Feb Re: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [Steve Schafer ] 5 Feb Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet [John Manganiello ] 5 Feb Re: Bald Eagle [Cyndie Browning ] 5 Feb Bald Eagle [Bill Carrell ] 5 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake [David McNeely ] 5 Feb Re: Accipiter ID [Bill Diffin ] 5 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake [Jim Arterburn ] 5 Feb FW: Loons [Lela McCracken ] 5 Feb Re: Needed!!! "Bird" field trip leader for Oklahoma Academy of Science Spring Field Trip Meeting April 9-11 at Lake Wister State Park! [Mia Revels ] 5 Feb Re: Accipiter ID [JOS GRZYBOWSKI ] 5 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake [Steve Schafer ] 5 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake [David McNeely ] 5 Feb Nickel Preserve Winter Bird Count tomorrow! (Saturday) [Mia Revels ] 4 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake [Brian Davis ] 4 Feb Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake [Lela McCracken ] Subject: Re: Tulsa Audubon Society From: "lribitzki AT juno.com" <lribitzki@JUNO.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:01:52 GMT Jo, On the last TMB card you reported a Great Honed Owl nest in the Keystone dam area. Where abouts did you find it? Paul Please note: message attached From: Jo Loyd To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Subject: Tulsa Audubon Society Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:16:45 -0600 ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=04LG19R0TAjdbyFKDhmnsgAAJ1DGqrISuf-881ZGIxJauXD7AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA= The Tuesday Morning Birders will meet at Haikey Creek Park this Tuesday, February 9th, instead of our usual meeting place at the Garden Center. If you additional information, contact me off line. Jo Loyd Subject: Re: Greater or Lesser Scaup? From: Mary Lane <mm_lane AT SWBELL.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:23:02 -0600 Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday From: Mary Lane <mm_lane AT SWBELL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:59:14 -0600 Thanks to John and Steve for the id's, and to Steve for this great help. I just love okbirds :-) Mary At 10:55 AM 2/8/2010, you wrote: >On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:36:50 -0600, you wrote: > > >Do Ferruginous Hawks also show a white rump patch when flying? > >Sort of. In many hawks, including Ferruginous, the base of the tail is >white. But those are the actual tail feathers, not the rump (i.e., the >covert feathers on the lowermost portion of the back, _above_ the tail). >The Northern Harrier is the only Oklahoma hawk that has a completely >white rump. Light-morph adult Ferruginous Hawks have rump feathers that >are sort of half and half: The feathers are reddish brown along the >shaft, at the tip, and along the narrow vane, and white along the wide >vane. Depending on how ruffled the rump feathers are, it may look more >or less white, but it's never the broad, clear white patch that you see >on a Harrier. > >Here are a couple of photos that show this: > >http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XROYJpTXoAM/SooAJHD-asI/AAAAAAAAEVw/ukHwcOPw6a8/s1600-h/ferruginous-hawk-V.jpg > >http://v2-forum.com/photopost/data/500/3410337-2-ferruginous-hawk-in-fligh.jpg > >-Steve Subject: Re: Trumpeter Swans From: Jim Winner <spookyjones2 AT STARNETOK.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:17:00 -0600 Date 2/8/2010 Thank You Bill Sparks for your Trumpeter Swan Posting. It is nice to read a well done sighting especially with the ID Band follow-up. Good Birding. Jim Winner INAS Muskogee >spookyjones2 AT starnetok.net< Reply to: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday From: Steve Schafer <steve AT FENESTRA.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:55:05 -0500 On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:36:50 -0600, you wrote: >Do Ferruginous Hawks also show a white rump patch when flying? Sort of. In many hawks, including Ferruginous, the base of the tail is white. But those are the actual tail feathers, not the rump (i.e., the covert feathers on the lowermost portion of the back, _above_ the tail). The Northern Harrier is the only Oklahoma hawk that has a completely white rump. Light-morph adult Ferruginous Hawks have rump feathers that are sort of half and half: The feathers are reddish brown along the shaft, at the tip, and along the narrow vane, and white along the wide vane. Depending on how ruffled the rump feathers are, it may look more or less white, but it's never the broad, clear white patch that you see on a Harrier. Here are a couple of photos that show this: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XROYJpTXoAM/SooAJHD-asI/AAAAAAAAEVw/ukHwcOPw6a8/s1600-h/ferruginous-hawk-V.jpg http://v2-forum.com/photopost/data/500/3410337-2-ferruginous-hawk-in-fligh.jpg -Steve Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday From: Richard Gunn <rgunn1 AT COX.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:27:56 -0600 In some plumages, yes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Lane" To: Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 9:36 Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday > Do Ferruginous Hawks also show a white rump patch when flying? > > > At 07:46 AM 2/8/2010, you wrote: >>On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:07:31 -0600, you wrote: >> >> >Steve and I drove by Rose Lake Saturday afternoon - cloudy day... We >> >saw about 40 Northern Pintails, numerous Mallards, a few Wigeons, and >> >some Canada Geese. Also a hawk (maybe Harrier?) and two sparrows I >> >am uncertain of (maybe Song and ?). >> >>As John mentions, the hawk is a Northern Harrier. The characteristic >>white rump patch is visible in the photo, and the reddish underparts >>indicate a first-year bird. >> >>One other thing that's visible in the photo that isn't always clearly >>seen is the facial disk. Like owls, harriers use sound to locate prey, >>and also like owls, they have a facial disk of feathers that helps focus >>the sound to their ears. You can see the disk as a ring of darker >>feathers around the face, bordered in pale gray. >> >>-Steve Subject: Pontotoc Ridge Preserve Winter Bird Count From: "Jona A. Tucker" <jtucker AT TNC.ORG> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:10:04 -0500 Reminder: The Pontotoc Ridge Preserve Winter Bird Count will be Saturday, February 13th! As of this morning, I have only heard from 3 people saying they will attend. If you are planning to help with the count, but have not informed me yet, please let me know as soon as possible. I need a firm head-count in order to have enough food and beverages for everyone. Newcomers are very welcome. Please contact me for more information, directions, and to let me know you will be attending: jtucker AT tnc.org (580) 371-6751 We will meet at the Pontotoc Ridge Preserve headquarters at 8:00 am Saturday. I will have bird checklists and maps for everyone. We will organize into small groups with assigned areas to cover. We will meet at the preserve headquarters at 1:00 for chili and desert (vegetarian chili will be available too). At that time we will compile a species list for the day (with numbers to be tabulated later). I look forward to seeing you on the 13th! Thank you in advance for your support of Pontotoc Ridge Preserve. Jona Tucker Arbuckle Plains/Blue River Project Manager The Nature Conservancy Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday From: Mary Lane <mm_lane AT SWBELL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:36:50 -0600 Do Ferruginous Hawks also show a white rump patch when flying? At 07:46 AM 2/8/2010, you wrote: >On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:07:31 -0600, you wrote: > > >Steve and I drove by Rose Lake Saturday afternoon - cloudy day... We > >saw about 40 Northern Pintails, numerous Mallards, a few Wigeons, and > >some Canada Geese. Also a hawk (maybe Harrier?) and two sparrows I > >am uncertain of (maybe Song and ?). > >As John mentions, the hawk is a Northern Harrier. The characteristic >white rump patch is visible in the photo, and the reddish underparts >indicate a first-year bird. > >One other thing that's visible in the photo that isn't always clearly >seen is the facial disk. Like owls, harriers use sound to locate prey, >and also like owls, they have a facial disk of feathers that helps focus >the sound to their ears. You can see the disk as a ring of darker >feathers around the face, bordered in pale gray. > >-Steve Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday From: Steve Schafer <steve AT FENESTRA.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:46:25 -0500 On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:07:31 -0600, you wrote: >Steve and I drove by Rose Lake Saturday afternoon - cloudy day... We >saw about 40 Northern Pintails, numerous Mallards, a few Wigeons, and >some Canada Geese. Also a hawk (maybe Harrier?) and two sparrows I >am uncertain of (maybe Song and ?). As John mentions, the hawk is a Northern Harrier. The characteristic white rump patch is visible in the photo, and the reddish underparts indicate a first-year bird. One other thing that's visible in the photo that isn't always clearly seen is the facial disk. Like owls, harriers use sound to locate prey, and also like owls, they have a facial disk of feathers that helps focus the sound to their ears. You can see the disk as a ring of darker feathers around the face, bordered in pale gray. -Steve Subject: Tulsa Audubon Society From: Jo Loyd <jo.loyd AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 07:16:45 -0600 The Tuesday Morning Birders will meet at Haikey Creek Park this Tuesday, February 9th, instead of our usual meeting place at the Garden Center. If you additional information, contact me off line. Jo Loyd Subject: Conservation From: hanenhark <hanenhark AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:06:28 -0600 For those of you who are interested and believe conservation = sustaining or improving bird populations and environment: John Krupovage who is the Natural Resources Manager at Tinker Air Force Base will be speaking this week about "Establishing a Vision for Conserving Our Urban Natural Areas". Date/Time/Place: Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 9th at 7PM at the Mayflower Congregational Church on NW 63rd just west of Portland. All are welcome. Jane Cunningham Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma Subject: White-winged Doves From: Cindy <cynthiaoder AT 4GRC.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:49:44 -0600 My count of White-winged Doves Jump to 7 today. Cindy Blackwell Subject: Re: Rose Lake Saturday From: John Shackford <Johnsshack AT AOL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:20:25 EST Mary, Yes, the hawk is a Northern Harrier. The last sparrow pic is of a subadult plumage White-crowned Sparrow (these are tricky ones because they don't look anything like full adult White-crown plumage), and I think you are right that the remainder are of a Song Sparrow. Good work! John Shackford Edmond In a message dated 2/7/2010 11:07:56 PM Central Standard Time, mm_lane AT SWBELL.NET writes: Steve and I drove by Rose Lake Saturday afternoon - cloudy day... We saw about 40 Northern Pintails, numerous Mallards, a few Wigeons, and some Canada Geese. Also a hawk (maybe Harrier?) and two sparrows I am uncertain of (maybe Song and ?). The hawk and sparrows are at the bottom of this set of pictures: http://www.pbase.com/mml81/roselake2010_0206 Thanks for any help - Mary Subject: Rose Lake Saturday From: Mary Lane <mm_lane AT SWBELL.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:07:31 -0600 Steve and I drove by Rose Lake Saturday afternoon - cloudy day... We saw about 40 Northern Pintails, numerous Mallards, a few Wigeons, and some Canada Geese. Also a hawk (maybe Harrier?) and two sparrows I am uncertain of (maybe Song and ?). The hawk and sparrows are at the bottom of this set of pictures: http://www.pbase.com/mml81/roselake2010_0206 Thanks for any help - Mary Subject: Fw: flicker on flickr From: LindaC <lindac1 AT HUGHES.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:51:21 -0600 thanks for heads up Steve. my own photo is so poor I was looking at the moustache stripe as the eye. hope I can catch it again for a better photo. thanks again, Lindac/Okemah ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Schafer To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 9:28 PM Subject: Re: flicker on flickr On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:22:44 -0600, you wrote: > Thank you so much Bill and Steve. > > Had a good look at the female intergrade and happily will go with that id. Out of curiosity, is there something in particular about the bird that makes you think it's a female? As Bill mentioned, it appears to have a moustache stripe (although I'm not going to speculate on the color ;-), which would make it a male. -Steve Subject: Re: flicker on flickr From: Steve Schafer <steve AT FENESTRA.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:28:51 -0500 On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:22:44 -0600, you wrote: > Thank you so much Bill and Steve. > > Had a good look at the female intergrade and happily will go with that id. Out of curiosity, is there something in particular about the bird that makes you think it's a female? As Bill mentioned, it appears to have a moustache stripe (although I'm not going to speculate on the color ;-), which would make it a male. -Steve Subject: Re: Yellow-billed Loon at Lake Hefner From: Bill Adams <ba1980 AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:28:40 -0800 My mom and I were at Hefner (around 12pm) and Norman (early afternoon) Saturday.� Didn't see the YB Loon, only species worth noting were a single Common Merganser, a couple of Hooded Mergansers, and Horned Grebe. We also struck out on the white Red-tailed Hawk in Norman.� Bill Adams Tishomingo, OK --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Patricia Velte wrote: From: Patricia Velte Subject: Yellow-billed Loon at Lake Hefner To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 9:33 AM Dear OKBirders, � I photographed an immature Yellow-billed Loon late Saturday afternoon at Lake Hefner (Oklahoma City). �It had a dark area on its neck which I thought might indicate it was an adult molting into breeding plummage but Jim Arterburn confirmed that it is indeed an immature. � The loon was observed just north of Prairie Dog Point. � All the best, � Pat Velte pvelte AT cox.net Oklahoma City Subject: Birder in Tulsa Area Needed for Part-Time Survey Job From: John Kennington <johnkennington AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:01:32 -0600 Anyone interested? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dan Hirchert Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:43 PM Subject: Bird Survey To: "johnkennington AT cox.net" Mr. Kennington, I found your name on the Audubon website and hope you�ll be able to help me locate a experienced birder in the Tulsa area that would be interested in performing bi-monthly surveys for 12 months. I would like the person to have a BS degree in the natural resource field and be knowledgeable of the bird species in the Tulsa area . Maybe your aware of a retired local biologist that would like to find a part-time job. I would appreciate any leads you might be able to provide. Thank you Dan Hirchert Wildlife Biologist, Aviation Services Mead & Hunt, Inc. M & H Architecture, Inc. 6501 Watts Road Madison, WI 53719 Phone (608) 443-0622 Fax (608) 273-6391 www.meadhunt.com Confidentiality statement: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) and may contain privileged and confidential information, including information that is protected under the HIPAA privacy rules. Any unauthorized review, disclosure, copying, distribution or use is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank You. Subject: Birds today From: Berlin Heck <baheck AT PINE-NET.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:49:08 -0600 I looked for the 4 Trumpeter Swans today, and this time with a flash card in my camera. No dice. I did see 82 Canvasbacks and 1 Redhead at the Slough. Also, one immature Bald Eagle. But the best one of the day was; Geaux Saints!! Berlin Heck Broken Bow Hell Froze Over Berlin Heck Subject: Re: flicker on flickr From: LindaC <lindac1 AT HUGHES.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 20:22:44 -0600 Thank you so much Bill and Steve. Had a good look at the female intergrade and happily will go with that id. Many apologies for my poor photo taken through a misty window. I was so excited I just shot through it hoping for better than I got. My first thought was 'straangge looking dove' then my eyes kinda focused. I love it when something like this shows up right outside. thanks again. LindaC/Okemah oh and I saw 4 trumpeter swans today in a pond by the golf course. I have been grounded with the starter out of my little truck. Finally can get around again. checking for neck bands with my new scope but didn't see anything. No leg bands when they dove for food. I was so taken with Ben and Angies scope Geoffrey bought me one :-) Whataguy! http://www.telescopes.com/spotting-scopes/bird-watching-spotting-scopes/bushnell2060x65waterproofspottingscope.cfm ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Diffin To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:56 PM Subject: Re: flicker Linda, As best I can tell, your bird has a black malar (or moustache stripe) and a brown throat. That makes it a male Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker. A Gilded Flicker or a Red-shafted Northern Flicker would have a gray throat, and a male would have a bright red malar. The females of all three flickers have neither black nor red malars. Both the literature on flickers and my own experience indicate that Red-shafted Flickers are much more common in winter than in summer in central and western Oklahoma. I have seen Red-shafted birds around Sooner Lake, which is as far east as I have birded with any regularity. Here is a web page with some nice photos of Red-shafted Flickers, http://www.birdsamore.com/byb/nofl-red-shafted.htm The foregoing page has a link to a page on intergrades. Steve already mentioned the existence of intergrades with confusing combinations and blends of characteristics. Bill Diffin, OKC Subject: Re: YB Loon and W Grebe/Hefner-Sunday From: Brian Davis <bmdavi AT OU.EDU> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:18:04 -0600 I found the Western Grebe at about 4:30 this afternoon in the same place described by Jimmy, but dipped on the loon. There was a candidate a million yards out in the middle of a large raft, but with the drizzle and fading light, it wasn't going to happen. Brian On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:54 PM, jwoodard wrote: > > > ����������������������� Jerry and Anita Vanbebber and I refound the YB Loon > that Pat Velte originally found Saturday. It took two passes around the lake > but we > > ����������� got several very brief looks at it on the west side of the lake > north of where Britton Road intersects the road along the dam. > > ����������������������� This bird is very active and diving contstantly. We > saw it maybe six times in a half hour of searching. It was never up for more > than a couple of > > ����������� seconds. When it resurfaced it was several hundred yards away > from the preceding sighting. You will need patience and maybe several sets > of eyes to > > ����������� scan the west side of the lake constantly just to get a quick > look at it. > > > > ����������������������� Also, there was one Western Grebe several hundred > yards from where Britton intersects the dam. It seemed to be hanging out > between Prairie > > ����������� Dog Point and the dam at Britton. > > ����������������������� There wasn�t much else on the lake except the > continuing raft of RB Mergs and a collection of a hundred or so gulls just > north of Louie�s restaurant > > ����������� on the east side of the lake. > > > > ����������������������� CAUTION: I saw a car that had the passenger side > rear door window broken out at the parkway ponds parking lot. The owners > were calling the police > > ����������� on their cell phone and were obviously upset. So, beware if you > are leaving your car unattended in this area. > > > > > > > > > > ����������� Jimmy Woodard > > ����������� Mustang, OK -- _________________________________________ Brian M. Davis Department of Zoology and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 (405) 325-4772 bmdavi AT ou.edu Subject: Re: flicker From: Bill Diffin <WilliamDiffin AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:56:57 EST Linda, As best I can tell, your bird has a black malar (or moustache stripe) and a brown throat. That makes it a male Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker. A Gilded Flicker or a Red-shafted Northern Flicker would have a gray throat, and a male would have a bright red malar. The females of all three flickers have neither black nor red malars. Both the literature on flickers and my own experience indicate that Red-shafted Flickers are much more common in winter than in summer in central and western Oklahoma. I have seen Red-shafted birds around Sooner Lake, which is as far east as I have birded with any regularity. Here is a web page with some nice photos of Red-shafted Flickers, _http://www.birdsamore.com/byb/nofl-red-shafted.htm_ (http://www.birdsamore.com/byb/nofl-red-shafted.htm) The foregoing page has a link to a page on intergrades. Steve already mentioned the existence of intergrades with confusing combinations and blends of characteristics. Bill Diffin, OKC Subject: Re: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: David McNeely <mcneely4 AT COX.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:02:20 -0600 they are generally common in the area in winter, but their distribution may be quite patch sometimes. They are not, to my knowledge. The guide is correct that they migrate to those places, but they migrate to Oklahoma, also. Check some other guides, and I think you'll find that to be the case. David McNeely ---- John Manganiello wrote: > ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LIST.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:47:16 PM Subject: Ruby Crowned Kinglet I moved to OK four months ago, so I'm seeing birds that I have not seen in Illinois. A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was at my suet feeded yesterday. Is it unusual for the subject to be in the Edmond area in the middle of winter? According to "Birds of Oklahoma" field guide by Stan Tekiela, they migrate to southern states, Mexico, and Central America. John johnmanganiello AT yahoo.com Subject: YB Loon and W Grebe/Hefner-Sunday From: jwoodard <j.woodard AT COX.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:54:55 -0600 Jerry and Anita Vanbebber and I refound the YB Loon that Pat Velte originally found Saturday. It took two passes around the lake but we got several very brief looks at it on the west side of the lake north of where Britton Road intersects the road along the dam. This bird is very active and diving contstantly. We saw it maybe six times in a half hour of searching. It was never up for more than a couple of seconds. When it resurfaced it was several hundred yards away from the preceding sighting. You will need patience and maybe several sets of eyes to scan the west side of the lake constantly just to get a quick look at it. Also, there was one Western Grebe several hundred yards from where Britton intersects the dam. It seemed to be hanging out between Prairie Dog Point and the dam at Britton. There wasn't much else on the lake except the continuing raft of RB Mergs and a collection of a hundred or so gulls just north of Louie's restaurant on the east side of the lake. CAUTION: I saw a car that had the passenger side rear door window broken out at the parkway ponds parking lot. The owners were calling the police on their cell phone and were obviously upset. So, beware if you are leaving your car unattended in this area. Jimmy Woodard Mustang, OK Subject: Re: flicker From: Steve Schafer <steve AT FENESTRA.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:44:13 -0500 On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:30:17 -0600, you wrote: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/73023902 AT N00/4337591105/ is this a >regular Northern Flicker adult female or a gilded flicker?? Gilded Flickers occur from southern Arizona and California down through Baja California and Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. They are sedentary and extremely unlikely to occur as far east and north as Oklahoma. (They also occur in a cactus-dominated habitat that doesn't exist in Oklahoma.) Both "Yellow-shafted" and "Red-shafted" forms of Northern Flicker occur in Oklahoma. Yellow-shafted is by far the most common, but Red-shafted becomes more likely as you go west, and there are little pockets of Red-shafted birds elsewhere in the state. The intermediate forms between the two sometimes look a bit like Gilded Flickers. I can't really tell anything from the photo, though. -Steve Subject: flicker From: LindaC <lindac1 AT HUGHES.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:30:17 -0600 http://www.flickr.com/photos/73023902 AT N00/4337591105/ is this a regular Northern Flicker adult female or a gilded flicker?? http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/id thanks much, LindaC/Okemah Subject: Unusual Juncos From: Nancy Reed <nreed1717 AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:27:07 -0500 Today I have a number of unusual Juncos in addition to my Dark-eyed Juncos. I believe I have a Gray-headed Junco. It is light gray with a large red patch on its back. The sides are gray. I have another Junco that I believe to be the Pink-sided Junco. There are many very light gray Juncos, however the Gray-headed very distintive from all the other Juncos. Nancy Reed Nreed1717 AT aol.com Subject: Orange Crown in South Tulsa/North Bixby From: Brenda Carroll <bcarroll47 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 07:50:56 -0800 I was pleasantly surprised to see it feasting at my peanut feeder and suet feeder yesterday all day.� Brown Thrasher�that has been wintering�down by the creek even came up to visit awhile.�Winter sparrows have not been in numbers as in previous but I'm still able to say I have�Fox and�Harris as my most distinguished.� � Brenda Carroll Bixby Hope is the thing with feathers.... Subject: Yellow-billed Loon at Lake Hefner From: Patricia Velte <pvelte AT COX.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 09:33:00 -0600 Dear OKBirders, I photographed an immature Yellow-billed Loon late Saturday afternoon at Lake Hefner (Oklahoma City). It had a dark area on its neck which I thought might indicate it was an adult molting into breeding plummage but Jim Arterburn confirmed that it is indeed an immature. The loon was observed just north of Prairie Dog Point. All the best, Pat Velte pvelte AT cox.net Oklahoma City Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: Victor Fazio III <ok-birds AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 22:23:02 -0800 Here is the winter map for Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Oklahoma as presented by eBird for the most recent decade. http://tinyurl.com/yfcn7fx keep in mind this is an interactive map. The months of the year are clickable ... try January for example. Or select "Change Date" to refine the selection to the current season. cheers Vic Fazio Shaker Heights, OH Subject: Re: Bad day From: Berlin Heck <baheck AT PINE-NET.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:09:37 -0600 Sorry about replying to the listserve 3 times (4 times now). It is a very, very bad day Berlin Heck Broken Bow On Feb 6, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Berlin Heck wrote: > Thanks Linda--I will check this out > > Berlin > > On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:45 PM, LindaC wrote: > >> with my fuji camera I can shoot about 10 photos without a card. >> before you give in try hooking up the camera with a cable. Unless >> you know this isn't so on yours. >> >> good luck, >> >> LindaC >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Berlin Heck >> To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU >> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM >> Subject: Bad day >> >> I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground >> Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, >> but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged >> Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned >> Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of >> Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, >> no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put >> out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan >> tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there >> was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday >> after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this >> was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of >> times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks >> used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness >> in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! >> >> From the Frontier >> >> Berlin Heck >> Broken Bow >> >> Face miles of trials with smiles >> >> The Moody Blues > Subject: Re: Bad day From: Berlin Heck <baheck AT PINE-NET.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:55:33 -0600 Thanks Linda--I will check this out Berlin On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:45 PM, LindaC wrote: > with my fuji camera I can shoot about 10 photos without a card. > before you give in try hooking up the camera with a cable. Unless > you know this isn't so on yours. > > good luck, > > LindaC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Berlin Heck > To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM > Subject: Bad day > > I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground > Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, > but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged > Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned > Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of > Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no > neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out > some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, > opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no > flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after > downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was > going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times > before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to > say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in > McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! > > From the Frontier > > Berlin Heck > Broken Bow > > Face miles of trials with smiles > > The Moody Blues Subject: Re: Bad day From: Berlin Heck <baheck AT PINE-NET.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:54:44 -0600 That explains a lot of things! Very clever--thanks! Berlin On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:43 PM, matthew jung wrote: > AGE > > --- On Sat, 2/6/10, Berlin Heck wrote: > > From: Berlin Heck > Subject: Bad day > To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 2:21 PM > > I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground > Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, > but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged > Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned > Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of > Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no > neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out > some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, > opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no > flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after > downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was > going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times > before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to > say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in > McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! > > From the Frontier > > Berlin Heck > Broken Bow > > Face miles of trials with smiles > > The Moody Blues > Subject: Re: Bad day From: Berlin Heck <baheck AT PINE-NET.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:53:18 -0600 Thanks, Jim--I will check that out and spare me future anguish Berlin On Feb 6, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Jim Arterburn wrote: > Berlin, > > You know that you can set your camera through the menu so that it > won't shoot without a CF card. When you turn it on it will say "No > CF Card" on the display and won't let you take a photo until you > insert a CF card. This has saved me several times when I turned on > my camera to take a photo and there was no card in the camera. > Better to know before you shoot that after. This option is for old > folks like you and I that are getting more forgetful by the day > > > Jim Arterburn > Tulsa, OK > www.pbase.com/oklahomabirder > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Berlin Heck > To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM > Subject: Bad day > > I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground > Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, > but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged > Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned > Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of > Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no > neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out > some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, > opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no > flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after > downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was > going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times > before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to > say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in > McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! > > From the Frontier > > Berlin Heck > Broken Bow > > Face miles of trials with smiles > > The Moody Blues Subject: Fwd: Afield in Oklahoma From: Eric Beck <oklahomaiba AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:13:02 -0600 A link would help....www.afieldinoklahoma.blogspot.com...my apologies ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Curt Gervich Date: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Afield in Oklahoma To: Eric Beck Hey Eric- keep me on! I love reading your stuff. I hope everything is going well. Curt On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Well I'm sure this has ended up in many of your spam boxes, but oh well. > I'm sending this notification so that those who may be interested can read > my latest post from my blog "Afield in Oklahoma" . Usually I send the post > to some of my birding friends, but I've started branching out to more than > just birds. So if you like take a look and see what's new. I share because I > like to, not because I like to hear myself talk, but because I have things > that need to be said and I want them to be heard. If you like it send me an > email and I will start a list of people who would like to get an email > update when I add something new. I've been posting for a couple years now > and have had well over 5k hits since Feb. of 2008, so obviously someone > likes it! This has become an important place for me personally and I want to > share it with as many people as I can. Feel free to pass it on, make > comments or completely ignore me. You will also notice that you can dig > around in my past posts which may be of interest to some.Hope you enjoy and > keep up all the good work I know all of you are doing. > > Cheers, > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com > -- Curt Gervich Environmental Design and Planning Virginia Tech -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Bad day From: Sebastian Patti <sebastianpatti AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:01:17 -0600 . . . ah, yes . . . NO trumpeting over those trumpeters!! Well, at least you got that brewski!!!! sebastianpatti AT hotmail.com Sebastian T. Patti (Lincoln Park) Chicago, ILLINOIS 60614-3354 PHONE: 312/793-5397 (o) 773/248-0570 (h) FAX: 312/793-2611 (o) 773/248-0264 (h) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:21:46 -0600 From: baheck AT PINE-NET.COM Subject: Bad day To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles The Moody Blues Subject: Re: Bad day From: "mike. brewer" <mike.brewer AT ATT.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:41:25 -0600 Berlin ... You finally were able to observe some Trumpeter Swans. That is a lot better than having a flash card in the camera, but no Swans to photograph. Carry on, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Berlin Heck To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM Subject: [OKBIRDS] Bad day I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles The Moody Blues Subject: G.M. Sutton's comment about Loons From: "mike. brewer" <mike.brewer AT ATT.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:31:18 -0600 Doc Sutton had many travels and adventures in the High Arctic of North America. Not only was he an excellent artist, teacher and scientist ... but he possessed extra ordinary insight about people and situations. He treated everyone with a perfect equal sense of humility ... (although I could sense that he 'silently did not appreciate those' that considered themselves aloof or 'above others'. A naive small town student like myself, did not realize when enrolling in ornithology at OU, of what a wonderful experience was about to proceed. I did not even know who Doc Sutton was ... and especially of his highly renowned & regarded reputation. So i was just myself, and asked Doc Sutton many questions, as he was very appreciative of one's interest in birds ! One day I asked him ... What was his favorite bird call ? Dr. Sutton ... without the slightest hesitation ... said : "The Common Loon". Clicking on BNA, and listening to the 'wailing calls' of the Common Loon makes Sutton's experience extremely obvious. If one imagined themselves, camping out in the dead silence of the High Arctic, and then hearing the wail call of the Common Loon at night ... that experience would have to be one of the most impressive bird phenomenons of a lifetime ! The experience could be called Mystical, Surrealistic, Heavenly, a Cosmic Wonder, and many more names than words could ever describe. There are many mythological stories of the Loons from Northern Native Americans, and it is easy to understand why ... if one puts themselves in their time and place. I simply call the wailing call of the Common Loon ... "The Song of the Cosmos". Thanks, Mike Brewer Subject: Re: Bad day From: LindaC <lindac1 AT HUGHES.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:45:14 -0600 with my fuji camera I can shoot about 10 photos without a card. before you give in try hooking up the camera with a cable. Unless you know this isn't so on yours. good luck, LindaC ----- Original Message ----- From: Berlin Heck To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM Subject: Bad day I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles The Moody Blues Subject: Re: Bad day From: matthew jung <mpjung5125 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:43:46 -0800 AGE --- On Sat, 2/6/10, Berlin Heck wrote: From: Berlin Heck Subject: Bad day To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 2:21 PM I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. �In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. �I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. �And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. �I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! �I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. �I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before.��Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). �So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles �� � � � � � � The Moody Blues Subject: Re: Bad day From: John Hansen <majorhart AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:15:24 -0600 Have a beer for me too. At least the day won't be a total loss John Hansen Saint Joseph, MO majorhart AT sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Berlin Heck To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM Subject: Bad day I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles The Moody Blues E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14300 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14300 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ Subject: Re: Bad day From: Jim Arterburn <jimarterburn AT COX.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:16:54 -0600 Berlin, You know that you can set your camera through the menu so that it won't shoot without a CF card. When you turn it on it will say "No CF Card" on the display and won't let you take a photo until you insert a CF card. This has saved me several times when I turned on my camera to take a photo and there was no card in the camera. Better to know before you shoot that after. This option is for old folks like you and I that are getting more forgetful by the day Jim Arterburn Tulsa, OK www.pbase.com/oklahomabirder ----- Original Message ----- From: Berlin Heck To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:21 PM Subject: Bad day I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles The Moody Blues Subject: Bachman's Sparrow photos From: Eric Beck <oklahomaiba AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:40:18 -0600 Well the slots have been filled thanks to everyone that responded, stay tuned for an IBA update later this week! Thanks, -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Bad day From: Berlin Heck <baheck AT PINE-NET.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:21:46 -0600 I drove south of Idabel this morning to look for Common Ground Doves and Swans. In my travels I failed to locate a Ground Dove, but I did take some good shots of a leucistic Red-winged Blackbird. I also got some close-up shots of White-crowned Sparrows. And finally, south of Red Slough on the south side of Hwy 87, I spotted 4 Trumpeter Swans (three adults, one juvenile, no neck-band) and got some good shots of them. I got home, put out some bird seed, smeared some peanut butter mix on the pecan tree, opened a beer grabbed my camera......and found that there was no flash card in it! I neglected to replace it yesterday after downloading a couple of photos. I was wondering when this was going to happen because it has almost happened a couple of times before. Alas! and, Woe is me! (I think that is what folks used to say long ago--BC, or before cameras). So there is sadness in McCurtain County today; I think that I will celebrate! From the Frontier Berlin Heck Broken Bow Face miles of trials with smiles The Moody Blues Subject: Re: Request for a photo From: Eric Beck <oklahomaiba AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:09:57 -0600 Hey Debby check out Facebook I just posted it. It's a little off topic so I didn't want to throw it out to OKBirds.... www.afieldinoklahoma.blogspot.com whoops! On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Deborah Kaspari wrote: > Eric, does everyone here get to see your interesting stories and posts, or > do we have to pry them out of TR? > > Cheers, > Deb > > Debby Kaspari > Norman, OK > > > > > On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > > Thanks TR, which is why I'm keeping it in house. Why not highlight > Oklahoma's talents! By the way I have some very interesting stories and > thoughts I should share with you, I think you will like them! I'm wrapping > up the first post at the moment and will forward it to you in a few. > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM, TR Ryan wrote: > >> Google images are subject to copyright laws and not automatically part of >> the Creative Commons License. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bob Fisher wrote: >> >>> If all else fails, try Google Images. >>> >>> Bob Fisher >>> Independence, MO >>> bobgfisher AT comcast.net >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Eric Beck >>> *To:* OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU >>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:27 PM >>> *Subject:* Request for a photo >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a >>> Bachman's Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I would >>> certainly appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and not only that >>> the newsletter will be viewed by many people in Oklahoma as well as many >>> networks throughout the National Audubon Society. Who knows you might catch >>> someone's eyes. Thanks and have a great day! >>> >>> -- >>> Eric Beck >>> State Coordinator >>> Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program >>> >>> ebeck AT audubon.org >>> oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Eric Beck >> State Coordinator >> Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program >> >> ebeck AT audubon.org >> oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com >> > > > > -- > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com > > > -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Request for a photo From: Deborah Kaspari <debbykaspari AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:01:30 -0600 Eric, does everyone here get to see your interesting stories and posts, or do we have to pry them out of TR? Cheers, Deb Debby Kaspari Norman, OK On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Thanks TR, which is why I'm keeping it in house. Why not highlight > Oklahoma's talents! By the way I have some very interesting stories > and thoughts I should share with you, I think you will like them! > I'm wrapping up the first post at the moment and will forward it to > you in a few. > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM, TR Ryan wrote: > Google images are subject to copyright laws and not automatically > part of the Creative Commons License. > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bob Fisher > wrote: > If all else fails, try Google Images. > > Bob Fisher > Independence, MO > bobgfisher AT comcast.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eric Beck > To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:27 PM > Subject: Request for a photo > > Hello All, > > I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a > Bachman's Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I > would certainly appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and > not only that the newsletter will be viewed by many people in > Oklahoma as well as many networks throughout the National Audubon > Society. Who knows you might catch someone's eyes. Thanks and have > a great day! > > -- > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com > > > > -- > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com > > > > -- > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Request for a photo From: Eric Beck <oklahomaiba AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:26:06 -0600 Thanks TR, which is why I'm keeping it in house. Why not highlight Oklahoma's talents! By the way I have some very interesting stories and thoughts I should share with you, I think you will like them! I'm wrapping up the first post at the moment and will forward it to you in a few. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:02 PM, TR Ryan wrote: > Google images are subject to copyright laws and not automatically part of > the Creative Commons License. > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bob Fisher wrote: > >> If all else fails, try Google Images. >> >> Bob Fisher >> Independence, MO >> bobgfisher AT comcast.net >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Eric Beck >> *To:* OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:27 PM >> *Subject:* Request for a photo >> >> Hello All, >> >> I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a >> Bachman's Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I would >> certainly appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and not only that >> the newsletter will be viewed by many people in Oklahoma as well as many >> networks throughout the National Audubon Society. Who knows you might catch >> someone's eyes. Thanks and have a great day! >> >> -- >> Eric Beck >> State Coordinator >> Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program >> >> ebeck AT audubon.org >> oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com >> >> > > > -- > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com > -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Request for a photo From: TR Ryan <trryan AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:02:21 -0500 Google images are subject to copyright laws and not automatically part of the Creative Commons License. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bob Fisher wrote: If all else fails, try Google Images. Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Beck To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:27 PM Subject: Request for a photo Hello All, I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a Bachman's Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I would certainly appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and not only that the newsletter will be viewed by many people in Oklahoma as well as many networks throughout the National Audubon Society. Who knows you might catch someone's eyes. Thanks and have a great day! -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: S. Jenkins Summary; Saturday was the best From: matthew jung <mpjung5125 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:56:26 -0800 I walked along S. Jenkins 4x this week, made it to the outlet creek just twice and found 53 species.  Saturday I was joined by Cecil Johnson, we birded between 8-11 AM.   The pond has grown deeper - snipe are gone but Cecil and I saw Swamp Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Winter Wren and C. Yellowthroat (female) today.  We also had two calling WB Nuthatches in the ‘Half-way’ Woods.   The “White” Red-tailed Hawk was seen Friday morning along Chautauqua and again Saturday when it was perched on a snag inside the Police Range with a second very pale hawk next to it.    The best for the week: no 50 mph dump trucks!!   1.       Canada Goose 2.       Mallard 3.       Gadwall 4.       Northern Shoveler 5.       Great Blue Heron 6.       Bald Eagle – adult 7.       Sharp-shinned Hawk 8.       Red-shouldered Hawk 9.       Red-tailed Hawk 10.   American Kestrel 11.   Killdeer 12.   Ring-billed Gull 13.   Rock Pigeon 14.   Belted Kingfisher 15.   Red-bellied Woodpecker 16.   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.   Downy Woodpecker 18.   Hairy Woodpecker – north of the police range, first time for me along S. Jenkins! 19.   Northern Flicker 20.   Pileated Woodpecker 21.   Eastern Phoebe 22.   Blue Jay 23.   American Crow 24.   Carolina Chickadee 25.   Tufted Titmouse 26.   White-breasted Nuthatch – 2 birds on Saturday 27.   Brown Creeper –Thursday, heard and then seen, very tame 28.   Carolina Wren 29.   Winter Wren – at the ‘Arches of the West’, same place where the Holts saw it 30.   Marsh Wren 31.   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 32.   Eastern Bluebird 33.   American Robin 34.   Northern Mockingbird 35.   European Starling 36.   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.   Orange-crowned Warbler 38.   Common Yellowthroat 39.   Fox Sparrow 40.   Song Sparrow 41.   Lincoln’s Sparrow 42.   White-throated Sparrow 43.   Harris’s Sparrow 44.   White-crowned Sparrow 45.   Swamp Sparrow 46.   Dark-eyed Junco 47.   Northern Cardinal 48.   Red-winged Blackbird 49.   Eastern Meadowlark 50.   Common Grackle 51.   Brown-headed Cowbird – imbedded in a flock of RW Blackbirds 52.   House Finch 53.   American Goldfinch   No doves in the back yard since Thursday when I had 7 WW Doves.   Matt Jung, OKC; part-time in Norman Subject: Re: Request for a photo From: Eric Beck <oklahomaiba AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:48:43 -0600 I'd like to keep in house if possible, but if not I will take other routes. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Bob Fisher wrote: > If all else fails, try Google Images. > > Bob Fisher > Independence, MO > bobgfisher AT comcast.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Eric Beck > *To:* OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > *Sent:* Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:27 PM > *Subject:* Request for a photo > > Hello All, > > I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a Bachman's > Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I would certainly > appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and not only that the > newsletter will be viewed by many people in Oklahoma as well as many > networks throughout the National Audubon Society. Who knows you might catch > someone's eyes. Thanks and have a great day! > > -- > Eric Beck > State Coordinator > Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program > > ebeck AT audubon.org > oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com > > -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Request for a photo From: Bob Fisher <bobgfisher AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:42:04 -0600 If all else fails, try Google Images. Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Beck To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:27 PM Subject: Request for a photo Hello All, I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a Bachman's Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I would certainly appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and not only that the newsletter will be viewed by many people in Oklahoma as well as many networks throughout the National Audubon Society. Who knows you might catch someone's eyes. Thanks and have a great day! -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: "mike. brewer" <mike.brewer AT ATT.NET> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:27:28 -0600 Lela: According to the Photo Gallery on BNA (Cornell), your Loon was indeed a Common Loon ...in adult non breeding plumage. BNA has some wonderful recordings, of the different calls of all of our North American Loons. I tried the link for the recordings that Steve sent ... but my computer would not open the program ? PS: See a later posting on what Doc Sutton had to say about Loons. thanks, Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Lela McCracken To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:18 PM Subject: [OKBIRDS] Loon Attempting to eat Fish AT Sooner Lake It was drizzly, foggy, misty, and cold at Sooner Lake this afternoon. The temperature was 37� Fahrenheit. We didn't see the Scoter that was reported earlier, but did see the usual Buffleheads, Goldeneyes, Mallards, Coots, Cormorants, Scaups, and Gulls - plus a few Harriers. Oh yes, and one Canada Goose acting strange...swimming around with his neck level with the water and his head in the water...we had to watch it for a while to figure out what it was. And the ducks are definitely pairing up...lots of head bobbing & squabbles among the Buffleheads. But the one surprise for the day came when we heard a Loon - even before we saw it. It was in the little bay by the main boat ramp area on Highway 15. We watched it swim and dive for a while before we eventually saw it come up with a fish. And here was the kicker, that fish (possibly a Hybrid Striped Bass) was at least as big as the Loon's head. The drizzle and fog did little to help me out with photography, but you need to check this out if you have time. The poor Loon wrestled that fish for at least 15-20 minutes. Even stopping mid-way through to do a little wing-flap. Part way through the tussle, a gull checked in to see what was going on. The Loon finally gave up and went away hungry. But perhaps it learned a little something. ;-) Pics are here. Happy Birding! Lela Bouse-McCracken Ponca City, OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. Subject: Request for a photo From: Eric Beck <oklahomaiba AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:27:02 -0600 Hello All, I am putting together a new IBA update and need a good photo of a Bachman's Sparrow. If anyone has one that they'd like to donate I would certainly appreciate it, of course you will get credit, and not only that the newsletter will be viewed by many people in Oklahoma as well as many networks throughout the National Audubon Society. Who knows you might catch someone's eyes. Thanks and have a great day! -- Eric Beck State Coordinator Oklahoma Important Bird Areas Program ebeck AT audubon.org oklahomaIBA AT gmail.com Subject: Re: Brown Creeper in Bartlesville From: Loyd Stephens <songbirdacres AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:30:14 -0500 I have had a Brown Creeper in the yard regularly since the Christmas Eve snowstorm. I also have more and more grackles mixed in with the "black" birds. Loyd Stephens songbirdacres - southeast of Bartlesville -----Original Message----- From: Joe Hawkins To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 10:22 pm Subject: Brown Creeper in Bartlesville We just saw our first Brown Creeper of the winter this afternoon. We had no sightings last winter, but had many sightings the winter before. Joe Hawkins Bartlesville, OK Woodland View Addition Sent from my iPhone --------------------------- Subject: Oxley Volunteer Day Postponed From: John Kennington <johnkennington AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:39:30 -0600 *Tulsa Audubon Society Update *Please visit www.tulsaaudubon.org for more information on our activities or contact John Kennington , 918-809-6325 ------------------------------ Feb. 7th TogetherGreen Volunteer Day Canceled Due to Weather Rescheduled for Sun. Feb. 28th at Oxley Nature Center's Redbud Valley Due to the rainy weather forecast for late Sunday we are canceling our volunteer day tomorrow at Oxley. While I'm sure all our volunteers are tough enough to take the cold, the heavy rain that is coming Sunday night and Monday would significantly reduce the effectiveness of the herbicide we would be applying the the Wisteria and Privet after cutting. We are rescheduling this event to Sunday afternoon, February 28th from 1:00 to 5:00. But that day we will instead be at the Redbud Valley unit of Oxley Nature Center. We will again be performing habitat improvement, removing invasive species and trees encroaching on the prairie. Please bring work gloves, and lopers if you have them. Participants will receive a free TAS TogetherGreen t-shirt, and dinner will be provided by TAS. Contact John Kennington , 918-809-6325 for more information. ------------------------------ * Other Upcoming TAS Events * *Feb. 16, Tues. Society Meeting, Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: a Birding Treasure with Kris Patton. * Kris is the director of Tishomingo, a favorite destination for Oklahoma birders. It is a managed wetland, which attracts waterfowl, shorebirds, and migrants. *Feb. 20, Sat. Field Trip, Birds & Wine � Drumright Area & Tidal School Vineyards.* We will begin the day looking for raptors, sparrows and other wintering birds in the Drumright area, and then warm up with a visit Tidal School Vineyards for lunch and a winery tour. Contact John Kennington, 918-809-6325. *Feb. 27, Tue. Field Trip, Woodcock Watch and Weiner Roast* at Mohawk Park. Leader � John Kennington , 918-809-6325. *Feb. 28, Sun. 1:00-5:00. TogetherGreen Volunteer Day, Redbud Valley Habitat Improvement.* Dinner will be provided, and participants will receive a Together Green/TAS T-Shirt. For more information, contact John Kennington, 918-809-6325. Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: Kurt Meisenzahl <meisenzk AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:05:26 -0800 Had one in the Live Oak I was trimming today.� Often seen at our suet basket.� We see them here from Sep thru May Kurt & Sharon Meisenzahl Lawton, OK --- On Fri, 2/5/10, Richard Gunn wrote: From: Richard Gunn Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:06 PM #yiv1681020674 DIV { MARGIN:0px;} We pick them up 2-3 times a week on South Jenkins. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dora Webb To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet Hi John, we had a Ruby-crowned kinglet three and four years ago that came regularly to the peanut butter suet.� But last winter and this winter it has not been here. Dora Webb Edmond, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:58 PM Subject: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LIST.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:47:16 PM Subject: Ruby Crowned Kinglet I moved to OK four months ago, so I'm seeing birds that I have not seen in Illinois. � A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was at my suet feeded yesterday.�Is it�unusual�for the subject to be in the Edmond area in the middle of winter? According to "Birds of Oklahoma" field guide by Stan Tekiela, they migrate to southern states, Mexico, and Central America. � John johnmanganiello AT yahoo.com Subject: Brown Creeper in Bartlesville From: Joe Hawkins <joehanselhawkins AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 22:22:32 -0600 We just saw our first Brown Creeper of the winter this afternoon. We had no sightings last winter, but had many sightings the winter before. Joe Hawkins Bartlesville, OK Woodland View Addition Sent from my iPhone --------------------------- Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: Richard Gunn <rgunn1 AT COX.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 22:06:29 -0600 We pick them up 2-3 times a week on South Jenkins. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dora Webb To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet Hi John, we had a Ruby-crowned kinglet three and four years ago that came regularly to the peanut butter suet. But last winter and this winter it has not been here. Dora Webb Edmond, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:58 PM Subject: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LIST.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:47:16 PM Subject: Ruby Crowned Kinglet I moved to OK four months ago, so I'm seeing birds that I have not seen in Illinois. A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was at my suet feeded yesterday. Is it unusual for the subject to be in the Edmond area in the middle of winter? According to "Birds of Oklahoma" field guide by Stan Tekiela, they migrate to southern states, Mexico, and Central America. John johnmanganiello AT yahoo.com Subject: Trumpeter Swans From: William T Sparks <bonbillsparks AT ATT.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:48:38 -0600 Hi All, Returning from Grady County to check on a nesting pair of Bald Eagles(They survived the ice storm), I stopped by Harvey Combs ranch on 225th east of Fletcher to check on the Trumpeters. Observed 4 adults & 1 juvenile. Two had red neck bands(2C7 and P70). Reported the sighting to the Iowa Dept of Natural Resources. They responded back with the sighting logs for them. They were here in 2006, and spend time in MN, MO, IA & OK Bill Sparks, Lawton Subject: Re: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: Dora Webb <owl112 AT COX.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:00:03 -0600 Hi John, we had a Ruby-crowned kinglet three and four years ago that came regularly to the peanut butter suet. But last winter and this winter it has not been here. Dora Webb Edmond, OK ----- Original Message ----- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:58 PM Subject: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LIST.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:47:16 PM Subject: Ruby Crowned Kinglet I moved to OK four months ago, so I'm seeing birds that I have not seen in Illinois. A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was at my suet feeded yesterday. Is it unusual for the subject to be in the Edmond area in the middle of winter? According to "Birds of Oklahoma" field guide by Stan Tekiela, they migrate to southern states, Mexico, and Central America. John johnmanganiello AT yahoo.com Subject: Re: Bald Eagle From: Bill Carrell <okdragonhunter AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:14:41 -0800 Don't know. I was going one way, they were going another. --- On Fri, 2/5/10, Cyndie Browning wrote: From: Cyndie Browning Subject: Re: Bald Eagle To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 3:32 PM Did he catch 'em?? � � Cyndie Browning Buteoswainsoni AT yahoo.com www.facebook.com/people/Cyndie-Browning/1463123476 www.adimview.com Tulsa, OK� � How do migrating birds know which one to follow? What if the lead bird just wants to be alone? -- Bill Bryson, "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir" (2006) � From: Bill Carrell To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:06:08 PM Subject: [OKBIRDS] Bald Eagle Hello All, � ������������ I was crossing the 71st st bridge this afternoon on the way to work when I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying�right to left, low and in a hurry. I found out why when two Mallards emerged from the�background of trees on Turkey Mountain, ahead of the eagle and also in a hurry. The eagle seemed to be gaining on the ducks, but they appeared to be gaining altitude. Bald Eagles may not start very fast, but apparently they can haul it once they get going. � ���������������������������������������������������������������� Good Birding, � ����������������������������������������������������������������� Bill Carrell ����������������������������������������������������������������� Tulsa, OK Subject: Re: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: Steve Schafer <steve AT FENESTRA.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:12:56 -0500 On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:58:33 -0800, you wrote: >A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was at my suet feeded yesterday.�Is >it�unusual�for the subject to be in the Edmond area in the middle of >winter? According to "Birds of Oklahoma" field guide by Stan Tekiela, >they migrate to southern states, Mexico, and Central America. I think that, in this context at least, Oklahoma counts as a "southern state." It's not at all uncommon to find one in winter. -Steve Subject: Fw: Ruby Crowned Kinglet From: John Manganiello <johnmanganiello AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:58:33 -0800 ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: John Manganiello To: OKBIRDS AT LIST.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:47:16 PM Subject: Ruby Crowned Kinglet I moved to OK four months ago, so I'm seeing birds that I have not seen in Illinois. A Ruby-Crowned Kinglet was at my suet feeded yesterday.�Is it�unusual�for the subject to be in the Edmond area in the middle of winter? According to "Birds of Oklahoma" field guide by Stan Tekiela, they migrate to southern states, Mexico, and Central America. John johnmanganiello AT yahoo.com Subject: Re: Bald Eagle From: Cyndie Browning <buteoswainsoni AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:32:31 -0800 Did he catch 'em?? � Cyndie Browning Buteoswainsoni AT yahoo.com www.facebook.com/people/Cyndie-Browning/1463123476 www.adimview.com Tulsa, OK� � How do migrating birds know which one to follow? What if the lead bird just wants to be alone? -- Bill Bryson, "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir" (2006) � ________________________________ From: Bill Carrell To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 3:06:08 PM Subject: [OKBIRDS] Bald Eagle Hello All, ������������ I was crossing the 71st st bridge this afternoon on the way to work when I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying�right to left, low and in a hurry. I found out why when two Mallards emerged from the�background of trees on Turkey Mountain, ahead of the eagle and also in a hurry. The eagle seemed to be gaining on the ducks, but they appeared to be gaining altitude. Bald Eagles may not start very fast, but apparently they can haul it once they get going. ���������������������������������������������������������������� Good Birding, ����������������������������������������������������������������� Bill Carrell ����������������������������������������������������������������� Tulsa, OK Subject: Bald Eagle From: Bill Carrell <okdragonhunter AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:06:08 -0800 Hello All, � ������������ I was crossing the 71st st bridge this afternoon on the way to work when I saw an adult Bald Eagle flying�right to left, low and in a hurry. I found out why when two Mallards emerged from the�background of trees on Turkey Mountain, ahead of the eagle and also in a hurry. The eagle seemed to be gaining on the ducks, but they appeared to be gaining altitude. Bald Eagles may not start very fast, but apparently they can haul it once they get going. � ���������������������������������������������������������������� Good Birding, � ����������������������������������������������������������������� Bill Carrell ����������������������������������������������������������������� Tulsa, OK Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: David McNeely <mcneely4 AT COX.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:28:11 -0600 Thanks to Jim and everyone else who has clarified the loon calling phenomenon in Oklahoma. Clearly, I just have not been out where there were loons at the right time to hear them. I'll sure be on the alert for their calls when I am out, now, and evidently it does not have to be during restricted visibility, since Jim has heard them often during clear, calm weather. Really neat. Thanks again for sharing this knowledge and experience with me. David ---- Jim Arterburn wrote: > OKBirds, > > I think that the number of loons in Oklahoma this year is pretty normal > compared to the last ten years or so. While there may be a few more loons > on Tenkiller this early in the winter there appear to be less on other > lakes. I believe this is due to the other lakes in northern Oklahoma > freezing over. This moved a lot of them to Tenkiller or further south. The > same thing happened back in 19996 when the other Oklahoma lakes froze that > year also. > > From my previous years of censusing loons on Tenkiller the numbers should > pick up through late February into early March as those wintering further > south move back into Oklahoma. Most Common Loons leave Tenkiller by late > March, early April with some nonbreeding Commons hanging around until late > April or early May. Mid to late March is a good time to see breeding or > mostly breeding plumaged Common Loons on Tenkiller. Red-throated Loons are > the next species to leave with most of the Red-throated Loons gone by early > to mid April most years but on occasion you can find one into early May. > Red-throated's are usually about 90 percent into breeding plumage when the > migrate north. I have never seen a Red-throated in complete breeding > plumage in Oklahoma. Pacific Loons are the next start their molt into > breeding plumage with most being in breeding or near breeding plumage by > late April to early May. Pacific Loons migrate north in later April to early > May. Since we usually only get one to two Yellow-billed Loons and most are > first-winter birds I have less data to go by. Yellow-billed usually don't > migrate back north until late April or early May. The only breeding plumaged > Yellow-billed Loon I have seen in Oklahoma hung around Tenkiller until > around the 5th or 6th of May. I have also seen Yellow-billed Loons show up > on other Oklahoma lakes in mid to late April. > > Loons can be heard anytime in Oklahoma if you are out where there are at > least small groups of loons. As Steve mentioned, on foggy or low visibility > days you can hear the loons calling with their wail call to stay in contact. > On nice warm, calm winter days you can hear them call ever more often with > what I call their barking call or "hoot" as they call it on the link Steve > listed. However, rather than just a one note call they give this call > multiple times with other loons calling also. On these nice days they also > give the tremolo call a lot. On these nice winter days you usually hear > them calling all day long. Starting in late February and especially March > they will get even more vocal and in addition they will start flying around > the lake. It is not unusual in mid-March to see and hear loons calling and > flying low over the lake all day long. This includes Common, Red-throated > and Pacific, but I have never seen a Yellow-billed Loon in flight. I > usually don't seem the loons flying about much during the winter. Since > this is about the time that they start leaving I assume that they are > getting restless and are starting to exercise their wings before migrating > north. > > Cheers, > > Jim Arterburn > Tulsa, OK > www.pbase.com/oklahomabirder > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Schafer" > To: > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:25 AM > Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish AT Sooner Lake > > > On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:13:54 -0600, you wrote: > > >I'll have to get out to Tenkiller before they leave. They didn't call > >(or I didn't hear them) when we were there in December. I've never > >heard loons except in the North -- Maine, Minnesota, Alaska. Of > >course, we've never had so many loons in my memory, either. And the > >day length is increasing rapidly. > > I'm not sure that wintering-ground-loon-calling is a seasonal thing so > much as it is a weather thing. As others have mentioned, they've heard > the loons calling when it was foggy, and that's the same conditions > under which I've heard loons calling at Lake Hefner. The call that I've > heard there isn't the well-known tremolo call that we've all heard in > movie soundtracks (if not in person), but the wail call, which is > apparently a contact call. So it would make sense that that's what you > would hear on a foggy day. > > Here's a web site that gives examples of the various Common Loon calls: > > http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/images.html > > -Steve Subject: Re: Accipiter ID From: Bill Diffin <WilliamDiffin AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:56:59 EST Three Northern Goshawk pictures for comparison: _http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/BirdNorthernGoshawk.jpg_ (http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/BirdNorthernGoshawk.jpg) _http://www.capebretonbirds.ca/northerngoshawk.html_ (http://www.capebretonbirds.ca/northerngoshawk.html) _http://www.cybergeo.com/birds/northerngoshawk.html_ (http://www.cybergeo.com/birds/northerngoshawk.html) The breast streaking on these birds is coarser. The beak seems heavier. The eyes might be a little bigger relative to the face. The picture (Brian's) is interesting because it shows how similar the species can look -- sort of a warning to accipiter spotters. Thanks, Bill Diffin, OKC Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: Jim Arterburn <jimarterburn AT COX.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:55:01 -0600 OKBirds, I think that the number of loons in Oklahoma this year is pretty normal compared to the last ten years or so. While there may be a few more loons on Tenkiller this early in the winter there appear to be less on other lakes. I believe this is due to the other lakes in northern Oklahoma freezing over. This moved a lot of them to Tenkiller or further south. The same thing happened back in 19996 when the other Oklahoma lakes froze that year also. From my previous years of censusing loons on Tenkiller the numbers should pick up through late February into early March as those wintering further south move back into Oklahoma. Most Common Loons leave Tenkiller by late March, early April with some nonbreeding Commons hanging around until late April or early May. Mid to late March is a good time to see breeding or mostly breeding plumaged Common Loons on Tenkiller. Red-throated Loons are the next species to leave with most of the Red-throated Loons gone by early to mid April most years but on occasion you can find one into early May. Red-throated's are usually about 90 percent into breeding plumage when the migrate north. I have never seen a Red-throated in complete breeding plumage in Oklahoma. Pacific Loons are the next start their molt into breeding plumage with most being in breeding or near breeding plumage by late April to early May. Pacific Loons migrate north in later April to early May. Since we usually only get one to two Yellow-billed Loons and most are first-winter birds I have less data to go by. Yellow-billed usually don't migrate back north until late April or early May. The only breeding plumaged Yellow-billed Loon I have seen in Oklahoma hung around Tenkiller until around the 5th or 6th of May. I have also seen Yellow-billed Loons show up on other Oklahoma lakes in mid to late April. Loons can be heard anytime in Oklahoma if you are out where there are at least small groups of loons. As Steve mentioned, on foggy or low visibility days you can hear the loons calling with their wail call to stay in contact. On nice warm, calm winter days you can hear them call ever more often with what I call their barking call or "hoot" as they call it on the link Steve listed. However, rather than just a one note call they give this call multiple times with other loons calling also. On these nice days they also give the tremolo call a lot. On these nice winter days you usually hear them calling all day long. Starting in late February and especially March they will get even more vocal and in addition they will start flying around the lake. It is not unusual in mid-March to see and hear loons calling and flying low over the lake all day long. This includes Common, Red-throated and Pacific, but I have never seen a Yellow-billed Loon in flight. I usually don't seem the loons flying about much during the winter. Since this is about the time that they start leaving I assume that they are getting restless and are starting to exercise their wings before migrating north. Cheers, Jim Arterburn Tulsa, OK www.pbase.com/oklahomabirder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Schafer" To: Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:25 AM Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish AT Sooner Lake On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:13:54 -0600, you wrote: >I'll have to get out to Tenkiller before they leave. They didn't call >(or I didn't hear them) when we were there in December. I've never >heard loons except in the North -- Maine, Minnesota, Alaska. Of >course, we've never had so many loons in my memory, either. And the >day length is increasing rapidly. I'm not sure that wintering-ground-loon-calling is a seasonal thing so much as it is a weather thing. As others have mentioned, they've heard the loons calling when it was foggy, and that's the same conditions under which I've heard loons calling at Lake Hefner. The call that I've heard there isn't the well-known tremolo call that we've all heard in movie soundtracks (if not in person), but the wail call, which is apparently a contact call. So it would make sense that that's what you would hear on a foggy day. Here's a web site that gives examples of the various Common Loon calls: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/images.html -Steve Subject: FW: Loons From: Lela McCracken <lela_mccracken AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:27:48 -0600 Forwarded with permission from Leann Bunn.... And, for what it's worth, it was the Tremolo we heard yesterday. And we heard both the Tremolo and Wail last week at Tenkiller. And it was just great fun, hiding behind cover....watching it wrestle that fish! Happy Birding, Lela and Bill McCracken Ponca City, OK From: lbunn AT otrd.state.ok.us To: lela_mccracken AT hotmail.com Subject: Loons Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:55:09 -0600 We hear the Loons call here at Tenkiller early in the morning or just before they raft up for their evening sleep. We also tend to hear them more on foggy or really overcast days, they are locating each other. Loons are very solitary birds only tolerating their mates while they are on their breeding lakes up north but during the winter that changes. They become quite social and tend to stay in groups to a degree, here on Lake Tenkiller. I didn't post to the list serve because for some reason my posts have been coming back of late.....don't know the problem and too busy to bother with it. I still get to enjoy what everyone else sees.......happy birding! Thank you Leann Bunn, Naturalist Tenkiller State Park _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ Subject: Re: Needed!!! "Bird" field trip leader for Oklahoma Academy of Science Spring Field Trip Meeting April 9-11 at Lake Wister State Park! From: Mia Revels <revels AT NSUOK.EDU> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:13:29 -0600 Cameron, I will forward this message to Dr. Paulissen, he is organizing the meeting. I don't know if he has found anyone yet or not!!! Dr. R On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Cameron Chesbro wrote: > I will do it!!! sorry I haven't had access to a computer the last couple of > days. > > Cameron Chesbro > >> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:12:45 -0600 >> From: revels AT NSUOK.EDU >> Subject: Needed!!! "Bird" field trip leader for Oklahoma Academy of >> Science Spring Field Trip Meeting April 9-11 at Lake Wister State Park! >> To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU >> >> Okay, So I was wondering why noone had responded to my email. I left >> out the very important word "needed". A field trip leader is NEEDED. >> Any takers? >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> "Bird" field trip leader needed for Oklahoma Academy of Science Spring >> Field >> Trip Meeting April 9-11 at Lake Wister State Park! >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mia Revels >> Tahlequah, OK >> >> p.s. Stephanie and Tiffany - I may be there also, not sure yet!!! >> >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Mia Revels wrote: >> > "Bird" field trip leader for Oklahoma Academy of Science Spring Field >> > Trip Meeting April 9-11 at Lake Wister State Park! >> > Anyone interested in this? >> > >> > Mia Revels >> > Tahlequah, OK >> > > > ________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft�s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. Subject: Re: Accipiter ID From: JOS GRZYBOWSKI <j_grzybowski AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:47:09 -0800 Howdy, �The only character that suggests goshawk is the wavy, almost zig-zag��tail band.� Steve Schafer points out that is may be from missing tail feathers.� The character is that it should actually be zig-zagged, not just wavy.� This character has been pointed out in a few field guides, but is overrated as a point of distinction, and can be misinterpreted.� Many (most) imm. Cooper's have wavy tail bands, this one is only a little more zig-zagged.� But as Brian indicated, in goshawks, the bands ALSO should be margined thinly in white; this one not so, thus just a Cooper's variant.� This zig-zagging in goshawks also shows up on the folded primaries, although that is hard to decipher in these photos.� So caution should be used in using this character. � But there are other features for separating imm. goshawks from Cooper's including�body bulk, eye-color, a real eye-line, level of buff wash�on underparts, whether streaked or not on leggings and belly, level of white spotting on upperparts.� These all come out Cooper's on this bird (except can't tell on latter).� � And, this may just be suggestive, but goshawks are deep-forest birds.� Cooper's have adapted to people to the point of now nesting in many suburban areas.� While anything is possible, goshawks in town are really out of context. �Cooper's are expected in town. CHEERS,�������������������������� JOE Grzybowski � ________________________________ From: David McNeely To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU Sent: Thu, February 4, 2010 11:40:42 AM Subject: Re: Accipiter ID I'd say Cooper's Hawk.� The tail bands are interesting, though.� David Mc ---- Brian Davis wrote: > Now I know how excited everyone gets when it comes to hawk IDs, so here goes- > > This young thing was perched over my backyard in central Norman last > weekend, keeping the feeders vacant.� I originally thought, "Hey cool, > there is a juvie Cooper's Hawk in my yard".� The breast streaking > pattern is pretty standard for that species.� However, the tail was > obscured by a branch (but I wasn't worried about that- nothing looked > awry from the waist up).� It was only when I stepped out my back door > to get a different angle that something looked funny.� The tail shows > distinctly wavy banding, which suggests Northern Goshawk (now hold > your horses, I'm not proposing anything here!).� I know the dark bands > are typically bordered by white in a goshawk, but I'm not sure if that > is usually only visible on the dorsal (upper) surface- I only saw the > ventral side.� There is a white eyebrow on this bird, but it is not > very bold.� The breast streaking is thin and limited to the breast > (doesn't seem to be on the underparts, as would be expected in a > goshawk).� It sat there for a little while, so I picked up my three > year old to show him the hawk.� Just then, a flock of songbirds put it > into attack mode and off it went, too level to show any more details > of the wings or tail. > > So there you have it- this bird has very wavy tail banding and > something of an eyebrow, but is otherwise very Cooper's-esque.� Any > thoughts about this blend of features?� Here is the link to photos: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/bmdavis81/Accipiter?authkey=Gv1sRgCPyHvcKR2I3k9AE&feat=directlink > > > I do especially like the shot of the head completely inverted. > > Brian > > -- > _________________________________________ > > Brian M. Davis > Department of Zoology and > Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History > University of Oklahoma > 2401 Chautauqua Ave. > Norman, OK 73072 > (405) 325-4772 > bmdavi AT ou.edu Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: Steve Schafer <steve AT FENESTRA.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:25:13 -0500 On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:13:54 -0600, you wrote: >I'll have to get out to Tenkiller before they leave. They didn't call >(or I didn't hear them) when we were there in December. I've never >heard loons except in the North -- Maine, Minnesota, Alaska. Of >course, we've never had so many loons in my memory, either. And the >day length is increasing rapidly. I'm not sure that wintering-ground-loon-calling is a seasonal thing so much as it is a weather thing. As others have mentioned, they've heard the loons calling when it was foggy, and that's the same conditions under which I've heard loons calling at Lake Hefner. The call that I've heard there isn't the well-known tremolo call that we've all heard in movie soundtracks (if not in person), but the wail call, which is apparently a contact call. So it would make sense that that's what you would hear on a foggy day. Here's a web site that gives examples of the various Common Loon calls: http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/images.html -Steve Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: David McNeely <mcneely4 AT COX.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 08:13:54 -0600 Great! I'll have to get out to Tenkiller before they leave. They didn't call (or I didn't hear them) when we were there in December. I've never heard loons except in the North -- Maine, Minnesota, Alaska. Of course, we've never had so many loons in my memory, either. And the day length is increasing rapidly. David ---- Lela McCracken wrote: > > Yes, we both heard it call....I turned to my other half and exclaimed, "That's a Loon!" > And it was. He was already looking for it. We located it in the bay. > > We also heard them calling quite a lot last week at Tenkiller. > > -Lela > > > > > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:38:13 -0600 > > From: mcneely4 AT COX.NET > > Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish AT Sooner Lake > > To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > > > > did you say you HEARD the loon? Wow. Quite unusual down here, or even up north except in summer. Neat. David Mc > > > > ---- Lela McCracken wrote: > > > > > > It was drizzly, foggy, misty, and cold at Sooner Lake this afternoon. The temperature was 37° Fahrenheit. > > > We didn't see the Scoter that was reported earlier, but did see the usual Buffleheads, Goldeneyes, Mallards, Coots, > > > Cormorants, Scaups, and Gulls - plus a few Harriers. Oh yes, and one Canada Goose acting strange...swimming around > > > with his neck level with the water and his head in the water...we had to watch it for a while to figure out what it was. > > > And the ducks are definitely pairing up...lots of head bobbing & squabbles among the Buffleheads. > > > > > > But the one surprise for the day came when we heard a Loon - even before we saw it. It was in the little bay by the > > > main boat ramp area on Highway 15. We watched it swim and dive for a while before we eventually > > > saw it come up with a fish. And here was the kicker, that fish (possibly a Hybrid Striped Bass) > > > was at least as big as the Loon's head. The drizzle and fog did little to help me out with photography, > > > but you need to check this out if you have time. The poor Loon wrestled that fish for at least 15-20 minutes. > > > Even stopping mid-way through to do a little wing-flap. Part way through the tussle, a gull checked in > > > to see what was going on. The Loon finally gave up and went away hungry. But perhaps > > > it learned a little something. ;-) > > > > > > Pics are here. > > > > > > Happy Birding! > > > Lela Bouse-McCracken > > > Ponca City, OK > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ Subject: Nickel Preserve Winter Bird Count tomorrow! (Saturday) From: Mia Revels <revels AT NSUOK.EDU> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 06:24:32 -0600 Even though the weather is not looking optimal, we are still hoping that lots of folks show up, you know, the tough ones ;-) Chris and I are cooking up some big pots of chili as an incentive/reward! Actually, I am thinking of Crescent Dragonwagon Soup. If you want to know what that tastes like, you better show up! I am reposting the original note below! Mia Revels Tahlequah OK Hello Oklahoma Birders! The Sixth Annual Nickel Preserve Winter Bird Count is scheduled this year for Saturday, February 6th from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. I hope that many of you will be able to participate! If you haven't visited the Nickel Preserve yet, this is a great opportunity to bird in one of the most beautiful natural areas in Oklahoma. The preserve is located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains with the scenic Illinois River flowing through and adjacent to some areas: http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oklahoma/preserves/nickel.html Newcomers are very welcome and can contact me for information and directions (revels AT nsuok.edu, (918) 444-3824). We will meet at the Eagle Bluff Resort parking lot on Hwy 10 just a few miles northeast of Tahlequah at 8:00 am. Chris Wilson and I will pass out bird checklists and maps and we will organize into groups with assigned areas to cover. Folks can lunch on their own, and we will all meet at the Preserve Headquarters at 3:00 for hot chili! At that time we will compile a species list for the day (with numbers to be tabulated later). I look forward to seeing you there! Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: Brian Davis <bmdavi AT OU.EDU> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:25:25 -0600 I've heard loons call at Lake Texoma before- in fact, this very winter, back in December. There were several calling early on a very misty morning. It was cold, too. Maybe the visibility has something to do with it? Brian On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Lela McCracken wrote: > Yes, we both heard it call....I turned to my other half and exclaimed, > "That's a Loon!" > And it was. He was already looking for it. We located it in the bay. > > We also heard them calling quite a lot last week at Tenkiller. > > -Lela > > > >> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:38:13 -0600 >> From: mcneely4 AT COX.NET >> Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish AT Sooner Lake >> To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU >> >> did you say you HEARD the loon? Wow. Quite unusual down here, or even up >> north except in summer. Neat. David Mc >> >> ---- Lela McCracken wrote: >> > >> > It was drizzly, foggy, misty, and cold at Sooner Lake this afternoon. >> > The temperature was 37� Fahrenheit. >> > We didn't see the Scoter that was reported earlier, but did see the >> > usual Buffleheads, Goldeneyes, Mallards, Coots, >> > Cormorants, Scaups, and Gulls - plus a few Harriers. Oh yes, and one >> > Canada Goose acting strange...swimming around >> > with his neck level with the water and his head in the water...we had to >> > watch it for a while to figure out what it was. >> > And the ducks are definitely pairing up...lots of head bobbing & >> > squabbles among the Buffleheads. >> > >> > But the one surprise for the day came when we heard a Loon - even before >> > we saw it. It was in the little bay by the >> > main boat ramp area on Highway 15. We watched it swim and dive for a >> > while before we eventually >> > saw it come up with a fish. And here was the kicker, that fish (possibly >> > a Hybrid Striped Bass) >> > was at least as big as the Loon's head. The drizzle and fog did little >> > to help me out with photography, >> > but you need to check this out if you have time. The poor Loon wrestled >> > that fish for at least 15-20 minutes. >> > Even stopping mid-way through to do a little wing-flap. Part way through >> > the tussle, a gull checked in >> > to see what was going on. The Loon finally gave up and went away hungry. >> > But perhaps >> > it learned a little something. ;-) >> > >> > Pics are here. >> > >> > Happy Birding! >> > Lela Bouse-McCracken >> > Ponca City, OK >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. >> > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ > > ________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft�s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. -- _________________________________________ Brian M. Davis Department of Zoology and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072 (405) 325-4772 bmdavi AT ou.edu Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish @ Sooner Lake From: Lela McCracken <lela_mccracken AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:41:26 -0600 Yes, we both heard it call....I turned to my other half and exclaimed, "That's a Loon!" And it was. He was already looking for it. We located it in the bay. We also heard them calling quite a lot last week at Tenkiller. -Lela > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:38:13 -0600 > From: mcneely4 AT COX.NET > Subject: Re: Loon Attempting to eat Fish AT Sooner Lake > To: OKBIRDS AT LISTS.OU.EDU > > did you say you HEARD the loon? Wow. Quite unusual down here, or even up north except in summer. Neat. David Mc > > ---- Lela McCracken wrote: > > > > It was drizzly, foggy, misty, and cold at Sooner Lake this afternoon. The temperature was 37� Fahrenheit. > > We didn't see the Scoter that was reported earlier, but did see the usual Buffleheads, Goldeneyes, Mallards, Coots, > > Cormorants, Scaups, and Gulls - plus a few Harriers. Oh yes, and one Canada Goose acting strange...swimming around > > with his neck level with the water and his head in the water...we had to watch it for a while to figure out what it was. > > And the ducks are definitely pairing up...lots of head bobbing & squabbles among the Buffleheads. > > > > But the one surprise for the day came when we heard a Loon - even before we saw it. It was in the little bay by the > > main boat ramp area on Highway 15. We watched it swim and dive for a while before we eventually > > saw it come up with a fish. And here was the kicker, that fish (possibly a Hybrid Striped Bass) > > was at least as big as the Loon's head. The drizzle and fog did little to help me out with photography, > > but you need to check this out if you have time. The poor Loon wrestled that fish for at least 15-20 minutes. > > Even stopping mid-way through to do a little wing-flap. Part way through the tussle, a gull checked in > > to see what was going on. The Loon finally gave up and went away hungry. But perhaps > > it learned a little something. ;-) > > > > Pics are here. > > > > Happy Birding! > > Lela Bouse-McCracken > > Ponca City, OK > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft�s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/