Saturday, May 22, 2010

Osage Prairie Trail - Hominy Creek Area - Sperry, OK - May 16, 2010


Location:  Osage Prairie Trail - Hominy Creek Area - Sperry, OK


Observation date: 5/16/10

Number of species: 18


Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura    4

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura    4

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus   1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris   1

Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis    1

Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus   2

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus    4

Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis    5

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea   1

Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus   1

American Robin - Turdus migratorius    4

Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos   2

Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra   1

Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis   5

Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea    5

Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris    1

Dickcissel - Spiza americana   3

Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus   2


A friend and I rode our bicycles from Sperry to Skiatook via the Osage Prairie Trail on Sunday, May 16th. We stopped periodically during the ride to watch some of the birds from the trail. It was a great afternoon to birdwatch; there were so many male birds conspiciously singing their mating calls.

The Dickcissels and Buntings were particularly vocal.

-Photo courtesy of INCOG
http://www.incog.org/transportation/trails.htm

-SPQ 5/22/2010

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