Saturday, June 19, 2010

Greenleaf State Park ("Ankle Express" Hiking Trail) - Braggs, Oklahoma - June 18, 2010

About Greenleaf State Park:

http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.3236

About the "Ankle Express" Hiking Trail:

http://www.singletracks.com/bike-trails/oklahoma-ankle-express-hiking-trail-greenleaf-state-park.html

http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/622587

Location: Greenleaf State Park (Braggs, OK)

Map:  http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=74120&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.214763,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Tulsa,+Oklahoma+74120&ll=35.616802,-95.16778&spn=0.016641,0.043774&t=h&z=15


Observation date: 6/18/10

Number of species: 17

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias   5

Great Egret - Ardea alba   2

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura   6

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura   2

Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus   2

Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus   1

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus  3

Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata   3

American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos   4

Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica   75

Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis   3

Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus   8

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea   3

Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia   1

Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis   2

Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea   3

Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus   3

    A friend and I decided to hike the first portion of the Ankle Express trail on June 18th. We started at the trailhead and eventually reached the furthest extent of our hike about a mile north of the hanging bridge on Greenleaf Lake's east shore.

-Great Blue Heron photo courtesy of Terry Foote, via Wikipedia

-Blue-gray Gnatcatcher photo courtesy of Daniel Berganza, via Wikipedia

-SPQ 6/19/2010

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