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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