Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Newblock Park - Tulsa, OK - May 30 , 2010

Location: Newblock Park - Tulsa, OK

Map:  http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103228297516276567813.00048911e9c5b4937827a&ll=36.150593,-96.015315&spn=0.004245,0.006877&t=h&z=17



Observation date: 5/30/10

Number of species: 16



Canada Goose - Branta canadensis   9


Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura   1


Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis   1


Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura   2


Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus   1


Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis   2


Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus   1


Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica   1


Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis   1


American Robin - Turdus migratorius   1


Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos   1


European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris   3


Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis   2


Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea   2


Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris   1

Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula   3
 
I sat on a small berm that runs along the Arkansas River, which gave me a good vantage point of both the river and the trees alongside it.
 
A family of Canada Geese were foraging nearby, always careful to not get to close to my position. I counted 6 juveniles among the group.
 
-SPQ 6/15/2010

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