Roadside Table - near Fort Supply, Oklahoma - June 11, 2010

Location: Roadside Table - near Fort Supply, Oklahoma


Observation date: 6/11/10

Number of species: 2

Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica   2

Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus   1
 
     We stopped at a roadside table just west of Fort Supply to rest before pushing on to Tulsa. I noticed that a Barn Swallow was making quite a bit of noise nearby and kepy circling the table we were at. I looked above us, at the aluminium roof covering the table, and noticed a mud-based nest tucked away in the corner of the roof.
 

The Barn Swallows (another one appeared as I found the nest) were worried about our proximity to their nest. As we headed back to the
car I spotted a lone Lark Sparrow sitting on a barbed-wire fence.
 
-Lark Sparrow photo courtesy of naturepicsonline.com, via Wikipedia
 
-Nest photo courtesy of Wikipedia
 
-SPQ 6/19/2010