About Salt Plains NWR:
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/saltplains/index.html
Location: Salt Plains NWR ("Eagle Roost Trail") - Jet, OK
Map:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=jet+ok&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.122306,56.337891&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Jet,+Alfalfa,+Oklahoma&ll=36.786845,-98.182969&spn=0.016841,0.027509&t=h&z=15
Observation date: 6/5/10Number of species: 7
Great Egret - Ardea alba 3
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 2
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 2
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 3
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 2
It was a sweltering 101 degrees when we arrived at the Salt Plains NWR; not exaclty ideal birding conditions.
Shelli and I walked the trail from the parking lot to its terminus at a small pond. We stopped to take some photos and rest at a small clearing found along the trail. A wooden table had been erected in the clearing, most likely for NWR interpretive programs.
At the end of the trail was a wooden boardwalk and observation deck that overlooks the small pond. We spotted 3 Great Egrets feeding in the area; one feeding on the north side of the pond.
No new birds for my lifelist were to be found at the Salt Plains NWR - but this is just the first stop (on the first day) of our vacation.
-Photos courtesy of Shelli.
-SPQ 6/14/2010
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