Keystone WMA - Cimarron Unit ("Buckeye Creek") - Oilton, OK - August 1, 2010

Location: Keystone WMA - Cimarron (Buckeye Creek) - Oilton, OK


Map: http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=36.108305,-96.51824&spn=0.015776,0.027509&t=h&z=15&msid=103228297516276567813.00048cdc84b242b8e4447
Observation date: 8/2/10

Number of species: 16



Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias   6

Great Egret - Ardea alba   2

Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea   1

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura   6

Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus   1

Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes   2

Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus   3

Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus   2

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus   1

Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus   2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea   3

Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis   6

Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos   1

Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis   4

Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea   12

Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris   1
 
    We got a late start on Saturday morning and paid for it Saturday afternoon. It must have been at or above 100 degrees by the time we left (around 1:30 pm). So the word for the day was HOT.
 
-SPQ 8/3/2010