Location: Oxley Nature Center (North Woods) - Tulsa, OK
Map: http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103228297516276567813.0004913de32e15dcbb281&ll=36.225287,-95.924785&spn=0.008482,0.013754&t=h&z=16
Observation date: 9/25/10
Number of species: 18
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa 20
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 3
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus 1
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 1
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 2
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus 1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 7
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 35
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 3
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 2
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 15
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 1
Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra 2
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 5
While watching a Great Blue Heron fly across Mallard Lake, I noticed a large raptor perched above the water. The heron's passing flight must have distrubed the raptor because he abandoned his perch and flew above the water before finding a new perch. I identified the raptor as an Osprey, a new addition to the Lifelist and an amazing bird to see. Later in the hike I would see him fly over one of the oxbow lakes south of the North Woods trail, this time with a fish in his talons!
-Photo courtesy of Terry Ross, via Wikipedia.org
-SPQ 9/26/2010
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