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Observation date: 9/2/10
Number of species: 27
Gadwall - Anas strepera 65
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 2
Great Egret - Ardea alba 8
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula 4
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea 1
Green Heron - Butorides virescens 1
White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi 1
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus 2
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 4
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 2
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 2
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 12
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 15
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis 12
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 2
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 2
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 3
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 2
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 9
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 5
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula 60
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 5
While counting and watching the shorebirds along Lake Sherry in Oxley NC I noticed a wading bird that did not look familiar immediately - a White-faced Ibis. I have only seen one once before when I was birding at Red Slough in far southeast Oklahoma. I was delighted to see one in Tulsa.
-Photo courtesy of Kevin Cole via wikipedia.org
-SPQ 9/8/2010
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