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Great Salt Plains Lake: This 8,700-acre saltwater reservoir in northwest Oklahoma has been the spot where watchers have identified about 300 species of birds. Migrating sandhill cranes and ...
Hundreds of bird species will make brief stops in Oklahoma on their way south. The peak so far this season was during the cold front on Aug. 30, when radar measurements picked up an estimated 4.2 ...
Which hummingbirds have you seen in Oklahoma so far this spring? Plus, what to know about attracting hummingbirds to your garden.
This list of birds of Oklahoma includes species documented in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and accepted by the Oklahoma Ornithological Society's Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of May 2022, there were 488 species on the official list. [ 1 ]
The refuge was established March 26, 1930, by executive order of President Herbert Hoover, and contains 32,080 acres (130 km 2) of protected land as habitat to about 312 species of birds and 30 species of mammals. It was designated a national natural landmark in June 1983. [1] A map of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Bird fallout or migration fallout is the result of severe weather preventing migratory birds from reaching their destination. This can occur while birds are traveling south or returning to their breeding grounds. [1] Due to the distance travelled, birds will not have enough energy to continue flight when encountering high winds.
Birds traveling south could end up as far as California or Mexico during migration season, according to Wiedenfeld. In January 2010, one Rufous hummingbird was caught and marked in Tallahassee ...
A rarely seen eastern whip-poor-will by day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eastern whip-poor-will is currently in decline, though they remain fairly common. [9] In 2017, the eastern whip-poor-will was uplisted from least concern to near threatened on the IUCN Red List on the basis of citizen science observations demonstrating a decline in populations of the eastern whip-poor-will by over ...