Recorder’s Report

The ducks and winter birds are arriving as the last of the summer birds are leaving. What an exciting time to be birding.  As the … Read more

Birds and birders were busy this summer with activity in all Central Oklahoma counties.  While most counties reported additional new bird species for the year, … Read more

A Major Migration Month On March 10th Caitlin Rottler came across Burrowing Owl in Canadian County.  On March 28th Rachel Wrenn detected Louisiana Waterthrush in … Read more

March started with the coldest day this winter on the 4th and continued cold throughout the month.  Still birders were out recording the spring migration.  … Read more

Recorders Report by Esther Key During February winter was in full swing with several events of ice and snow.  Quite a number of people participated … Read more

Recorders Report by Esther Key Quite a few birders celebrated the start of the New Year by going birding. On the 1st at Mitch Park … Read more

Recorders Report by Esther Key   The year ended with quite a few interesting species arriving to spend the winter bringing individual county counts up.  … Read more

Recorders Report Fall arrivals by Esther Key Once again feeder watchers are being surprised by Red-breasted Nuthatches and lake observers have found rare swimmers and … Read more

Recorders Report by Esther Key   On the 3rd Cale Corley found Gray Catbird at Sanborn Lake in Payne County.  On the 4th Caleb McKinney … Read more

Recorders Report Some are arriving: Some are leaving by Esther Key Birds previously reported during the year are Inca Dove and Short-eared Owl by Emily … Read more

Changes Although the summer was busy with nesting and juvenile birds learning survival skills, August brought important changes in bird movements and in eBird reporting … Read more

November 2017 Fall Rarities As the weather cooled down, several interesting species appeared in the area. Scoters were discovered in various locations for a total … Read more

Recorders Report – SEPTEMBER 2017 Endings and Beginnings   Birds were hard to find during September as many of the summer birds were leaving and … Read more

Recorders Report – October 2017 Flyover Surprises   During migration sometimes the best discoveries are those that briefly flyover as they move from summer to … Read more

Recorders Report – December 2017 A Snowy December December was a very exciting month.  Besides interesting Christmas Bird Counts, several Snowy Owls were discovered in … Read more

Recorders Report – January 2018 A raft of unusual birds A New Year and time to start a New Year bird list and an excellent … Read more

Recorders Report – February 2018 Backyards and Playgrounds While February is a quiet month with a continuation of winter birds, an exciting late winter species … Read more

Recorders Report – March 2018 Spring Begins As the redbuds and wild plum thickets began to bloom, visions of spring and spring migrants begin dancing … Read more

Recorders Report – April 2018 April Fool What an Unbelievable month !!!  Just when everything thought spring was here, Snow, Freezing Rain, and Sleet arrived … Read more

Recorders Report From one extreme to another Where was spring?  April was recorded as the second coldest in Oklahoma history and then May turned around … Read more

Summer Additions You never know what you will find when you go out birding.  Who would have thought on June 25th a Wood Stork would … Read more

Migration Surprises Several rare and hard to identify species were reported during the month beginning with the Common Tern first reported on July 29 by … Read more

Busy Birding What a busy month with so many new species arriving in the Central Oklahoma area, while resident birds are building nests and raising … Read more

The Great Backyard Bird Count What a busy birding month!! This year the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) dates were 17, 18, 19, 20 and … Read more

7700 Club WOW !!  What a busy month.  Birds were migrating and birders were busy recording their visits to Central Oklahoma.  Also at the end … Read more

The New Year Starting the 2017 New Year during January, bird reports were entered into eBird from all Central Oklahoma counties with 3 of them … Read more

When Out Looking Sometime bird reports are on the verge of Ripley’s Believe it or Not.  In October a Magnificent Frigatebird was spotted on Lake … Read more

 A warm fall The warm fall weather continued in November which helped delay the winter migrants.  Still many interesting shore birds and sparrows were discovered … Read more

The End of the Year December was a busy month with Christmas Bird Counts all over the state.  Even so birders had time to find … Read more

Early Spring Now is the time to be alert.  Migrants are arriving in central Oklahoma; sometimes several new ones in a single day.  The drought … Read more