Humphreys Lake Area
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From the 1986 edition of A Guide to Birding in
Oklahoma published by the Tulsa Audubon Society. This account has
only been partially reviewed to ensure accuracy.
 Traveling south from
Oklahoma City on the Bailey Turnpike, exit on US 81 and drive south to
Marlow, approximately 28 miles. From Marlow drive 1.5 miles east on SH
29, then 2 miles south and 2 miles east. Lake Humphreys is an 882-acre
lake. Most of the roads are all-weather; however, the dirt roads are
passable only in dry weather.
In the vicinity of the
lake are tall trees - pecan, elm, cottonwood, and willow--weedy fields,
wood margins, oak - wooded hillsides, mud flats, creeks and sloughs. The
usual birds in winter are 5 or 6 woodpeckers, Rufous-sided Towhee,
Red-tailed Hawk, sparrows, ducks, Hermit Thrush, Osprey, Yellow-rumped
Warbler, and Double-crested Cormorant. During summer there are
White-eyed and Red-eyed vireos, Chuck-wills-widows, sparrows, Painted
and Indigo buntings, Blue Grosbeaks, flycatchers, orchard and Northern
orioles, Barn and Rough-winged swallows, shorebirds, herons, Summer
Tanagers, and Mississippi Kites.
Uncommon or not usually
recorded birds during winter are Pine Siskins, Purple Finches,
Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Fox, Savannah, and Vesper sparrows, Common
Loon, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. In spring the list includes American
Redstart, Black-and-white Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Nashville warbler, and night-herons.
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