Tulsa Audubon Society Recorder's
Annual Report Summary of Rare Records for 1997
The following is a list of records that required documentation according to the Date Guide to the Occurrences of Birds in Oklahoma, second edition, (1992) published by the Oklahoma Ornithological Society and compiled by the Oklahoma Bird Records Committee. Verifying documentation is requested for sightings of species that are extralimital, and/or outside expected dates, and/or classified as rare. Information contained in this summary includes the species, date of observation, observer(s), whether the All sightings were in Tulsa County, unless noted.
| SPECIES | NOTE * | DATE | OBSERVERS | DOC. | REASON |
| Pacific Loon | 3/28-11/14 | THIRTY TWO REPORTS | Yes | Extralimital | |
| Common Loon | 3/8-3/10 | THREE REPORTS | No | Date | |
| Horned Grebe | 5/3 | Terry Mitchell | No | Date | |
| Red-necked Grebe | 12/6 | Bill Carrell | Yes | Extralimital | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | 3/28 | Jim Arterburn | No | Date, Range | |
| Great Egret | 12/20 | J. Arterburn | Yes | Date | |
| Snowy Egret | 10/14-11/1 | FOUR REPORTS | No | Date | |
| White-faced Ibis | 5/2 | Jim Arterburn | No | Rare | |
| White-faced Ibis | 5/26 | Jim Arterburn | No | Rare | |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Osage | 9/3 | Jim Arterburn | Yes | Range |
| Mute Swan | Creek | 1/24 | Jo Loyd | No | Status Uncertain |
| Cinnamon Teal | 3/29 | Scott Dingman | No | Range | |
| Cinnamon Teal | 4/13 | J. Arterburn | Yes | Range | |
| Northern Shoveler | 7/12 | Patricia Seibert | Yes | Date | |
| Gadwall | 5/24 | P. Seibert | No | Date | |
| Ring-necked Duck | 5/11-5/26 | J. Arterburn | Yes | Date | |
| Greater Scaup | ??? | SIX REPORTS | FOUR DOCUMENTED | Rare | |
| Lesser Scaup | 10/28 | J. Arterburn | No | Date | |
| Oldsquaw | 11/22 | TMB (Aline Romero) | No | Date | |
| Oldsquaw | 11/2 | B. Carrell | Yes | Date | |
| White-winged Scoter | 11/2 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Rare | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | 12/19 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Range | |
| Common Merganser | 9/11 | P. Seibert | No | Date | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 5/9-5/26 | J. Arterburn | No | Date | |
| Ruddy Duck | 5/17 | TAS (Neely Lowrie) | No | Date | |
| Osprey | FOUR REPORTS | ONE DOCUMENTED | Date | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 9/7 | Laurel Upshaw | No | Date | |
| Northern Goshawk | 10/4 | J. Arterburn | No | Range | |
| Merlin | EIGHT REPORTS | SIX DOCUMENTED | Rare | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | FIVE REPORTS | NONE DOCUMENTED | Rare | ||
| Yellow Rail | ** | 10/20 | J. Arterburn | ** | Status Uncertain |
| Snowy Plover | 4/16 | B. Carrell | Yes | Rare | |
| Semipalmated Plover | 4/9 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Date | |
| Piping Plover | 7/29 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Rare | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 12/6 | TMB (A. Romero) | No | Date | |
| Whimbrel | Pawnee | 5/17 | J. Arterburn | No | Rare |
| Red Knot | Pawnee | 5/26 | J. Arterburn | No | Rare, Date |
| Sanderling | 7/29 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Date | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 3/27 | Jo Loyd | No | Date | |
| Dunlin | 1/1-1/2 | THREE REPORTS | No | Date | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Pawnee | 5/26 | J. Arterburn | No | Rare |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | 10/7 | TMB (A. Romero) | Yes | Rare | |
| Laughing Gull | Pawnee | 5/17 | J. Arterburn | No | Rare |
| California Gull | 1/18 | J. Arterburn | Yes | Extralimital | |
| Thayer's Gull | 1/17-1/30 | FOUR REPORTS | No | Status Uncertain | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1/17 | J. Arterburn | Yes | Extralimital | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1/14 | J. Loyd, Marty Kamp | Yes | Extralimital | |
| Sabine's Gull | 9/7 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Extralimital | |
| Common Tern | FOUR REPORTS | NONE DOCUMENTED | Rare | ||
| Forster's Tern | 3/10 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Date | |
| Forster's Tern | 11/23 | B. Carrell | Yes | Date | |
| Ringed Turtle-Dove | 3/25 | Hannah Bass | No | Status Uncertain | |
| Ringed Turtle-Dove | 6/14-6/30 | DOCUMENTED IN 1996 | Status Uncertain | ||
| Eurasian Collared Dove | EIGHT REPORTS | DOCUMENTED IN 1996 | Status Uncertain | ||
| Inca Dove | 11/27-12/30 | Jo Bible | Yes | Range | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 5/17 | B. Carrell | Yes | Rare | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 5/20 | B. Carrell | Yes | Rare | |
| Common Nighthawk | THREE REPORTS | NONE DOCUMENTED | Date | ||
| Whip-poor-will | 9/27 | J. Arterburn | No | Date | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | 3/9 | Tom Horn | Yes | Date, Rare | |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Rogers | 9/7 | B. Carrell | No | Date |
| Fish Crow | 10/21-11/1 | TWO REPORTS | No | Date | |
| Fish Crow | 12/30 | TMB (A. Romero) | Yes | Date | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 9/18-9/27 | FIVE REPORTS | No | Date | |
| Brown Creeper | 5/3 | A. Romero et. al. | No | Date | |
| Winter Wren | 4/30 | P. Seibert | No | Date | |
| Veery | 5/8 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Rare | |
| Veery | 5/19 | L. Upshaw | Yes | Rare | |
| Swainson's Thrush | 9/27 | J. Arterburn | No | Rare | |
| Gray Catbird | 12/22 | Elaine Renning | No | Date | |
| American Pipit | 8/16 | Jo Loyd | No | Date | |
| Cedar Waxwing | 6/10 | T. Mitchell | No | Date | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | NINE REPORTS | SIX DOCUMENTED | Rare | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 5/24 | P. Seibert | No | Date | |
| Nashville Warbler | 5/24 | P. Seibert | No | Date | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | 5/24 | P. Seibert | No | Date | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Creek | 9/21 | TAS (Jeff Cox) | No | Rare |
| Magnolia Warbler | 9/26 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Rare | |
| Palm Warbler | 5/3 | John Dole | Yes | Rare | |
| Palm Warbler | 10/20 | B. Carrell | Yes | Rare | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 5/8 | B. Carrell | Yes | Rare | |
| Cerulean Warbler | 4/15 | Scott Dingman | No | Rare | |
| American Redstart | 5/27 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Date | |
| Swainson's Warbler | 5/4 | B. Carrell | Yes | Rare | |
| Ovenbird | 10/11-10/18 | THREE REPORTS | No | Date | |
| Hooded Warbler | 5/3 | M. Kamp et. al. | Yes | Range | |
| Hooded Warbler | ** | 9/25 | J. Arterburn | ** | Range |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 9/25-10/11 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Date | |
| Bachman's Sparrow | Osage | 8/23 | TAS (P. Seibert) | Yes | Range |
| Chipping Sparrow | 12/20 | L. Upshaw et. al. | No | Date | |
| Vesper Sparrow | 9/2 | TMB (A. Romero) | Yes | Date | |
| Savannah Sparrow | 5/27 | TMB (A. Romero) | No | Date | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Washington | 6/4 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Rare |
| Henslow's Sparrow | 7/12 | Jo Loyd | Yes | Rare | |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Osage | 8/23 | TAS (P. Seibert) | Yes | Rare |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 5/3-5/6 | TWO REPORTS | No | Date | |
| Rusty Blackbird | 5/3 | BDC #6, A. Romero | No | Date | |
| Red Crossbill | 5/14-5/18 | Edison Jeffus | Yes | Date | |
| Red Crossbill | Creek | 6/2 | Randy Wood | No | Date |
| Red Crossbill | 6/18 | Donna Hart | Yes | Date |
* Other than Tulsa County
** Bird was found dead, the specimen preserved in a collection.