Seven Tulsa Audubon members met four Indian Nations Audubon members at Spavinaw State Park for a day of birds and wild flowers. After birding around the park and vicinity, we headed for the main objective; the City of Tulsa property between Lakes Spavinaw and Eucha, which has been largely untouched for 100 years.Migrating birds were scarce, but we did find Louisiana Waterthrushes, Northern Parula, and Yellow-throated Warbler. The Ozark wildflowers were blooming nicely, and we saw Woodland Phlox, Rue Anemone, Dutchman's Breeches, Bloodroot, Trout Lillies, Yellow and Blue Violets, Cutleaved Toothwort, and others we could not identify. Both Spavinaw and Eucha Lakes still had Common Loons, and Eucha had an Osprey. After lunch in Jay, we went to the upper Eucha area for a while before heading home. There we found a rookery of Great Blue Herons, and observed them coming and going for a while. We lucked out on the weather, and while we finished with only 52 bird species, we all agreed it was a very good trip.Here is the complete bird list:Canada GooseGadwallScaup sp.Common LoonPied-billed GrebeDouble-crested CormorantAmerican White PelicanGreat Blue HeronBlack VultureTurkey VultureOspreyBald EagleRed-shouldered HawkRed-tailed HawkAmerican CootBonaparte's GullFranklin's GullEurasian Collared-DoveMourning DoveRed-bellied WoodpeckerDowny WoodpeckerHairy WoodpeckerNorthern FlickerPileated WoodpeckerEastern PhoebeScissor-tailed FlycatcherBlue JayAmerican CrowFish CrowBarn SwallowCarolina ChickadeeTufted TitmouseWhite-breasted NuthatchCarolina WrenBlue-gray GnatcatcherEastern BluebirdAmerican RobinNorthern MockingbirdEuropean StarlingLouisiana WaterthrushNorthern ParulaYellow-throated WarblerChipping SparrowSong SparrowWhite-throated SparrowNorthern CardinalRed-winged BlackbirdCommon GrackleHouse FinchAmerican GoldfinchHouse Sparrow
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Note: These are not general nature camps, but are designed for youth that have a passion specifically for birds! You don't need to be an "expert" birder but do need to have a basic knowledge of birding and identifying birds.
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