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| Indian Nations Audubon Society Eastern Oklahoma Muskogee, Tahlequah, Wagoner Fort Gibson & Tenkiller Lakes |
| Fort Gibson Lake Christmas Bird Count December 23, 2006 |
| CBC started out with dense fog! The 2006 CBC had a slow start - dense fog at Fort Gibson Lake until 10:00 a.m.! Nevertheless, our dedicated participants persevered. After the fog burned off, the species list increased dramatically! Participants included Jeri McMahon, Jim Winner, Jim Harman, Tom Alford, Al & Phyllis Mutzig, Jay Isbell, Elsie Stubbs, Vera Jennings, Ken Williams, Jim Deming, Rose Reasoner, Bill & Kelly Godley, Bill Clark, Kona Tackett, & David Dyer. Jeri McMahon, CBC Compiler, reports: "Our Ft. Gibson CBC was held on December 23rd, and we had dense fog for 2 1/2 hours in the morning. Couldn't see a thing!! But we pushed on, and had a good count the rest of the day. We had 9 teams, all with excellent birders, and came up with 100 species for the total count." "Birds of interest were: 1 Sandhill Crane, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 60 Least Sandpipers, 2 Rough-legged Hawks, 7 Eastern Phoebes, 10 sparrow species, including 7 LeConte's, and 4 wren species, including a House Wren. Birds missed were: Common Grackle, Wilson's Snipe, Spotted Towhee (we did get an Eastern Towhee), Northern Bobwhite, Wild Turkey, Herring Gull, and some ducks - Canvasback, Redhead, Common Goldeneye, and Ruddy Duck. The Pine Warbler was missed at Sequoyah State Park." "The fog really put us behind, so we didn't get to cover every single area, but we did the best we could with 16 participants. Thanks to all who participated, and helped with the tally at my house afterwards. A good time was had by all." |
| 2006 Fort Gibson Lake CBC Species List by Jeri McMahon, CBC Compiler (Order, Total species & birds in Order, Species, Total frequency of species) ANSERIFORMES (16 species & 6757 birds) Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 (Count Week) Snow Goose, 4390 Canada Goose, 524 Wood Duck, 2 Gadwall, 77 American Wigeon, 1 Mallard, 678 Northern Shoveler, 15 Northern Pintail, 11 Green-winged Teal, 202 Ring-necked Duck, 53 Lesser Scaup, 33 Bufflehead, 4 Hooded Merganser, 6 Common Merganser, 20 Red-breasted Merganser, 740 GAVIIFORMES (1 specie & 8 birds) Common Loon, 8 PODICIPEDIFORMES (2 species & 711 birds) Pied-billed Grebe, 70 Horned Grebe, 641 PELECANIFORMES (2 species & 808 birds) American White Pelican, 406 Double-crested Cormorant, 402 CICONIIFORMES (3 species & 278 birds) Great Blue Heron, 48 Black Vulture, 147 Turkey Vulture, 83 FALCONIFORMES (8 species & 160 birds) Bald Eagle, 7 (5 adults, 2 immature.) Northern Harrier, 23 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Cooper’s Hawk, 3 Red-shouldered Hawk, 11 Red-tailed Hawk, 89 (Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk, 2) Rough-legged Hawk, 2 American Kestrel, 24 GRUIFORMES (2 species & 66 birds) American Coot, 65 Sandhill Crane, 1 CHARADRIIFORMES (7 species & 1218 birds) Killdeer, 81 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Least Sandpiper, 60 Franklin’s Gull, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 339 Ring-billed Gull, 698 Forster’s Tern, 37 COLUMBIFORMES (3 species & 230 birds) Rock Pigeon, 109 Eurasian Collared-Dove, 9 Mourning Dove, 112 STRIGIFORMES (3 species & 5 birds) Eastern Screech Owl, 1 Great Horned Owl, 3 Barred Owl, 1 CORACIIFORMES (1 species & 8 birds) Belted Kingfisher, 8 PICIFORMES (7 species & 240 birds) Red-headed Woodpecker, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 53 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, 10 Downy Woodpecker, 65 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Northern Flicker, 102 Pileated Woodpecker, 8 PASSERIFORMES (47 species & 6771 birds) TYRANNIDAE Eastern Phoebe, 7 LANIIDAE Loggerhead Shrike, 6 CORVIDAE Blue Jay, 163 American Crow, 369 ALAUDIDAE Horned Lark, 156 PARIDAE Carolina Chickadee, 139 Tufted Titmouse, 54 SITTIDAE Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 19 CERTHIIDAE Brown Creeper, 13 TROGLODYTIDAE Carolina Wren, 71 Bewick’s Wren, 4 House Wren, 1 Winter Wren, 1 REGULIDAE Golden-crowned Kinglet, 19 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 13 TURDIDAE Eastern Bluebird, 152 Hermit Thrush, 4 American Robin, 204 MIMIDAE Northern Mockingbird, 69 Brown Thrasher, 3 STURNIDAE European Starling, 1873 MOTACILLIDAE American Pipit, 43 BOMBYCILLIDAE Cedar Waxwing, 236 PARULIDAE Yellow-rumped Warbler, 174 EMBERIZIDAE Eastern Towhee, 1 American Tree Sparrow, 2 Chipping Sparrow, 1 (Count Week) Field Sparrow, 26 Savannah Sparrow, 45 LeConte’s Sparrow, 7 Fox Sparrow, 27 Song Sparrow, 166 Swamp Sparrow, 71 White-throated Sparrow, 129 Harris’s Sparrow, 42 White-crowned Sparrow, 89 Dark-eyed Junco, 658 Lapland Longspur, 2 CARDINALIDAE Northern Cardinal, 354 ICTERIDAE Red-winged Blackbird, 912 Eastern Meadowlark, 124 Brewer’s Blackbird, 1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 14 FRINGILLIDAE House Finch, 47 American Goldfinch, 77 PASSERIDAE House Sparrow, 182 Total Species = 100 Count Day + 2 Count Week = 102 Total Abundance (Birds) = 17,260 |
| LeConte's Sparrow Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area Wagoner County Fort Gibson Christmas Bird Count December 23, 2006 (Photo by Ken Williams) |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch Sequoyah Bay State Park Wagoner County Fort Gibson Christmas Bird Count December 23, 2006 (Photo by Ken Williams) |
| "It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so that a tree will rot as it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors knew in their nerves and blood." Bernard De Voto |