Date: 1/12/25 4:24 am From: Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> Subject: Re: Big Pipit Day Tulsa 1/11/25
I know it’s not Oklahoma, but in Fort Smith it’s as close to OK as one can
get and not be in OK. We could see Oklahoma, if that counts. We had pipits
too. My husband and I drove down to the riverfront historic sites on Friday
morning. We had received around 10 inches of snow Thursday night. Near the
new Marshals Museum on Riverside Drive there were some tire tracks and
those tracks were full of American Pipits. We’d inch along and they would
fly up and then set back down. Over and over again. There was no place else
for them to go. No open spaces anywhere. I tried to do a quick count. There
were at least 40. Killdeer were also hanging out in the road.
We finished shooting snow photos at the museum and headed to the national
historic site and saw more pipits near the national cemetery on Wheeler
ave. It was so odd seeing them in town. Deep snow is hard on the prairie
types.
Sandy B.
Almost in Oklahoma
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM Zach Poland <zachapoland...> wrote:
> There was a large movement of American Pipits on 1/11/25 in the Tulsa
> metro, presumably due to the passing on the winter storm. I started the day
> with one at Manion Park along Joe Creek in Tulsa. I was excited because it
> was a new bird for my 5 mile radius patch. While somewhat common in the
> county, the lack of habitat in area makes this a jewel.
>
> Over the course of the day, I had them at 2 other locations in my 5MR. The
> most ridiculous one was in the parking lot of the Sprouts at 41st and
> Harvard while I was getting groceries.
>
> They went from jewel, to parking lot “trash bird” in less than 8 hrs.
>
> ZAP
