Date: 5/13/25 6:28 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 13
Lou Truex (Lawton, OK) and I surveyed birds today at Red Slough and found 77 species. The weather started off clear, calm, and mild but by noon it had turned windy and warm. We spent most of the survey chasing warblers and other migrant Passerines. We only spent the last hour in the reservoirs counting water birds which is why numbers on them are much lower than normal. We hit a good movement of migrant warblers early this morning with a lot of them getting by us unidentified. But we did get 16 warbler species counting local breeders. Here is our list for today: