Went to HF looking for nesting activity. Interesting results.
Lou Truex
Tillman - Hackberry Flat Survey, Tillman, Oklahoma, US Jun 4, 2025 11:14 AM - 3:26 PM Protocol: Traveling 17.221 mile(s) 47 species (+2 other taxa)
Blue-winged Teal 160 1 On nest. 95% of the BWTE seen were males. Northern Shoveler 44 2 On nest. Don't remember having this species nest at HF before. Gadwall 2 Mallard 9 Northern Pintail 4 Green-winged Teal 3 Pic tba Cont birds Redhead 4 Ruddy Duck 38 3 on nest Northern Bobwhite 2 Mourning Dove 33 Common Nighthawk 8 King Rail 1 Common Gallinule 1 American Coot 56 23 on nest Black-necked Stilt 78 27 on nest American Avocet 59 14 on nests Killdeer 36 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Barring down flanks and on neck. Wilson's Phalarope 5 Stilt Sandpiper 2 D-curved bills, yellow-green legs with no belly spots or blacking unlike Dunlins. The blacking was in the form of barring on the flanks and across the belly. White-rumped Sandpiper 54 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 shorebird sp. 25 Black Tern 2 Pied-billed Grebe 12 5 on nest Eared Grebe 27 18 On nest Glossy Ibis 1 Continuing bird. Correct leg coloration pattern of gray-red-gray with blue facial outline and gray facial skin White-faced Ibis 265 26 On nest. One berm about 100 yards long was shoulder to shoulder WFIB. It seemed they were trying to start a nesting process but I've not seen them as open as they were on that berm. Last time they nested at HF, it was in tall grass. Snowy Egret 3 Western Cattle-Egret 8 Great Egret 12 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 2 Pics TBA Swainson's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 2 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Horned Lark 2 Barn Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 2 Northern Mockingbird 2 Lark Sparrow 2 Eastern Meadowlark 13 Western/Eastern Meadowlark 10 Red-winged Blackbird 96 Nesting in every wet unit. Common Grackle 13 Great-tailed Grackle 2 Dickcissel 46
