Date: 10/1/25 2:20 pm From: Patricia Velte <pvelte...> Subject: October Migration Report (2 of 2)
Here is the lengthy list of departures for October:
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Cinnamon Teal
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October 8 - PAN, NW, SW
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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October 15 - ALL
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Common Poorwill
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October 14 - PAN, SW, SW, C, SC, NE
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Eastern Whip-poor-will
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October 1 - NE, SE: West to Osage, Tulsa and Okmulgee cos. Only in NE; and west to Pittsburg, Atoka and Choctaw cos. Only in SE
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Chimney Swift
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October 24 - ALL
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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October 18 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Purple Gallinule
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October 23 - Rare in Bryan and southern McCurtain Cos. Only
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American Avocet
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October 14 - PAN
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Semipalmated Plover
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October 17 - ALL
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Mountain Plover
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October 5 - PAN Rare in Cimarron Co Only
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Snowy Plover
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October 1 - PAN, NW, SW, C, SC, NE
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Long-billed Curlew
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October 10 - NW, SW, C, SC
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Stilt Sandpiper
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October 24 - ALL
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Sanderling
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October 19 - ALL
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Semipalmated Sandpiper
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October 6 - ALL
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Western Sandpiper
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October 10 - ALL
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Spotted Sandpiper
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October 4 – PAN and October 31 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE
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Solitary Sandpiper
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October 7 - ALL
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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October 7 – PAN and October 25 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Wilson's Phalarope
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October 1 - ALL
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Red-necked Phalarope
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October 19 - ALL
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Sabine's Gull
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October 23 - PAN, NW, C, SC, NE
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Laughing Gull
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October 31 - NW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Caspian Tern
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October 17 - ALL
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Black Tern
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October 4 - ALL
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Common Tern
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October 19 - NW, C, SC, NE
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Neotropic Cormorant
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October 15 - NW, SW, C, SC, SE
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Anhinga
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October 29 - SE Southern McCurtain Co Only
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Snowy Egret
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October 24 - ALL
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Little Blue Heron
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October 15 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE
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Green Heron
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October 2 - PAN and October 21 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Black-crowned Night-Heron
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October 5 - PAN
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
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October 10 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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White Ibis
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October 28 - McCurtain Co Only
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White-faced Ibis
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October 12 - PAN, NW and October 26 - SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Roseate Spoonbill
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October 8 - Rare in Johnston and Marshall cos Only in SC; and southern McCurtain Co Only in SE; also Rare in Bryan Co. Only in SE
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Broad-winged Hawk
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October 15 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE Rare west to Alfalfa, Major, Dewey and Blaine cos only in NW; and Caddo and Comanche cos Only in SW
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Swainson's Hawk
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October 22 - ALL
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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October 20 - PAN
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Red-naped Sapsucker
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October 5 - Cimarron Co Only
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Cassin's Kingbird
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October 1 - Northwestern Cimarron co Only
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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October 15 - PAN
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Least Flycatcher
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October 8 - ALL
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Eastern Phoebe
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October 14 - PAN
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White-eyed Vireo
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October 12 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE west to Alfalfa, Major and Blaine cos only in NW and Caddo, Comanche and Cotton cos only in SW
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Philadelphia Vireo
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October 9 - C, SC, NE, SE
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Red-eyed Vireo
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October 10 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE *West to Washita, Kiowa and Tillman cos only
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Barn Swallow
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October 4 – PAN and October 30 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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October 8 - ALL
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Gray Catbird
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October 19 - ALL
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Lesser Goldfinch
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October 28 - PAN, SW *Cimarron co only in PAN and rare in Caddo and Comanche cos only in SW
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Clay-colored Sparrow
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October 5 – PAN and October 29 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Brewer's Sparrow
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October 1 - PAN * Cimarron co only
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Vesper Sparrow
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October 29 - PAN
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Henslow's Sparrow
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October 15 - NE *Osage, Washington, Nowata and Craig cos only
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Lincoln's Sparrow
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October 24 - PAN
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Yellow-headed Blackbird
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October 15 - PAN, NW, SW, C, SC, NE
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Great-tailed Grackle
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October 25 - PAN
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Ovenbird
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October 9 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE and October 9 - *Delaware and Adair cos only in NE and Le Flore and McCurtain cos only in SE
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Black-and-white Warbler
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October 2 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Tennessee Warbler
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October 12 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE *rare in fall migration
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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October 15 - PAN
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Nashville Warbler
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October 12 – PAN and October 25 - NW, SW, C, SC,NE, SE
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Mourning Warbler
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October 4 - C, SC, NE, SE
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Common Yellowthroat
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October 10 - NW
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Northern Parula
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October 8 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE *rare west to Alfalfa and Blaine cos only in NW; rare in Comanche co only in SW; and west to Logan, Oklahoma and Cleveland cos only in C
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Palm Warbler
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October 24 - NE, SE
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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October 26 - ALL
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Wilson's Warbler
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October 9 - ALL
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Summer Tanager
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October 10 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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October 7 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Blue Grosbeak
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October 1 - ALL
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Indigo Bunting
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October 28 - NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Dickcissel
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October 10 – ALL
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Black-necked Stilt
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October 15 – NW, SW, C
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Common Nighthawk
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October 18 – NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Eastern Kingbird
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October 1 – SE
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N. Rough-winged Swallow
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October 28 – NW, SW, C, SC, NE, SE
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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October 31 - PAN
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The Date Guide divides Oklahoma into 7 geographic regions, and lists the normal dates of occurrence for each Oklahoma bird species within each region. Observers are urged to report unusual species, or birds out of date or out of normal range in Oklahoma, based on the information given in this publication.
