Date: 7/13/26 11:21 am From: Marta <harrismarta8...> Subject: Re: Recent central Oklahoma birds - 9-10 July
Loved the red-headed woodpeckers! Good job on all the photos!
Suzy Harris
Bartlesville
On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 9:36 AM Shirley Maas <
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> Great. Pictures Really enjoy your photos Don Maas Choctaw, OK Mesa, AZ “If
> you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government then you are
> doomed to live under the rules of fools. Plato “You can ignore reality, but
> you cannot ignore
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> Great. Pictures Really enjoy your photos Don Maas Choctaw, OK Mesa, AZ
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> “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government then you
> are doomed to live under the rules of fools.
> Plato
> “You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of
> reality.”
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> Don & Shirley Maas
> The Maas’s have migrated to the Valley of the Sun in Mesa, AZ from
> Choctaw, Ok for the winter.
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> On Sunday, July 12, 2026, 11:07 AM, Bryan Reynolds <
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> All, I did a couple days of photography at the Purcell City Lake and came
> away with some nice images. Due to the heat, I didn't know what to expect,
> but there was plenty to photograph. Like usual, I got the obligatory Great
> Blue Heron photos
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> I did a couple days of photography at the Purcell City Lake and came away
> with some nice images. Due to the heat, I didn't know what to expect, but
> there was plenty to photograph. Like usual, I got the obligatory Great
> Blue Heron photos and like usual, I tried to get some behavior shots such
> as prey capture and feeding. Another great subject I worked was a couple
> Green Herons that included a lot of preening photos and one take off shot.
> Both days I got a Greater Roadrunner and I practiced some intentional
> motion blurs as it ran (let me know what you think). After that, I saw a
> juvenile Little Blue Heron in among a large group of Canada Geese and was
> able to get a few isolated photos of it. Then, a Western Kingbird was
> mobbing an American Crow and I got one shot of the kingbird as it whizzed
> over (motion blur). Then I got some of the crow panting in the heat. And
> finally, I was able to find a Red-headed Woodpecker nest hole and got both
> birds coming and going in and out of the hole. I also was happy to get
> them mating. I grouped all of the photos into one album, so there is a bit
> of redundancy, but hopefully, you'll enjoy them: Recent Central Oklahoma
> Birds - 9-10 July 2026 | Flickr
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