Date: 4/26/24 5:32 am From: Matthew Ratcliffe <mtratcliffe...> Subject: Re: 16 spp. of shorebirds - Edmond Park, Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
Nice list, Devin! I may need to stop by again to get the Caspian Tern and Stilt Sandpipers. I was shocked when I first found the Sanderlings Wednesday evening - those were not birds that were on my radar! But there was no mistaking their large size, white coloration, and their sprinting abilities.
Matt Ratcliffe
Choctaw OK
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From: okbirds <OKBIRDS...> on behalf of Devin Bosler <devinbosler...>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2024 4:53 AM
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Subject: [OKBIRDS] 16 spp. of shorebirds - Edmond Park, Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma Co.
Hi OKBIRDS,
On Thursday evening, 25 April, I had 16 species of shorebirds at Edmond Park on Arcadia Lake in Oklahoma Co. Highlights included 43 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 6 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3 SANDERLINGS, 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, 1 WESTERN WILLET, and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Fair numbers of Least (15) and Semipalmated Sandpipers (50). Also had swarms of migrating Franklin’s Gulls, 9-10 Ring-billed Gulls, 1 CASPIAN TERN, and 6+ Forster’s Terns. Landbirds were fairly quiet but I did manage to pick up several migrants including an adult White-crowned Sparrow along the shoreline of the lake.
