Christmas Bird Count

It was a COLD and windy bird count day. You can tell by the water color it was a cloudy grey day. Here is a list of what we saw. Please understand that our area is a very rural area with farms and scattered houses. Not a lot of places to stop and watch for birds.

 

11 American Crows  

11 Northern Cardinals

4 Northern Mockingbirds

13 Blue Jays

1 Carolina Wren

10 Dark-eyed Juncos

51 Cedar-Waxwings

10 Yellow rumped warbler

3 Tufted Titmouse

2 Road Runner

30 Ringed-necked Duck

12 Canvasback

1 Great Blue Heron

2 Ring-billed gull

27 Canada Geese

8 Common goldeneye

20 Gadwall

25 Mallard

20 Bufflehead

8 Coot

5 Redhead

16 Grackle

23 Goldfinch

10 Bluebirds

2 Downy Woodpecker

3 Red-bellied Woodpecker

5 House Finch

 



Oklahoma sunset

Its late spring....Moving into summer.

I can never pass up a chance to take that shot

that is back lit by the sun.



Love is in the air

It is spring....and love is in the air!

The Mockingbirds are dancing their dance of 'love'.

It is amazing to watch these birds.

Small town (lucky) charms

My mother and I went on a little day trip. Our mission was to explore a small town and find what treasures it may hold. Needless to say we hit the Mother-load! Ending up in Minco, Oklahoma, we explored downtown, the armory, and a great hardware store named Woodworth's.

 Minco is a small town with a lot of charm. Woodworth's, rumor has it, will be closing their doors for good. I do not know any details about when they will be closing. Walking inside the store you are instantly transported to the past. You can find so many things there. I bought a rolling pin, copper wire, some brass washers, a box of flies (for fly fishing) and other wonderful things.

 

After we were done at the hardware store we traveled to the Armory.

It is a wonderful old building, kind of spooky but I can not tell you why.

 

 

If you get a chance to get out and about think about a trip to Minco. They have a honey fest and craft show every November. During the honey fest they let people go through the honey processing company. There is even a cotton gin that was giving tours the day we were there.