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SHOREBIRD IDENTIFICATION SEMINAR TULSA AUDUBON SOCIETY by JIM ARTERBURN January 18, 2011 SHOREBIRDS IN NE OKLAHOMA Shorebird Habitat around Tulsa & NE Oklahoma Species Status & Migration Timing Identification Tips

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SHOREBIRD IDENTIFICATION SEMINAR TULSA AUDUBON SOCIETY by JIM ARTERBURN January 18, 2011

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SHOREBIRDS IN NE OKLAHOMA

  • Shorebird Habitat around Tulsa & NE Oklahoma
  • Species Status & Migration Timing
  • Identification Tips
  • References
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Shorebird Habitat around Tulsa & NE Oklahoma

  • Sod Farms

– Spring - Especially good during periods of thunderstorms and after heavy

  • vernight rains
  • Prime time is late April through late May
  • Best time is early morning before birds move north & late afternoon &

evening during storms as birds drop in – Fall – Not as good as spring but still good after heavy rains

  • Prime time is late July through mid October
  • Best season for Buff-breasted & Upland Sandpipers

– Prime time is last few days of July through early September – Not as dependent on rain or standing water as other shorebirds but do favor fields being irrigated – Local Area Sod Farms

  • 56th Street North
  • Bixby
  • Leonard
  • Wagoner County
  • Kadashan

– Map provided of area sod farms

  • Prairies –

– North Tulsa County prairies & plowed fields good in early spring for American Golden-Plover

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Shorebird Habitat around Tulsa & NE Oklahoma

  • Lakes

– Several area lakes have ideal shoreline and mudflats depending upon lake levels – Prime time is same as for sod farms – Spring & Fall equally good – Some species more common on lakes than sod farms – Lake Keystone only lake that has habitat at normal but better at 1.5 ft. below normal or lower

  • Osage Point
  • Osage Ramp
  • Feyodi Creek
  • Cowskin Bay South
  • Hwy 48 Overlook to Pawnee Cove
  • Cottonwood Creek South

– Lake Oologah needs to be about a foot below normal to have much habitat and is ideal at 1.5 ft. below normal or lower

  • Winganon Causeway
  • Winganon Flats

– Maps provided identifying productive areas on Keystone & Oologah

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Shorebird Habitat around Tulsa & NE Oklahoma

  • Lakes – Continued

– Sooner Lake is not that dependent upon the lake level

  • Not a lot of flats
  • Prime attraction is rocky causeways
  • Best spot in Oklahoma for late spring migrants

– Black-bellied Plover – Whimbrel – Ruddy Turnstone – Sanderling

  • Unfortunately the north-south causeway is now off limits
  • Sewage Lagoons

– Area sewage lagoons usually not that productive

  • Most don’t have exposed flats

– 56th Street North & Collinsville Sewage Lagoons

  • Only area sewage lagoons with occasional flats

– Skiatook Sewage Lagoons usually not very productive for shorebirds

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SPECIES Black-bellied Plover a., c. American Golden-Plover b. Snow y Plover (Rare) a. Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover (Rare) a. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dow itcher c. Long-billed Dow itcher Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope (Rare) * Status and Dates based upon the fourth edition of the OSS Date Guide to the Occurrences of Birds in NE Oklahoma modified by my observations from NE Oklahoma

  • a. - These species usually found w ith greater frequency and in greater numbers on shorelines and mudflats of lakes than sod farms.
  • b. - This species usually found w ith greater frequency and in greater numbers on sod farms and plow ed fields than on shorelines and mudflats of lakes.
  • c. - These species can be found in large numbers during their prime spring migration period (May 5-25) given the proper habitat and w eather conditions.

Uncommon Occurs in low numbers and may not be seen on each trip but may occur sporadically in large numbers. Common Occurs in good numbers during the periods indicated.

SHOREBIRD MIGRATION TIMING IN NE OKLAHOMA*

Rare Occurs in very low numbers each year w ith the possibility of none seen in some years. Occasional Occurs sporadically in very low numbers or occurs sporadically during the w inter. JAN FEB MAR APR

TULSA AUDUBON SOCIETY SHOREBIRDS IN NE OKLAHOMA OCTOBER 17, 2006 JIM ARTERBURN

SEP OCT NOV DEC MAY JUN JUL AUG

Shorebird Migration Timing in NE Oklahoma

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Black-bellied Plover – Alternate Plumage 15 May

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Black-bellied Plover – Basic Plumage 24 October

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Black-bellied Plover – Juvenile Plumage 29 September

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Black-bellied Plover – Juvenile Plumage 18 September

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American Golden-Plover – Probable 1st summer bird 25 June

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American Golden-Plover – Basic Plumage 29 March

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American Golden-Plover – Juvenile Plumage 29 September

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American Golden-Plover – Juvenile Plumage 29 September

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Snowy Plover – Alternate Plumage 7 April

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Snowy Plover – Basic Plumage 5 October

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Snowy Plover – Basic Plumage 29 October

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Snowy Plover – Juvenile Plumage 14 August

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Semipalmated Plover – Alternate Plumage 26 April

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Semipalmated Plover – Juvenile Plumage 22 August

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Piping Plover – Alternate Plumage 22 April

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Piping Plover – Juvenile Plumage 2 September

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Killdeer – Alternate Plumage 13 November

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Black-necked Stilt 22 April

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American Avocet – Alternate Plumage 22 April

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American Avocet – Basic Plumage 29 September

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Greater Yellowlegs – Alternate Plumage 11 May

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Greater Yellowlegs – Basic Plumage with Lesser Yellowlegs - Juvenile/First Winter Plumage 10 October

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Lesser Yellowlegs - Alternate Plumage 11 May

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Lesser Yellowlegs - Alternate Plumage 28 April

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Lesser Yellowlegs - Juvenile Plumage 25 August

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Solitary Sandpiper - Alternate Plumage 24 April

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Solitary Sandpiper - Adult breeding 24 April

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Solitary Sandpiper- Adult breeding 24 April

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Willett – Alternate Plumage 22 April

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Willett – Basic Plumage 28 October

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Willett – Basic Plumage 28 October

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Spotted Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 4 May

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Spotted Sandpiper – Basic Plumage 5 November

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Upland Sandpiper – Adult 24 April

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Upland Sandpiper – Adult 28 April

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Whimbrel – Alternate Plumage 28 April

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Whimbrel – Alternate Plumage 15 May

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Long-billed Curlew – Adult 6 April

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Long-billed Curlew – Adult 6 April

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Hudsonian Godwit – Alternate Plumage 10 May

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Hudsonian Godwit – Basic Plumage 8 May

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Marbled Godwit – Juvenile Plumage 13 August

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Marbled Godwit – First Winter/Basic Plumage

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Marbled Godwit – Juvenile Plumage 21 August

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Ruddy Turnstone – Alternate Plumage 16 May

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Ruddy Turnstone – Basic Plumage 25 October

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Sanderling – Alternate Plumage 15 May

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Sanderling – Basic Plumage 25 October

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Sanderling – Juvenile Plumage 16 September

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Red Knot – Molting out of Alternate Plumage 28 July

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Red Knot – Basic Plumage 25 October

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Red Knot – Juvenile Plumage 17 September

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Semipalmated Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 22 April

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Semipalmated Sandpiper – Molting into Alternate Plumage 22 April

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Semipalmated Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 21 August

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Western Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 8 August

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Western Sandpiper – Basic Plumage 11 October

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Western Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 21 August

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Least Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 10 May

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Least Sandpiper – Basic Plumage 21 August

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Least Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 21 August

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Least Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 11 October

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White-rumped Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 11 May

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White-rumped Sandpiper – Molting into Alternate Plumage 11 May

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White-rumped Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage Two Least Sandpipers lower left & Semipalmated Sandpiper in middle 9 May

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Baird’s Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 15 April

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Baird’s Sandpiper – Basic Plumage 7 April

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Baird’s Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 11 October

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Pectoral Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage Female (front) & Male 19 September

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Pectoral Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 26 May

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Pectoral Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 25 August

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Dunlin – Molting into Alternate Plumage 11 May

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Dunlin – Basic Plumage 13 March

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Dunlin – Basic Plumage with Least Sandpiper 10 October

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Stilt Sandpiper – Alternate Plumage 15 May

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Stilt Sandpiper – Basic Plumage 6 April

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Stilt Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage

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Stilt Sandpiper – Juvenile Plumage 29 September

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Molting out of Alternate Plumage 22 August

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper – Molting out of Alternate Plumage 11 August

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Short-billed Dowitcher - Alternate Plumage 10 May

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Short-billed Dowitcher - Basic Plumage 29 September

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Short-billed Dowitcher - Juvenile Plumage 28 September

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Long-billed Dowitcher – Alternate Plumage 9 May

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Short-billed Dowitcher (front) & Long-billed Dowitcher – Basic Plumage 29 September

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Long-billed Dowitcher – Basic Plumage 7 April

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Long-billed Dowitcher – Juvenile Plumage 26 September

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Wilson’s Snipe – Basic Plumage 12 December

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Wilson’s Snipe – Basic Plumage 5 January

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American Woodcock – Adult 15 march

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Wilson’s Phalarope – Alternate Plumage Female 24 April

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Wilson’s Phalarope – Basic Plumage 24 bApril

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Red-necked Phalarope – Basic Plumage 9 September

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Red-necked Phalarope – Juvenile Plumage 28 September

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Red Phalarope – Adult non-breeding Plumage 22 August

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REFERENCES

Reference Books (In order of personal preference) O’Brien, M., Crossley, R., and Karlson, K. 2006. The Shorebird Guide. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY. Paulson, D. R. 2005. Shorebirds of North America: the photographic guide. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Chandler, R. J. 1989. North Atlantic Shorebirds. Facts on File, Inc., New York, NY. (Out of Print) Chandler, R. J. 2009. Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere, Christopher Helm Publication, London Hayman, P., Marchant, J., and Prather, T. 1986. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. Paulson, D. R. 1993. Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. Prather, A.J., Marchant, J. H., and Vuorinen, J. 1977.Guide to the identification and ageing of Holarctic Waders (BTO Guide 17), Maund & Irvine Ltd., Tring, Herts. (out of Print) Harris, A., Tucker, L., Vinicombe, K. 1989. The Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification. The Macmillan Press Ltd., London. (Out of Print) Pringle, J. D. 1987. The Shorebirds of Australia. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. Field Guides Sibley, D. A. 2000. National Audubon Society The Sibley Guide to Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY. Kaufman, K. 2000. Birds of North America, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY.