Male Eastern Bluebird, in a cedar tree on the W side of the road leading into Stars and Stripes Park at Lake Hefner

Male Eastern Bluebird

Female Eastern Bluebird, with the male

Female Eastern Bluebird

Red-tailed Hawk, in trees on the S side of Lake Hefner Drive, just W of Portland Ave.

Male Bufflehead, in cove W of RC airplane field

Female Belted Kingfisher, in cove W of covered fishing dock on S side of Lake Hefner

Two juvenile Black-crowned Night-Herons, just W of BEKI

One of two adult Black-crowned Night-Herons, roosting near the juveniles

Male Belted Kingfisher, above the water just N of the boat docks near the lake ranger station. It flew from there to a light post in the water, but before I could get a photo, it was chased off by another BEKI.

Great Blue Heron, N of boat docks

Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk, in a tree on the N side of the canal inlet, where it goes into the lake. It may be the same bird I misidentified a few days earlier N of the inlet.

The RSHA flew from its original perch to a cottonwood on the S side of the inlet.

From the tree, it flew down to the rip-rap along the S edge of the inlet.

It seemed to be stalking something in the rip-rap.

It lunged for something, but came up empty.

I hesitate to anthropomorphize, but it seemed to be asking for suggestions.

It lunged again; again with no success.

I watched the bird for 15-20 minutes; it would hop down among the rocks, then hop back up to higher ground.

During the RSHA's antics, I noticed birds in the bushes just feet away from it. A couple of YRWAs flew to the safety of trees and bushes on the S side of the road, then this female Northern Cardinal hopped up.

She eventually flew across the road too.

Bonaparte's Gull, in the water near the canal inlet

Myrtle variety Yellow-rumped Warbler, in the trees on the S side of the road into the inlet fishing area on the S side of the inlet; perhaps, one of the ones that I'd seen earlier near the RSHA.

I left that area, tried in vain to get a look at the RSHA from the N side of the inlet, then drove up the canal road, where I saw this Red-tailed Hawk; no BCNHs in the canal today.

I went back to check on the RSHA and it was still at the shoreline, so it hung around there for at least 30 minutes.

I drove the gravel road N of the inlet and saw at least 50 American White Pelicans in the area.

Near Prairie Dog Point, there is a 'stream' on the S side of the road; there were several American Robins flying in to get drinks.

At about Prairie Dog Point, I saw a white bird fly over and I followed its path to see that it landed on the shore E of me. I turned around and found this Snowy Egret. It had been flying from the W, so may be the one reported at Silver Lake on the CBC the Saturday before.

Back at Prairie Dog Point, I found this Great Blue Heron in the reeds at the edge of the water.

Where the road turns N to get up to the dam road, another Red-shouldered Hawk few across my path and landed in a tree to the E.

I left the lake and drove NW to where, the week before, Mary and I had found the Mountain Bluebirds Larry Mays reported in southern Logan County. No bluebirds today, but I came across this coyote crossing a field a mile N of Simmons Road.

As soon as the coyote saw me slow down, he took off for cover and I never got a focused photo of him.

In this photo of the coyote looking back at me, He has all four paws in the air.

Coyote

Another photo where the coyote is clearly airborne.

Coyote, Logan County

At Waterloo, W of MacArthur, this American Kestrel allowed me a couple of distant photos before departing.

Back home, the female Lesser Goldfinch blessed us with another visit.

American Goldfinch above and Lesser Goldfinch below, eating thistle