We turned W off Highway 146 onto E1270 Rd toward the lake and stopped to look at birds on both sides of the road, including this Savannah Sparrow perched on a hay roll.

On the N side of the road, this Song Sparrow posed for us with its grayer tones, darker bill and longer tail.

Song Sparrow

At the closed park headquarters, we stopped and walked around, hoping we might spot a Red-breasted Nuthatch in the pine trees. We missed the nuthatch, but found some other birds, like this Red-tailed Hawk, preening in a tree.

A Fox Sparrow was on the E side of the road leading to the dam.

We made a restroom stop in the camping grounds and spied this group of American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins.

Pine Siskin

You can see a little yellow in the tail feathers of this one.

American Goldfinch

Down by the boat dock in the cove on the N side of the camping area, we saw many Cackling Geese and a few Snow Geese, like this blurry one.

It doesn't have much of a 'grin' patch, but it has the curve where the bill meets the head and the head is flatter than in the Ross's Goose.

In the campground on the N side of the cove, we found a mixed flock of cardinals, juncos, chipping sparrows, etc. and this Orange-crowned Warbler foraging in a small cedar tree.

Back side of the Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Mary spotted some Greater White-fronted Geese among the Cackling Geese on the other side of the cove.

A mixed group of geese at Ft Cobb reservoir

Geese and gulls

Cackling Geese, with shorter necks and smaller bills than Canada Geese

Ross's Goose, with smaller bill that meets the face in a vertical line, and round, white head

Greater White-fronted Geese, Cackling Geese and Snow/Ross's geese

Mixed group of geese and gulls

Geese and gulls

Geese

Geese

Ring-billed Gulls

Geese

Snow Geese, with 'grin' patches and curved interface between bill and face, behind Greater White-fronted and Cackling Geese

Geese in flight

Geese in flight

Cackling Geese

We tried to take the road next to the lake that goes around by the little island where many birds roost, but the road was gated, so we drove up the E county road instead. Along the way we saw this Red-shouldered Hawk fly across a field and land atop an evergreen tree, showing off its white and black-striped tail feathers.

At a curve in the road, back to the west, we stopped when we saw cardinals and sparrows along the road. Among the birds we saw was this Spotted Towhee.

Spotted Towhee

At a small pond on the N side of the road, we saw a pair of Green-winged Teal.

Great Blue Heron, at the small pond with the teal

Female Brewer's Blackbird

We only got the back side of a Cedar Waxwing, but it is a beautiful back side.

Three male Brewer's Blackbirds--there was a flock of 40 or more

Farther down the road, we saw some birds flying in the field on the E, backed up and found a dozen Mountain Bluebirds.

Female and male Mountain Bluebirds

Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebirds

Mountain Bluebirds

Male Mountain Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

First winter White-crowned Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

On a side road, we found some Eastern Bluebirds, along with another 4 MOBLs.

Heading back toward the lake, we saw another Red-shouldered Hawk.

We heard later from TV weather people the evening sky colors were produced by rain falling and evaporating before it got to the ground. Whatever the cause, the effect was beautiful skies.

I took the first two photos with my phone.

Then I took some with Mary's Canon pocket camera.

As the sun got lower in the sky, I took several more photos with the Nikon.