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Steve Davis | profile | all galleries >> Wildlife >> Birds >> Lake Hefner, Nov 19, 2020 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Lake Hefner, Nov 19, 2020

I got up early and drove to Lake Hefner to look for the Clark's Grebe that has been sighted multiple times recently and I've missed on several later-in-the-day attempts. The grebe was in the SW corner of the lake at the first stop I made. Then I drove around the lake and around the dam twice to see what else there was to see.
A flotilla of scaup in the SW corner of the lake
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A flotilla of scaup in the SW corner of the lake

 Scaup
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Scaup

 Female Mallard
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Female Mallard

 Male Mallard
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Male Mallard
More scaup
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More scaup

 Same group
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Same group

 Clark's Grebe, line of black cap above the eye, bright yellow-orange bill
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Clark's Grebe, line of black cap above the eye, bright yellow-orange bill

 Clark's Grebe
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Clark's Grebe
Clark's Grebe
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Clark's Grebe

 Grebe and female scaup
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Grebe and female scaup

 Clark's Grebe and its little cousin, Horned Grebe
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Clark's Grebe and its little cousin, Horned Grebe

 Grebes
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Grebes
Grebes
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Grebes

 Common Loon, E of dam road, just N of grebes and scaup
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Common Loon, E of dam road, just N of grebes and scaup

 Herring Gull, in the spray being blown in by the 25+mph wind at the park off Hefner Road
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Herring Gull, in the spray being blown in by the 25+mph wind at the park off Hefner Road

 Gadwalls in the parkway pond--it's all one pond with the water level above the dikes
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Gadwalls in the parkway pond--it's all one pond with the water level above the dikes
Some Franklin's Gulls among Ring-billed Gulls on the grass in the park off Britton Road
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Some Franklin's Gulls among Ring-billed Gulls on the grass in the park off Britton Road

Forster's Terns among gulls at Britton Road park area S of restaurants
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Forster's Terns among gulls at Britton Road park area S of restaurants

 Forster's Terns
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Forster's Terns

 Forster's Terns
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Forster's Terns
Lone Northern Pintail among mallards and geese vying for a handout at Stars and Stripes Park
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Lone Northern Pintail among mallards and geese vying for a handout at Stars and Stripes Park

 Franklin's Gull on the asphalt at the Ranger Station boat ramp area
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Franklin's Gull on the asphalt at the Ranger Station boat ramp area

 Franklin's Gull
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Franklin's Gull

 More Forster's Terns
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More Forster's Terns
Forster's Terns
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Forster's Terns

 Forster's Tern
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Forster's Tern

 Ring-billed Gull
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Ring-billed Gull

 This looks like a Bonaparte's Gull with a damaged leg.
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This looks like a Bonaparte's Gull with a damaged leg.
Carolina Chickadee in the trees S of the boat storage area; there were lots of juncos too.
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Carolina Chickadee in the trees S of the boat storage area; there were lots of juncos too.

 Immature Ring-billed Gull
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Immature Ring-billed Gull

 Ring-billed Gull
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Ring-billed Gull

 Pied-billed Grebe, near the canal inlet
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Pied-billed Grebe, near the canal inlet
Eared Grebe, one of 5 in a group E of Prairie Dog Point
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Eared Grebe, one of 5 in a group E of Prairie Dog Point

 Horned Grebes, back on the W side of the lake
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Horned Grebes, back on the W side of the lake

 Scaup again in the SW corner
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Scaup again in the SW corner

 Scaup
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Scaup
Scaup
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Scaup

 Clark's Grebe, Horned Grebe and scaup
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Clark's Grebe, Horned Grebe and scaup

 Common Loon
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Common Loon

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