Two of four Green Heron chicks near where we had lunch on the NE side of the lake

Green Heron chick

Male Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, in a Bald Cypress tree at the north end of the lake

Tail of a female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher sitting on a nest in the same Bald Cypress tree

Both Scissor-tailed Flycatchers

Baltimore Oriole nest, on the northwest side of the lake

Western Kingbird, in the the same tree with the oriole nest. There was also a kingbird nest in the tree, plus a house sparrow nest in mistletoe in the tree, and at least one other nest.

Male Baltimore Oriole, at the nest, apparently feeding nestlings

Male Baltimore Oriole

Male Baltimore Oriole

Close-up of the male Baltimore Oriole, with a caterpillar in its bill

Male Baltimore Oriole

Male Baltimore Oriole, taking off from the nest with a fecal sac

Female Baltimore Oriole, to the same nest

Western Kingbird, in its nest

Western Kingbird

Mike at the spring; he told us this spring had been a stop on the Chisholm Trail

Mike and the old structure built in early 1900s over the spring

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Small island in the lake where ducks were nesting

Ducks and nest

Duck covering eggs

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Small Red-eared Slider turtle

Dragonfly

Common Pond Hawk

This female Mississippi Kite had just mated with a male in this tree.

A young male Baltimore Oriole, at another nest on the east side of the lake

Young male Baltimore Oriole

Male Baltimore Oriole

Jeanne, looking at another nest

Jeanne, recording nests and birds

WPA 1936

We made our way around the lake and back to the Green Heron chicks.

Young Green Heron

A young American Robin was in the next tree, waiting for a nearby parent.

Western Kingbird