Our first stop was at the Medicine Park Water Treatment Plant where we saw a number of species, including Blue-winged Teal.

Redhead and Blue-winged Teal

Our FOY Snowy Egrets on a dike at the WTP

A pair of Northern Shovelers

Our second stop was at the dam at Lake Elmer Thomas, where we saw this Canyon Wren, another FOY bird for us.

Canyon Wren at Lake Elmer Thomas dam

Canyon Wren at Lake Elmer Thomas dam

Then we walked back down the road to see what we could find and this Black-capped Vireo popped up and posed for us.

Black-capped Vireo at Lake Elmer Thomas dam, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OK

Black-capped Vireo

Black-capped Vireo

Ring-billed Gull over Lake Quanah Parker

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Carolina Chickadee on the south side of Lake Quanah Parker

Carolina Chickadee with a big caterpillar

Eastern Phoebe at the Environmental Education Center

Prairie dog parent and pup at the big prairie dog town

Prairie dog pup having a snack

Prairie dog pups

Prairie dog pups

Orange-crowned Warbler at French Lake

Orange-crowned Warbler

Lark Sparrow along the trail at French Lake

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Field Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Bewick's Wren

Bewick's Wren

Bewick's Wren

Tufted Titmouse

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Bison and Elk

Friday morning we drove from Lawton to Hackberry Flat WMA. Just west of Chattanooga, we found a large group of blackbirds, including these Brewer's Blackbirds.

Also, in the group of birds, next to some cattle and a pond, were at about 60 Yellow-headed Blackbirds, our FOY and a nice surprise.

Yellow-headed Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbirds

Savannah Sparrow south of Hollister, OK

Savannah Sparrow

Yellow Mallow

White Mallow

Yellow wildflower

Pinkish wildflowers

Grasshopper Sparrow

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Wildflowers

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Eastern Meadowlark east of the WMA

Eastern Meadowlark

Loggerhead Shrike on a snag at the pond east of the WMA

Burrowing Owls where we've found them several years east of the WMA

Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owls

Burrowing Owls

White-faced Ibis at Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area

White-faced Ibis

Is it possible the bird on the right is a Glossy Ibis?

Long-billed Dowitcher at Hackberry Flat WMA

Black-necked Stilt

A group of Black-necked Stilts

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

We drove south of the refuge to look for woodpeckers and saw three hawks circling overhead. Were they an adult and two young Swainson's Hawks?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

Swainson's Hawk?

We didn't find woodpeckers, but we did find a Black-crested Titmouse.

Upland Sandpipers north of the cotton gin off Highway 70, with a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in the background

Upland Sandpiper

Great-horned Owl

Rufous patch on the wing indicates this is a Vesper Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

On our trailer tour of the WMA, we saw this Solitary Sandpiper.

Near sundown we spotted this Long-billed Curlew

Long-billed Curlew

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocets

White-faced Ibis

The ibis flew by us and westward into the sunset.

Baird's Sandpiper?

Baird's Sandpiper?

Baird's Sandpiper?

Baird's Sandpiper?

Baird's Sandpiper?

Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Semipalmated? Baird's?

Sandpiper

Sandpiper

Sandpipers

Sandpipers

Sandpipers

Sandpiper

Sandpiper

Sandpiper