Tag Archives: Eagle Watch

Bird Watching

January and February are peak Eagle watching months in Oklahoma.

You can see more information that I gave last year, here.

eaglewatch

We went to River City Park again to check out the nest.

landing

The boys and I have actually gone three times this year already.

I would rather we learn about an animal while in it’s habitat instead of inside looking at a book or the computer.

eagleland

We do bring ID books or books on that animal if I have them though.

close

The boys were able to get close enough to this one to actually get an idea of size.

When it took off we thought it would break the branch!

nest

I used my zoom lens for all of these so we were actually still pretty far away.

guard

After viewing the eagles for a while we went down to the river to check out other birds.

pelicans

There were a lot of pelicans!

kesteral

The boys and I also drove over to the Keystone Dam to see what birds were around there and found an American Kestrel!

unknown

I am not sure about this guy.

Maybe a Juvenile Eagle?

Anyone know?

We usually ID birds using the Merlin Bird ID app.

It is my favorite educational app!

You put in information like date, place, size of the bird, color of the bird, and what it was doing, and it gives you a list of possibilities!

It is great!

What is your favorite wildlife to view?

Do you have only certain times of the year you can view them?

If you go eagle watching, I do recommend you bring binoculars.

It helps the kids really see the birds!

Eagles!

In case you did not know, January and February are the peak eagle watching months in Oklahoma.

You can find out information about that and other things going on in the state at TravelOK.com.

I find it easiest to find cool new things in our state by pretending I am visiting and just a tourist.

You go out of your way to find cool festivals and places when visiting a new place, why not do the same where you live?

tulsapark The first place we checked for eagles was the Keystone Dam because we had seen them there before.

But when we got there the bridge was closed for construction.

I went to the Keystone State Park right next to it and asked at the vistor center if they had any eagle nests(make sure you ask, they keep close tabs on them usually).

She said that the nest that has been there for years fell down!

She also directed us to old 51 between the park and Sand Springs.

eaglesnestSwift Park is right off old 51 and is mostly just a parking area with a ramp, we did see these two nests across the river.

seagullsWe only saw these guys and some Great Blue Heron’s though.

We moved on to her next recommendation, River City Park in Sand Springs.

nestWe saw these guys in the park next to the Soccer fields!

I would think they would pick a quieter place than the soccer field but it made it easy for me!

watchersHere is a list of the top ten places to see an eagle in Oklahoma and some tips from the TravelOK site.

You can actually go right under this nest, we tried to maintain a good distance and were very quiet so as not to disturb them.

flywatchingpathThere is a walking/bike path in this park that goes right by the nest.

ducksAfter searching all morning for eagles we stopped to get some books at the library.

booksI told the boys they needed to read them on the car ride home.

They were in the back quietly reading until they read something interesting and than they would read it out loud to share it.

It was amazing.

Proud Homeschooling Mom moment and the easiest lesson I have ever “taught”.