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Afield in Oklahoma: November 2009
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Thursday, November 12, 2009. More from the Northwest.Oklahoma. I spent another 4 beautiful days in northwest Oklahoma had a grand time, as usual, and got a great deal of planning and field work done for the Important Bird Areas program! I made it to the Selman Ranch IBA late Friday evening, mid-nightish, and was promptly woken by Sue at 4:30 am. Nothing like a few hours of sleep to get you fresh for the morning! All in all, it was great few ho...
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Afield in Oklahoma: May 2010
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Sunday, May 30, 2010. The Selman Ranch, birding, bugging and herping.oh my! For Harper County, before a certain frontiersman from McCurtain County comes up and plunders the place! Great-crested Flycatchers are common on the ranch, their cousin the Ash-throated Flycatcher not so much, I have only located them once in the past five years. Which is exactly why it is considered an Important Bird Area. Mites on the abdomen of a Blue-ringed Dancer.
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Afield in Oklahoma: February 2010
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Wednesday, February 17, 2010. A Whole Prospective on Ornithology. Every now and then, you find yourself in a physical place where everything feels balanced and whole. Upon entering the doors of SIA, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative. The director, Bill Voelker (left with Temma, the Augur Buzzard,. Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove,. Shiva the Ornate Hawk Eagle and Troy, co-founder of SIA. Saturday, February 13, 2010. Not so many year...
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Afield in Oklahoma: January 2010
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Sunday, January 24, 2010. What They Didn't Show Us at the Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference. Which if you don't use the link I provided you can find buried deep in the vaults of ODWC's. So what am I getting at? So here it is for everyone to see. It is obvious what the little red boxes represent, wind farms (planned and constructed); the red and blue lines represent high voltage transmission lines (planned and constructed). Now, you tell ...I'll ...
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Afield in Oklahoma: August 2009
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Monday, August 17, 2009. North, East and all over again, part I. Wow, so it's been a very long time since my last post. To say the least I've been busy, my apologies to the few people who check daily for changes (mom? Photos of what seemed to be a Powdered Dancer (above, female, comments on identification are welcome) emergence, or perhaps not so long after one. There were literally hundreds (. Can you believe I had some wonderful photos of tw...
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Afield in Oklahoma: September 2009
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Monday, September 28, 2009. A Crazy Couple of Weeks. Well lets just say I've been busy! Oh well. Instead of a long drawn out story I'm gonna throw some photos at you. Enjoy! A few shots from the NCTC in West Virginia, my second visit, and equally as enjoyable. The man, the legend! If we would have kept up with that practice there would be no waterfowl left! Dreaming of clear streams and Kokanee Salmon! A Few Words of Wisdow. Apparently the pre...
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Afield in Oklahoma: Into the Pine Woods
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Into the Pine Woods. Louisiana hot, that's the answer for the question I've been getting as of late. Is it hot down there? Well, not as hot as Lawton, where I've taken to not even looking at the thermometer, it's become ridiculous. It's Louisiana hot down in McCurtain County, Oklahoma and the Ouachita National Forest. But the Bachman Sparrow. The "Pine Woods Sparrow". Shrubby St. John's Wort. Into the Pine Woods. Nation...
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Afield in Oklahoma: April 2011
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Thursday, April 28, 2011. The Top Ten Things You Missed While Failing to Attend the Lek Treks and More Lesser Prairie-chicken Festival. Most likely your lifer Lesser Prairie-Chicken. If you think a few birds along a county road and 75 yards away is good enough then you haven't seen the photos from this year's celebration! Western Snowy Plover,. Buffalo Creek Salt Flat. The Saturday night "Owl Prowl" and your's truly successfully calling in an ...
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Afield in Oklahoma: October 2010
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Sunday, October 10, 2010. The celebratory after photo, and yes those are bare feet. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). National Wind Watch: News Oklahoma. Keeping India’s forests. The Trogon’s Sultry Lashes. From the Faraway, Nearby. Paris Opera House By Night. Great Lakes piping plover 2012 breeding season summary. Tetrapod Zoology has moved. Some Perspective from Eric Clough. RSS Feeds - OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC. A little about the Photos. 320- ...
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Afield in Oklahoma: Reluctance In Conservation
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Written by Eric J. Beck with editing by Melissa Stodola-Beck. Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Maybe there was or is someone else but I have yet to see a new arrival (and I am waiting). Don't let me give you the wrong idea, there have been plenty of successes. But truth be told some things haven't changed at all. So what's a poor boy to do (using the words from a sad song) when the place you have chosen and the work you have chosen have almost no place in the state, a state that just doesn't want to join the g...