OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - More than 10,000 birds making an annual migration north have found a place they like to rest and spend some time -- in a small grove of trees in northwest Oklahoma City. The birds from as many as a half-dozen species migrate from Central and South America, through Mexico and into the central U.S. on their way to the Dakotas or Canada. For a few weeks, they make their nests in Oklahoma City, although scientists aren't sure why. Great egrets typically arrive in Oklahoma in the third or fourth week of March. Little blue herons show up in early April, and cattle egrets join them during the next couple of weeks. Black-crowned night herons and snowy egrets also use the nesting area. Read the rest of the story here.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - More than 10,000 birds making an annual migration north have found a place they like to rest and spend some time -- in a small grove of trees in northwest Oklahoma City.
The birds from as many as a half-dozen species migrate from Central and South America, through Mexico and into the central U.S. on their way to the Dakotas or Canada. For a few weeks, they make their nests in Oklahoma City, although scientists aren't sure why.
Great egrets typically arrive in Oklahoma in the third or fourth week of March. Little blue herons show up in early April, and cattle egrets join them during the next couple of weeks.
Black-crowned night herons and snowy egrets also use the nesting area.