OKC Roost

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Sam Harris
Posts: 280
Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:23 am
Location: Oklahoma/Choctaw & Tinker AFB

Has anyone seen the OKC roost this year? I haven't been down town in a while. I assume its around the OKC arena from the radar pics.
Sam
Choctaw, OK


2010...1 pair/5 eggs/5 fledged
2011...2pair/9 eggs/7 fledged
2012...5 pair/28 eggs/25 fledged
2013...12 pair/62 eggs/51 fledged
2014...15 pair/85 eggs/55 fledged
Michael Sanford ~ OK
Posts: 233
Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:00 pm
Location: Oklahoma/Edmond

My wife and I tracked it down last Thursday the 21st, Sam. It has shifted just a couple of blocks to the east. They are roosting in some sycamore trees on either side of the railroad tracks on Reno just as you enter Bricktown. There is lots of road construction so it is kind of a pain to get to. I don't think the numbers are what they have been but that makes sense considering the rotten year that we all had. But still, tens of thousands of martins roosting all together is quite a sight.
MICHAEL C. SANFORD
EDMOND, OK
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