I went birding again this afternoon (gotta get some work done this weekend but still feeling restless), again in 95+ heat, but this time with my birding friend Terri. We checked out “Bunting Road,” a dirt road in north Edmond that is great for Indigo and Painted Buntings, Blue Grosbeaks and Red-eyed Vireos. 
It was hot! And the birds were pretty quiet. But the Indigos kept us entertained… I only got one lousy photo of a Red-eyed Vireo so I was disappointed about that. Nothing like Oklahoma heat and dust on dirt road in July — we’re a little crazy but we keep birding in this summer weather!
We then visited a rural stream and… long story short… found an Eastern Wood-pewee!!! This was my first sighting of a Wood-pewee! (I don’t keep a life list so a bird only “counts” if I can a photo to add to the Photo Gallery.) Thanks to Terri’s great ear and experience with bird calls, we knew the bird before we could see it. It took a long time of waiting before the bird got close enough to photograph. Not wildly pleased with the photo ’cause the bird’s chest is overexposed, but I’m still so excited to have photographed a new bird 🙂
If anyone thinks I’ve incorrectly ID’d this bird, please let me know! I’m never confident of an ID until I can get confirmation from a more experienced birder.
Well, a pesky mosquito is driving me crazy and I need to remind my cats that I do care more about them than I do the birds. Have a wonderful weekend!
Pat
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