After my first birding in Kansas and a good night's sleep, it was time to add some color to Oklahoma and New Mexico on my eBird profile--and to see some new birds!
First up was Thompson Park in Guymon, Oklahoma. Many of the same species I recorded at Arkalon Park would turn up here.
After an hour of hanging around the park pond, I started the drive into New Mexico, and while cutting across the Texas panhandle, I spotted the trip's first lifer: a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! Unfortunately, as I was driving on the highway, I didn't get any photos.
It was getting very warm when I stopped in Voiers "Pit" Park in Deming, New Mexico, and the ducks were using whatever shade they could find.
I would also see my first Neotropic Cormorants and a cute parent-chick pair of American Coots.
Then it was on to Arizona.
