The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) describes the long-eared owl as being elusive.
Getting back to columns concerning doves, this week I am featuring the white-winged dove.
In December, I wrote about the somewhat similar-looking Eurasian collared-dove.
Like last week's featured creature, the ruby-crowned kinglet, the golden-crowned kinglet is a winter visitor to Oklahoma.
This week, I’m featuring the ruby-crowned kinglet, one of two kinglet species that overwinters in Oklahoma.
The other kinglet species, the golden-crowned kinglet, I will feature in a future column.
OKLAHOMA CITY – As a brand-new year dawns, many Oklahomans will likely begin considering travel.
For the longest time, the mourning dove (last week’s featured creature) was the only species of dove one could see in this area, or the rest of Oklahoma for that matter.
Well, not including the rock pigeon.
When the first Army Aviation unit, the 1st Aero Squadron, arrived at Fort Sill on July 29, 1915, there wasn’t an
Although its name would imply it’s sorrowful, the mourning dove is not necessarily a sad bird.
Well, since the Christmas season is upon us, I figured I would feature a creature that is warm and fuzzy — a rat.
Fort Sill’s 1st Aero Squadron took off from Columbus, New Mexico, late in the afternoon on March 19, 1916, to participate in Brig. Gen. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing’s Mexican Punitive Expedition, ordered by President Woodrow Wilson.