Thursday, May 7, 1987, 7:00 a.m. PDT. Joan Lentz, author, fellow birder, and the only person I know crazy enough to trek off with me to the wilds of Oklahoma and Arkansas, sits next to me during the plane ride to Tulsa, writing furiously in her little brown notebook. She makes check marks in her […]
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Birding Oklahoma With high plains in its western panhandle, and wet lowlands in its southeastern corner, Oklahoma is diverse in its terrain and ecology. The Red River forms the southern boundary of the state, and its tributaries drain the southern portion of the state. The Arkansas River and its tributaries drain northern Oklahoma, many interrupted
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The experience in the mountains was not new to me. I had hiked and climbed nearly 20 peaks exceeding 14,000 feet, and every climb had been exciting, with the rugged landscape of the Rocky Mountains serving as backdrop. In Colorado, climbing all 55 “fourteeners,” as they are known, has become the goal of many budding
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Birding Colorado Colorado is one of the Four Corner states and has a diverse landscape nearly bisected by the snow-topped Rocky Mountains. East of the mountains are the semi-arid high plains, where cattle ranches dominate the rolling landscape. To the west are mesas, desert lands and desert canyons. Colorado’s climate, consequently, is as wide-ranging as its landscape, and
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