Please watch this space – the Payne County Audubon Society will return to limited public events beginning with the Stillwater and Sooner Lake Christmas Bird Counts in December 2020.

Look for announcement of a CBC planning meeting via Zoom in early December.

Until then, stay safe and get out to enjoy as many lovely birding days as you can. As of early November 2020, Dark-eyed Juncos and Harris’s Sparrows have returned for the winter, and it’s shaping up to be a big winter for irruptive boreal species. Red-breasted Nuthatch, Pine Siskin, and Purple Finch are already widespread in our area. Could this also be a big winter for Red Crossbill and Evening Grosbeak? Time will tell…