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Field Trips
The Panhandle Bird Club's Upcoming Opportunities to Bird with the Local Experts
The best way to learn the identities of the birds you are seeing is to go outdoors with people who have more birding experience than you do. Field trips are fun and educational and shouldn't be missed! We offer half-day and full day field trips in and around the Panhandle, as well as 3-4 out of town trips each year.
Cookson, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Weekend
Birding Field Trip
Friday, February 20 - Sunday, February 22, 2026
Tenkiller State Park and
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Destination: Cookson, OK (six hours east of Amarillo on I-40); access from there to Tenkiller State Park and Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge.
Lodging: Make reservations at The Rocky Retreat. Room rates are $110/night (standard king) to $145/night (king kitchenette). therockyretreat.com or (918) 410-0148.
Birding: On Saturday morning, there is a free eagle tour of Sequoyah NWR at 9:00 a.m. They have five active Bald Eagle nests that are visible from their tour bus. We will bird the NWR (a recent eBird list had 55 species on it). Then we will go to Tenkiller State Park to see the loons. The wildlife biologist there will give us a tour. He said there are presently more than 40 loons easily viewable.
RSVP by February 10 at the monthly meeting to Vicki Wilmarth vickiwilmarth@gmail.com so we can coordinate carpools. Make your hotel reservations asap by contacting the Rocky Retreat.
