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Also check out featured content from the other Wikimedia projects. | Featured content: ← | | | | William Cooley was one of the first American settlers, and a regional leader, in what is now known as Broward County, Florida. He is known primarily because his family was murdered by Seminoles in 1836, during the Second Seminole War. The attack, known as the "New River Massacre", caused immediate abandonment of the area by whites. Cooley was born in Maryland, but little else is known about his life prior to 1813, when he arrived in East Florida as part of a military expedition. He established himself as a farmer in the northern part of the territory before moving south, where he traded with local Indians and continued to farm. He sided with natives in a land dispute against a merchant who had received a large grant from the King of Spain and was evicting the Indians from their lands. Unhappy with the actions of the Spanish, he moved to the New River area in 1826 to get as far as possible from the Spanish influence. In New River, Cooley sustained himself as a salvager and farmer, cultivating and milling arrowroot. His fortune and influence grew: he became the first lawman and judge in the settlement, besides being a land appraiser. Local Indians held him responsible for what they saw as a misjudgment involving the murder of one of their chiefs and attacked the settlement in revenge on January 4, 1836. (more...) Recently featured: Fin Whale – Gregory of Nazianzus – Ulysses | | | | | The List of Oklahoma birds lists every wild bird species ever seen in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, as recorded by the Oklahoma Bird Records Committee. The following markings have been used: - (I) - Introduced: Birds that have been introduced to North America by the actions of man, either directly or indirectly
- (E) - Extinct
- (Ex) - Extirpated: A bird that, while it is not extinct, is no longer found in Oklahoma. The only bird marked (Ex) is the Ivory-billed Woodpecker which was, until 2004 presumed to be extinct, but was reportedly rediscovered in the wild. However it is not now found in Oklahoma
- (A) - Accidental: Birds that have been seen only a few times, or only once.
- (H) - Hypothetical: Birds that have had a credible sighting reported, but have not been documented with a specimen or with a suitable photograph
Ducks, Geese, and Swans Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae  Greater White-fronted Goose The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. There are 131 species world wide, 61 North American species, and 42 Oklahoma species. - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A)
- Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
- Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
- Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
- Brant, Branta bernicla (A)
- Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (A)
- Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsonii
- Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
- Mute Swan, Cygnus olor (I)(H)
- Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator
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