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1. Virginia Warblers of SW South Dakota
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:04:38 -0500
2. Bird Report 6/6/98
"murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Sat, 6 Jun 1998 16:44:21 -0500
3. Common Loon in June
"Lanny Randolph & Robin Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:19:10 -0500
4. Crescent Lake
<AKENITZ@aol.com>
Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:44:45 EDT
5. Official list of Nebraska birds web site
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:48:47 -0500
6. Re: Official list of Nebraska birds web site
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:26:49 -0500 (CDT)
7. Weekend Birding
<jwhall2@juno.com> (John W. Hall)
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:51:20 -0500
8. Re: Weekend Birding
<cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu>
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:19:42 CDT
9. Bird Bubbas Birding Bonanza!
"murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:28:49 -0500
10. Re: Proposed Audubon Grasslands Campaign
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:50:09 -0500
11. little blue herons
Kevin Poague <kpoague@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:32:33 -0500
12. Re: little blue herons
<Johnsllvn@aol.com>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:45:28 EDT
13. birds
"Todd Jensen" <gyrfalcon2@hotmail.com>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:52:12 PDT
14. birds
"Todd Jensen" <gyrfalcon2@hotmail.com>
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:52:18 PDT
15. Re: little blue herons
<rluehrs@kearney.net> (Richard Luehrs)
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:25:14 -0500
16. Grosbeaks, Wrens and Warblers
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:09:02 -0500
17. Re: NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY -- Call the Senate to Stop Rider
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:01:03 -0500
18. Saturday quick trip
<jwhall2@juno.com> (John W. Hall)
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:06:12 -0500
19. Clark's Grebe at Funk Lagoon
<price_rip@hotmail.com> (Robert I. Price)
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 17:16:45 +0100
20. Western NE birds
<lpdlfrd@juno.com> (Loren J. Padelford)
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:41:05 -0500
21. Funk Lagoon in June
ROBIN HARDING <HARDINGR@platte.unk.edu>
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 13:11:46 -0500
22. BBS Routes
<Johnsllvn@aol.com>
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:33:23 EDT
23. Re: little blue herons
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:36:18 -0500
24. Re: Grosbeaks, Wrens and Warblers
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:44:15 -0500
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:04:38 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: Virginia Warblers of SW South Dakota Hi Nebraska birders, At the recent NOU meeting in Scottsbluff I learned that Virginia Warblers have been seen in Nebraska, but there are very few records. This that I have forwarded from the SDbirds list may contain information that could be used to help locate Virginia Warblers in Nebraska. Lanny Lanny Randolph southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th rd Gibbon Ne. 68840 RandolphL@Platte.UNK.edu MarshWren@nctc.net 308-468-5057 ................................................. From: tallmand@wolf.northern.edu 5-JUN-1998 13:31:08.00 To: RANDOLPHL CC: Subj: Virginia Warblers Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 12:01:00 CDT From: "Tallman, Dan" <tallmand@wolf.northern.edu> Message-Id: <357824D1@msgtwy.northern.edu> Precedence: bulk Sender: owner-sd-birds@igc.org Subject: Virginia Warblers To: sd-birds <sd-birds@igc.org> X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 I just got back from a two-week stint in Boles, Roby, and Redbird Canyons in southwestern South Dakota west of Custer. We are censusing and mist-netting for Virginia's Warblers in light of the several singing males that Jeff Palmer found last year. So far, we have found Virginia's Warblers in at least 25 different locations in these canyons and in Buck Springs canyon to the east. We have also banded 9 Virginia's Warblers to date. Jeff Palmer, Eric Liknes, Kurt Dean, and Kevin Payne are still out there continuing the censusing and banding work, and we will have people on the project until 10 July. We have only sampled a portion of the available habitat in this area, so I am estimating that the total Virginia's Warbler population there is at least 100 pairs, although Jeff Palmer conservatively suggests 50-100 pairs. In any event, there are a lot of them out there and they are fairly easy to find. If you would like to meet us out there for help finding them, let me know. I will be in Vermillion until June 22, when I am heading back out there. Also, I saw a Great-tailed Grackle yesterday in the field across from the first houses north of Highway 50 on Greenfield Rd. just east of Vermillion. Dave Swanson -- David L. Swanson Department of Biology and Avian Performance Laboratory University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
From: "murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Bird Report 6/6/98
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 16:44:21 -0500
Hello Everyone,
The Birding Bubbas (Mark Urwiller and John Kozak) just completed a short
trip to Funk WPA. Our total count of species wasn't very high, but we did
see a couple of neat birds. The Snowy Egret I reported last week is still
there. This week we saw at least 4 Hudsonian Godwits at the Kiosk. We
think there were 6 there at first, but they flew before we could get the
scope on them. Fortunately they returned. There was no doubt in my
Swarovski HD at 60x!
A complete list can be viewed at my web site. Enjoy!
Mark Urwiller
4711 Heather Lane
Kearney NE 68847
Phone: 308-234-6536
Internet:
murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us
http://162.127.10.1/~murwille/7hills.htm
http://204.234.2.2/~murwille/7hills.htm
http://162.127.10.1/~murwille/resume.htm
http://204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm
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Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:19:10 -0500 From: "Lanny Randolph & Robin Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: Common Loon in June Hi Nebraska birders, Saturday, June 6, at our home 3 1/2 miles southeast of Gibbon we saw four Cedar Waxwings, four Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and about fifty Baltimore Orioles. Sunday, June 7, at our home we saw six Wild Turkeys, a female, two adult males and a first year male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and a Spotted Towhee. At the Union Pacific State Recreation Area at the Odessa I-80 exit we saw an immature Common Loon. At Funk Lagoon we saw an Eared Grebe, a Snowy Egret, three Cattle Egrets, 23 Snow Geese, five Green-winged Teal, five Northern Pintail, three Redhead, Fifteen Ruddy Ducks, a Swainson's Hawk, at least two Virginia Rails, an American Avocet, two Hudsonian Godwits, about three Franklin's Gulls, at least fifty Black Terns, about 400 Cliff Swallows, at least three calling Willow Flycatchers, Cedar Waxwings, four Warbling Vireos, two Orange-crowned Warblers, a Wilson's Warbler, a singing Swamp Sparrow, about 18 Great-tailed Grackles and about five Orchard Orioles. Their were an estimated 350 Cliff Swallows at the Minden Platte River Bridge. good birding and goodbye, Lanny and Robin Lanny Randolph and Robin Harding southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th Road Gibbon, Nebraska 68840 (308) 468-5057 home (308) 865-8647 work MarshWren@nctc.net RandolphL@platte.UNK.edu HardingR@Platte.UNK.edu
From: <AKENITZ@aol.com> Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:44:45 EDT Subject: Crescent Lake Hi Nebraska birders, A few of us from Wildcat Audubon had a great trip to Crescent Lake NWR yesterday. Among the more interesting species seen between Oshkosh & Antioch were--Eared, Western, Clark's, & Pied-billed Grebes, White Pelican, Double- crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night-Herons, American Bitterns, Gadwall, Pintail, Green-winged, Blue-winged, & Cinnamon Teal, Am. Wigeon, N. Shoveler, Wood Duck, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, Swainson's Hawk, Virginia Rail, Am. Coot, Killdeer, Long-billed Curlew, Upland Sandpiper, Willet, Am Avocet, Wilson's Phalarope, Franklin's Gull, Forster's & Black Terns, C. Nighthawk, Red-headed Woodpecker, Eastern & Western Kingbirds, Tree, Rough- winged, Barn, & Cliff Swallows, House & Marsh Wrens, Brown Thrasher, Swainson's Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Loggerhead Shrike (nest with young),Yellow Warbler, Com. Yellowthroat, American Redstart, W. Meadowlark, Yellow-headed & Red-winged Blackbirds, Orchard & Baltimore (nest with young) Orioles, Lark Bunting, Grasshopper & Lark Sparrows. Good birding to all, Alice Kenitz
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:48:47 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: Official list of Nebraska birds web site From: PLATTE::HARDINGR "ROBIN HARDING" 8-JUN-1998 11:04:21.28 To: RANDOLPHL CC: Subj: Please send this for me Lanny, Please send this message to NeBirds for me. I am not subscribed to it here at work. Thanks. Nebraska birders, Robert Price has added definitions of terms to the Official List of Nebraska Birds at http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/. Please take a look at it and the NOU Field Card. What do you think of them? What else would you like to see on this web site? Robin
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:26:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Re: Official list of Nebraska birds web site
A possibility for additions to the NOU web page might be adding an
archivesfor the weekly Nebraska birdline so that sightings can be compared
over the years. You might want to check out Wisconsin's archived sighting
page at http://keaggy.intmed.mcw.edu/wiaves/webpage.html to see what I
mean.
I like what you have thus far.
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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, LANNY RANDOLPH wrote:
> From: PLATTE::HARDINGR "ROBIN HARDING" 8-JUN-1998 11:04:21.28
> To: RANDOLPHL
> CC:
> Subj: Please send this for me
>
> Lanny,
> Please send this message to NeBirds for me. I am not subscribed
> to it here at work. Thanks.
>
>
> Nebraska birders,
>
> Robert Price has added definitions of terms to the Official
> List of Nebraska Birds at http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/.
> Please take a look at it and the NOU Field Card. What do
> you think of them? What else would you like to see on this
> web site?
>
> Robin
>
>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:51:20 -0500 Subject: Weekend Birding From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) Friday June 5, 1998: Lake Zorinsky west of 168th Street: Cedar Waxwings, Purple Martins, Black Terns, Common Yellowthroats, 11 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Eastern Bluebirds, Baltimore Orioles, 1 immature Black-crowned Night Heron. Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows are in the Prairie Educational area. Saturday June 6, 1998: Nature trail Chalco Hills Recreation area: 3 Song Sparrows, 6 Common Yellowthroats, 2 Yellow Warblers, 5 Brown Thrashers, 6 Indigo Buntings, 2 American Redstarts, 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Empid, 2 Coopers Hawks (nesting). Saturday June 6, 1998: Otoe County farmstead: 1 female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 Indigo Bunting, 1 Song Sparrow, House Wrens galore. Lots of Dickcissels, but no Grasshopper Sparrows. While I originally felt the Coopers Hawks had abandoned their nest after the May windstorm, the female quickly induced a change of mind. I scanned the nest with binoculars from over half a city block away, seeing first the head of the female watching me, and then the whole bird coming for me. She pressed her attack twice, vociferously diving at me and then retreating to a limb above the trail. I retreated back down the trail to an area I thought would be out of view from her nest. However, she quickly attacked again when I stopped to look at a pair of Indigo Buntings. Later, I saw the male hunting over grasslands on the North edge of the park, and still later returning towards the nest with a Red-winged Blackbird grasped in his talons. John W. Hall Omaha, Nebraska jwhall2@juno.com
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:19:42 CDT Subject: Re: Weekend Birding > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu, lpdlfrd@juno.com > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:51:20 -0500 > Subject: Weekend Birding > From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) > Friday June 5, 1998: Lake Zorinsky west of 168th Street: Cedar Waxwings, > Purple Martins, Black Terns, Common Yellowthroats, 11 Double-crested > Cormorants, 3 Eastern Bluebirds, Baltimore Orioles, 1 immature > Black-crowned Night Heron. Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows are in > the Prairie Educational area. > > Saturday June 6, 1998: Nature trail Chalco Hills Recreation area: 3 Song > Sparrows, 6 Common Yellowthroats, 2 Yellow Warblers, 5 Brown Thrashers, 6 > Indigo Buntings, 2 American Redstarts, 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 1 > Nashville Warbler, 1 Empid, 2 Coopers Hawks (nesting). > > Saturday June 6, 1998: Otoe County farmstead: 1 female Rose-breasted > Grosbeak, 1 Indigo Bunting, 1 Song Sparrow, House Wrens galore. Lots of > Dickcissels, but no Grasshopper Sparrows. > > While I originally felt the Coopers Hawks had abandoned their nest after > the May windstorm, the female quickly induced a change of mind. I > scanned the nest with binoculars from over half a city block away, seeing > first the head of the female watching me, and then the whole bird coming > for me. She pressed her attack twice, vociferously diving at me and then > retreating to a limb above the trail. I retreated back down the trail to > an area I thought would be out of view from her nest. However, she > quickly attacked again when I stopped to look at a pair of Indigo > Buntings. Later, I saw the male hunting over grasslands on the North > edge of the park, and still later returning towards the nest with a > Red-winged Blackbird grasped in his talons. > > John W. Hall > Omaha, Nebraska > jwhall2@juno.com > > John, Could you give me a general location of where the Cooper's Hawk nest is? East side of the lake? west? southwest, southeast? etc. I'm not intending to get close, I'm not a photographer either. Clem Klaphake Bellevue University Bellevue, NE
From: "murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Bird Bubbas Birding Bonanza!
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:28:49 -0500
Hello Nebraska Birders,
Sorry about the title - just couldn't help myself. The "bird bubbas" of
Kearney went out for a little birding today. Here are the highlights:
1 Common Loon (imm.) at Union Pacific SRA
2 Snowy Egrets at Funk WPA
3 Imm/Female Hooded Mergansers at Funk WPA (no hoods, yellow and brown
bill, small bars of white on back, merganser shape and size)
Eurasian Collared Dove in Kearney
All together we saw 74 species. A complete list can be viewed at my
website at http://204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm Enjoy!
Mark Urwiller
4711 Heather Lane
Kearney NE 68847
Phone: 308-234-6536
Internet:
murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us
http://162.127.10.1/~murwille/7hills.htm
http://204.234.2.2/~murwille/7hills.htm
http://162.127.10.1/~murwille/resume.htm
http://204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 07:50:09 -0500
From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Subject: Re: Proposed Audubon Grasslands Campaign
Ted, Thank You for your quick reply. I certainly agree with your
concerns and would also and another concern: URBAN SPRAWL. tHOSE @#$%&
PLOTS OF 3 OR 5 OR 10 ACRES wreak havoc with prairie plant and bird
species.
I'll see you in Colorado in July.
Carolyn Hall
Springview, NE
cjhall@huntel.net
Ted Eubanks wrote:
>
> At 09:06 PM 6/10/98 -0500, Carolyn Hall wrote:
>
> >Ted, I plan to be at the National Convention and am certainly interested
> >in prairies and grasslands. Just what are you proposing? I'm not quite
> >sure what a "Grasslands Campaign" is? If you are proposing to remove
> >all grazing off grasslands-forget it. These prairies evolved under
> >grazing, prairie dogs and fire. You can not remove all hoffed ungulates
> >and keep the grassland species in good viable condition.
>
> How interesting. All I have proposed is that we consider consolidating our
> grassland conservation efforts under one umbrella campaign, and I am
> already facing the grazing issue :-) Carolyn, I am proposing nothing of the
> sort, so stand at ease. I am interested in developing a campaign that will
> focus upon grasslands, much the way our forest and wetlands campaigns
> concentrate on their respective habitats. A large percentage of the
> Watchlist species, for example, are grasslands inhabitants, and the
> conservation efforts relating to those species are rather poorly focused
> and isolated. I will also point out that not all grasslands are being
> impacted (either positively or negatively) by grazing. Southeastern pine
> savannah (Bachman's Sparrow) is being lost to succession growth (due to
> fire suppression). Coastal prairie in Texas (Attwater's Greater
> Prairie-Chicken) is being rapidly replaced by Chinese Tallow (an invasive
> exotic) forests. So the issue with grassland conservation in this
> hemisphere is quite complex, with grazing being only one component.
>
> I hope to see you in Estes Park where we can discuss this issue further.
>
> Ted Eubanks
> National Audubon Society
> Southwest Regional Director
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:32:33 -0500 From: Kevin Poague <kpoague@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: little blue herons Thought I would send this note to see if I know how to operate this thing. Wednesday, June 10, I saw 3 little blue herons in adult plumage at a wetland behind the new Cracker Barrel restaurant in Lincoln, just south of the 27th Street interchange on I-80. Bobolinks there too, as well as ruddy ducks, 1 scaup spp. and great-tailed grackles. -- Kevin Poague Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (402) 471-5412 kpoague@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us
From: <Johnsllvn@aol.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 19:45:28 EDT Subject: Re: little blue herons Kevin, Thanks for the report on the Little Blue Herons at the Cracker Barrel Marsh. I ran out there as soon as I got your message. Tonight, 6-11 there were 7 Little Blues. 6 adults and 1 imm. John Sullivan Lincoln, Ne
From: "Todd Jensen" <gyrfalcon2@hotmail.com> Subject: birds Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:52:12 PDT O june 10,1998 I stopped briefly at chadron state park. Birding was pretty much uneventful but there several pygmy nuthatches and red crossbills seen. some other species of note black-headed grosbeak, American redstart, western wood peewee and numerous pine siskins. Good birding .Todd J. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
From: "Todd Jensen" <gyrfalcon2@hotmail.com> Subject: birds Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:52:18 PDT O june 10,1998 I stopped briefly at chadron state park. Birding was pretty much uneventful but there several pygmy nuthatches and red crossbills seen. some other species of note black-headed grosbeak, American redstart, western wood peewee and numerous pine siskins. Good birding .Todd J. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:25:14 -0500 From: rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs) Subject: Re: little blue herons At 9.32 AM -0500 6/11/98, Kevin Poague wrote: >Thought I would send this note to see if I know how to operate >this thing. Wednesday, June 10, I saw 3 little blue herons in A question. I've seen these guys before, and firmly identified them on the TX coast, and I *think* I've seen a few around here in central NE, but haven't had a long enough look to get a firm id (so I'm *not* Carolyn Hall. So what?!?) Can anybody give me an idea of how common they are here? _____________________________________________________________________ / I imagine it's hard for a middle-aged | Richard Luehrs \ / man to get to the top in the business | Big Bend A.S. \ / world when his name is Fat Baby Moxford. | Friends Of Rowe Sanctuary \ | --------------- Kearney, Nebraska | \ Mr. I-Know-Where-They-Are | / \ aka Bob & Ray | rluehrs@kearney.net / \___________________________|_________________________________________/
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:09:02 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: Grosbeaks, Wrens and Warblers Hi Nebraska birders, This morning, June 12, at our home just north of the Platte River, southeast of Gibbon we saw a first year male Black-headed Grosbeak. We saw this bird the first time Tuesday morning of this week. We had a lot of fun with him then, we thought he was some kind of hybrid. Since then we have discovered that he looks just the way a first year male Black-headed Grosbeak should look. We have been hearing Sedge Wrens again from our yard the last couple of days. We hadn't heard any for about two weeks. I don't know if they went somewhere or were just quiet. Just two days before they went quiet I went for a walk back there and counted Sedge Wren song coming from six distinct places. I have noticed that on this list several species of warbler have been reported in June from areas they are not known to breed. For example, Robin and I reported two Orange-crowned Warblers and a Wilson's Warbler from Funk Lagoon last weekend. And no one has asked for details, so they must not come as a real surprise to most of us. I haven't asked for details on someone else's June warblers, because I've been seeing them too. And because of the funny weather we have been having, late migrants would not surprise me. But, I don't know this. If someone does know why June warblers in non breeding areas, please post. Lanny
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:01:03 -0500 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Re: NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY -- Call the Senate to Stop Rider Lora WONDOLOWSKI wrote: > > Sorry for Cross-postings. > > The Izembek NWR "Golden Gravel Road" bill is one of the riders but is not listed > below. This is the bill that will allow a $30 million, 30 mile road through a > Wilderness area disturbing the world's population of the Pacific Black Brant. > Thanks for your help. > > Lora Wondolowski > Wildlife Refuge Campaign Organizer > ************************************ > > NATIONAL NO RIDERS - NO ROLLBACKS CALL-IN DAY! > > TUESDAY, June 16 > > Congressional Switchboard (202) 224-3121 > > Call your Senators and tell them No Riders - No Rollbacks > > Pick up the phone to stop anti-environmental riders. > Join thousands letting the halls of Congress ring on June 16. > > CONGRESS MUST REPEAL ALL RIDERS ALREADY SIGNED INTO LAW AND PROMISE TO > STOP LEGISLATING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BY RIDER IN THE DARK OF NIGHT. > > Congress learned in 1996 legislating environmental protection law via > riders (attaching an anti-environmental amendment onto an unrelated > piece of legislation) is a bad idea. Thousands of folks around the > country sent this message to Congress and they listened. > > Now Congress is at it again. President Clinton has signed several > riders into law already this year. Its time to tell Congress to STOP > this un-American practice and to debate fully measures effecting the > ecological health of our country. > > The following riders have already been signed into law: > > BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE WILDERNESS (BWCA) > Rolls back wilderness protection in the Boundary Waters > Canoe Area by allowing trucks and jeeps to haul boats across > two portage roads. > > NORTH DENALI ROAD > Leaves Alaska vulnerable to a destructive road through > Denali National Park without considering damage to wildlife > or public input. > > ROAD TO NOWHERE > Authorizes a railroad and road through the Kobuk Valley > National Park in Northwest Alaska to access coal for a > proposed mining operation. > > PETROGLYPH ROAD > Adjusts the boundary of Petroglyph National Monument in New > Mexico and overrides environmental and historic preservation > laws to allow construction of a multi-lane highway. > > DIRTY AIR IN NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDERNESS: > Delays the cleanup of air pollution in National Parks for > almost ten years. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > After you have called your Senators, consider calling President > Clinton. Tell the President to veto any bills that cross his desk > containing anti-environmental riders. > > Contact the Presidents at: > White House comment line (202) 456-1111 or president@whitehouse.gov > > Please distribute widely! > > The No Riders - No Rollbacks National Call-in Day is brought to you by: > Northern Alaska Environmental Center > Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness > GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network > > On TUESDAY, June 16 call your Senators > > NATIONAL NO RIDERS - NO ROLLBACKS CALL-IN DAY! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Roger Featherstone, GREEN Director > PO Box 40046, Albuquerque, NM 87196-0046 > (505) 277-8302 fax, (505) 277-5483 rfeather@defenders.org > http://www.defenders.org/grnhome.html > > GREEN DC Office > 1101 14th St., NW, Ste. 1400, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 682-9400 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 17:06:12 -0500 Subject: Saturday quick trip From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) Had an opportunity to take a short hike at Schramm park at mid-morning today. The 17 year locusts were just phenomenal. As you approach the park, you hear a constant, single pitched hum. The whole park is just resonating with the sound. Locusts are everywhere (makes birding a little more challenging too) including landing on this observer. My wife says there will be a family trip out there Sunday evening , after one daughter gets off work, so the kids can see and experience this treat. Next chance they get will be year 2015. Special birds seen include: Scarlet Tanagers 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 Eastern Wood-peewee 1 Indigo Bunting 3 , all singing and all immature Black-billed Cuckoo 1 heard. John W. Hall Omaha, Nebraska jwhall2@juno.com
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 17:16:45 +0100 From: mailto:price_rip@hotmail.com (Robert I. Price) Subject: Clark's Grebe at Funk Lagoon I am sending this for Robin and Lanny because lightning zapped their computer yesterday. Today, Sunday, 14 June 1994 Lanny abd Robin sighted a Clark's Grebe southwest of the center "t" road crossing at Funk Lagoon. RIP * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Standard Bicycle :: Bike E == Standard Computer :: Macintosh * * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * Dr. Robert I. Price H: (308)234-5961 * * Department of Physics O: (308)865-8282 * * University of Nebraska at price_rip@hotmail.com * * Kearney, Nebraska 68849-1160 http://rip.physics.unk.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:41:05 -0500 Subject: Western NE birds From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Hi Nebraska Birders: Following are some highlights from our trip west last week - June 10 -14: 6/10 - Keith County - Mississippi Kite - 1 - Ogallala, Boot Hill area Blackpoll Warbler - trees around Hilltop restaurant at the south end of the Kingsley dam Common Merganser - 21, Common Loon - 3 - Lake Ogallala 6/11 - 120 Western Grebes - above dam, Lake McConaughy 6/11 - Arthur County Cassin's Sparrow - 1 singing - on BBS route in Arthur County 6/11 Kimball County Mountain Plover - 2 - fallow field, southwest corner of Kimball airport; Mountain Plover - 1 - fallow field south side of Rd. 24 (3.7 miles south of I-80 on Highway 71 & 1.4 miles west on Rd. 24.) 6/12 Kimball County Say's Phoebe - nesting at Super 8 Motel at Kimball. Olive-sided Flycatcher, Northern Mockingbird - south of I-80 exit 1 6/13 Sioux County Chestnut-collared Longspurs - 3 miles south of Harrison on Highway 29, east side of road Chestnut-collared Longspurs, McCown's Longspurs, Brewer's Sparrows - Henry Rd., along Wyoming border, west of Harrison Cordilleran Flycatcher (2 singing), White-throated Swift, Violet-green Swallow, Golden Eagle - Sowbelly Canyon 6/14 - Sheridan County Black-necked Stilt - 2 - with 5 young - lake east of Lakeside, north side of Highway 2 6/14 - Grant County Trumpeter Swan - 3 - 1 mile west of Whitman, north side of Highway 2 Babs & Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 13:11:46 -0500 From: ROBIN HARDING <HARDINGR@platte.unk.edu> Subject: Funk Lagoon in June Hello Nebraska birders, Thanks to RIP for reporting our best bird (the Clark's Grebe). Here are the rest of out highlights. Sunday, June 14, at our home we heard a Great Crested Flycatcher. Just west of Funk Lagoon we saw two Cattle Egrets. At Funk Lagoon we saw a Clark's Grebe. We saw its eyes clearly surrounded by white feathers and its bill was a bright orange-yellow color. We also noted that its flanks were paler than any Western Grebe that we have seen. We saw this bird in open water southwest of the center T county road intersection. We also saw an immature Black-crowned Night-Heron, nine white and three blue morph Snow Geese, a Virginia Rail, about five Black Terns, a Willow Flycatcher, three Marsh Wrens and about fifteen Great-tailed Grackles. In northern Kearney County we heard Grasshopper Sparrows and Bobolinks from the same grassland. Good birding and good bye, Lanny and Robin
From: <Johnsllvn@aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:33:23 EDT Subject: BBS Routes Hello NeBirders, Ross Silcock and I did our Breeding Bird Survey routes in Dundy, Kimball and Sioux Co.'s last weekend. We ended up with 133 species for the 3 days. Here are the highlights of our whirlwind panhandle loop. 6-12 On the Benkleman BBS route in Dundy Co. We counted 12 CASSIN'S SPARROWS and 5 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS. Lake McConaughy at the north end of the Dam 8 LEAST TERN adults, 6 PIPING PLOVER adults and 2 young. Keystone / Lake Ogallala 1 COMMON TERN, 2 CALIFORNIA GULLS, 3 COMMON LOONS. 6-13 Kimball Co. south of exit 1 there was 2 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS, 1 BREWERS SPARROW, 1 BREWERS BLACKBIRD, and 1CASSIN'S KINGBIRD. In Banner Co. at Long Canyon there were 3 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS, 4 CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS, and 1 ROCK WREN. In the grasslands north of Long Canyon there were 7 BREWER'S SPARROWS. At the Wildcat Hills Nature Center in Scotts Bluff Co. there were about 50 RED CROSSBILLS and 40 PINE SISKENS at the feeders. 3 pairs of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS at the boxes around the Bison enclosure. And on Stage Hill road north of the Nature Center 3 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS. In Cemetery Gulch north of the Gering Cemetery in Scotts Bluff Co. we watched in amazement as a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE caught and killed small rabbit. About the same size as the Magpie himself. Another Magpie then joined him and together they ate the rabbit. Monroe Canyon in Sioux Co. 2 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 2 PLUMBEOUS VIREOS, 1 BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, 1 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 PYGMY NUTHATCHS, 1 BLACK- HEADED GROSBEAK, 1 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW and 12 COMMON POORWILLS. 6-14 On the Agate BBS route in Sioux Co. we counted 2 FERRUGENOUS HAWKS, 9 LONG- BILLED CURLEWS and 48 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS. At the Mansfield Marsh north of Crawford in Dawes Co. there was 1 CASPIAN TERN, 1 CINNAMIN TEAL, 80 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 12 AMERICAN AVOCET adults and 2 young and 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Chadron State Park: 1 PLUMBEOUS VIREO, 2 WESTERN TANAGERS, 1 BROWN CREEPER, 5 AUDUBON'S WARBLERS, 4 OVENBIRDS, 1 BLACKHEADED GROSBEAK, and 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES. In Sheridan Co. 1 mile east of Bingham in a marsh on the south side of Hwy. 2 we counted 38 WESTERN GREBES adults and 8 young. We watched a western grebe building a nest. There was also 1 pair of CLARK'S GREBES that had 2 young on one of the parent's backs. And 1 other adult Clark's was there. Wolfenberger Lakes in Grant Co. 3 miles west of Hyannis on Hwy 2 there were 2 adult TRUMPETER Swans with 4 young. And the Grand Finale in Keith Co. at Keystone Lake 1 2nd Summer LAUGHING GULL. John Sullivan Lincoln, Ne
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: little blue herons Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:36:18 -0500 Richard: In Nebraska Little Blues are generally pretty rare in spring, but most years in "fall" (July-Sep) a few can be found, mostly in the Rainwater Basin. Most spring birds are adults, but in the fall white immatures are predominant. Hope this helps Ross Silcock Tabor, IA ---------- > From: Richard Luehrs <rluehrs@kearney.net> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: little blue herons > Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 10:25 PM > > At 9.32 AM -0500 6/11/98, Kevin Poague wrote: > > >Thought I would send this note to see if I know how to operate > >this thing. Wednesday, June 10, I saw 3 little blue herons in > > A question. I've seen these guys before, and firmly identified them on > the TX coast, and I *think* I've seen a few around here in central NE, but > haven't had a long enough look to get a firm id (so I'm *not* Carolyn Hall. > So what?!?) Can anybody give me an idea of how common they are here? > > _____________________________________________________________________ > / I imagine it's hard for a middle-aged | Richard Luehrs \ > / man to get to the top in the business | Big Bend A.S. \ > / world when his name is Fat Baby Moxford. | Friends Of Rowe Sanctuary \ > | --------------- Kearney, Nebraska | > \ Mr. I-Know-Where-They-Are | / > \ aka Bob & Ray | rluehrs@kearney.net / > \___________________________|_________________________________________/ > >
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Grosbeaks, Wrens and Warblers Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:44:15 -0500 ---------- > From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Cc: backyard@digitalis.net > Subject: Grosbeaks, Wrens and Warblers > Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 6:09 PM > > Hi Nebraska birders, > > This morning, June 12, at our home just north of > the Platte River, southeast of Gibbon we saw a > first year male Black-headed Grosbeak. We saw > this bird the first time Tuesday morning of this > week. We had a lot of fun with him then, we > thought he was some kind of hybrid. Since then > we have discovered that he looks just the way a > first year male Black-headed Grosbeak should > look. > > We have been hearing Sedge Wrens again from our > yard the last couple of days. We hadn't heard > any for about two weeks. I don't know if they > went somewhere or were just quiet. Just two days > before they went quiet I went for a walk back > there and counted Sedge Wren song coming from six > distinct places. > > I have noticed that on this list several species > of warbler have been reported in June from areas > they are not known to breed. For example, Robin > and I reported two Orange-crowned Warblers and a > Wilson's Warbler from Funk Lagoon last weekend. > And no one has asked for details, so they must > not come as a real surprise to most of us. I > haven't asked for details on someone else's June > warblers, because I've been seeing them too. And > because of the funny weather we have been having, > late migrants would not surprise me. But, I > don't know this. If someone does know why June > warblers in non breeding areas, please post. > > Lanny
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