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1. Video and CD-ROM reviews
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 05:46:28 -0500 (CDT)
2. Western Nebraska birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:08:38 -0600
3. Bubbas Bird Report
"murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 13:50:20 -0500
4. RWB/L Babcock birds
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:12:42 -0500
5. Re: Western Nebraska birding.
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:31:02 -0500 (CDT)
6. the mudflats of Harlan County Reservoir
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 12:52:59 -0500
7. Eurasian Collared-Dove
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 1 Sep 1998 16:16:53 CDT
8. Eurasian Collared-Dove
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Thu, 3 Sep 1998 07:21:08 -0500 (CDT)
9. [Fwd: catbird help]
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Thu, 03 Sep 1998 11:17:40 -0500
10. Fontenelle Warblers
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sat, 5 Sep 1998 14:26:01 -0500
11. Re: xmas bird counts
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Sun, 6 Sep 1998 05:45:27 -0500 (CDT)
12. Re: Xmas bird counts
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Sun, 06 Sep 1998 08:22:02 -0500
13. L. North/RWB update
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 6 Sep 1998 09:26:23 -0500
14. Bird Report - Kearny, Funk WPA
"murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:04:56 -0500
15. Re: Xmas bird counts
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Mon, 07 Sep 1998 00:25:36 +0000
16. FF Sun
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 12:20:09 -0500
17. Re: Xmas bird counts
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 12:26:40 -0500
18. Calamus/Pibel Lake
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 14:54:15 -0500
19. Kinglets
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 16:54:06 -0500 (CDT)
20. Ft. Calhoun Warblers
jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall)
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 19:20:47 -0500
21. Birds
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us>
Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09:50:52 -0500
22. Weekend birding
Jan Small <jsmall@usd.edu>
Tue, 08 Sep 1998 14:47:16 -0500
23. Re: Western Nebraska birding.
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Tue, 08 Sep 1998 16:16:35 -0500 (CDT)
24. Western Nebraska Birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:33:55 -0600
25. Migrants in Fontenelle Forest
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 18:44:14 -0500
26. Migrants in Panhandle.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:50:26 -0600
27. Re: Western Nebraska birding.
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 23:38:32 -0500
28. Wilderness Park: Perfect Hour!
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:54:42 +0000
29. Buff-bellied Hummingbird
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:01:06 -0500
30. Fontenelle
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:25:05 -0500
31. Re: Fontenelle
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:26:55 CDT
32. Fontenelle Warblers
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:42:05 -0500
33. Western Nebraska birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sat, 12 Sep 1998 23:43:15 -0600
34. L. Babcock/RWB report
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:45:37 -0500
35. Birds at Funk on Sept 13
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:16:09 -0500
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 05:46:28 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Video and CD-ROM reviews Friends, My apologies if this is a duplicate, but I thought I'd pass this along FYI. Randy =============== >Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 18:42:32 -0400 >From: "Michael R. Hannisian" <MRHESQ@prodigy.net> >Reply-To: MRHESQ@prodigy.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: yiams@avalon.net >Subject: Video and CD-ROM reviews > >Thought you might like to let your members know that the New Jersey >Audubon Society publishes its bird/nature video and CD-ROM reviews at: > >http://www.nj.com/audubon/genlmenu/genlmenu.html. > >More to come as soon as they are written (listing software is currently >being reviewed). > >Mike > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 08:08:38 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska birding.
NeBirders-
I just returned from two days of birding in western Nebraska
with Loren and Babs Padelford. Here are the highlights:
28 August
1 Long-billed Curlew at lake Alice
29 August
Oliver Reservoir:
*1 singing male Pine Warbler
*1 Cassin's Vireo
*1 male Townsend's Warbler
5 MacGillivray's Warblers
1 Yellow-breasted Chat
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4 Red-breasted Nuthatches
a family group of 5 Blue Grosbeaks at the Bushnell cemetery
1 Sage Thrasher-6 mi w of Bushnell
north of exit 1 off I-80
*1 male Mourning Warbler
1 MacGillivray's Warbler
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: "murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Bubbas Bird Report
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 13:50:20 -0500
Hello Nebraska Birders,
John Kozak and I went out for a brief outing yesterday. Most of what we
saw was unremarkable except for 4 Euarasian Collared Doves and the
White-winged Dove in Kearney. We also saw numerous Cattle Egrets at Funk
WPA. For a complete list, please check my website (listed last in my
signature file).
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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From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: RWB/L Babcock birds Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:12:42 -0500 Hello NEbirders, I don't think I can beat Dinsmore's/Padelford's singing Pine Warbler in Kimball County, but I had a few OK birds this Sunday (30 Aug) as well. Below are the highlights. Joel Jorgensen -------------------- Sinninger Basin (cattle yard basin just north of the WPA) **1 Hudsonian Godwit** 1 Red-necked Phalarope 33 Stilt Sandpipers 15 Common Snipe 424 Northern Pintail At a small, private basin just west of the Clay/Fillmore Co. line (thus in Clay Co.) *1 Common Moorhen* 3 Little Blue Herons 1 White-faced Ibis 1 Ross's Goose (it was there in late May and I have seen it the last 2 weekends) 4 Snow Geese Other birds seen in the eastern Rainwater Basin 21 Great Egrets (a rather lousy total actually) 11 Snowy Egrets 13 White-faced Ibis 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 4 Western Sandpipers 32 Common Snipe an additional Red-necked Phalarope Lake Babcock/Lake North (Lake is lower at the present time) 13 Snowy Egrets 220 Semipalmated Sandpipers 142 Pectoral Sandpipers 1 Western Sandpiper 7 Sanderlings 5 Buff-breasted Sandpipers 1 juv. Short-billed Dowitcher
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:31:02 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: Western Nebraska birding. I too was out west birding this weekend (Saturday). I only made it to Ogallala although I intended to go all the way to the Kimball/I-80 exit 1 area. I didn't make it because I locked my keys in my car and spent an extra 3 hours trying to get into my car while parked on the north side of the dam at Lake McConaughy. I could not find the yellow-billed loon nor any loon above the dam, but had three common loons below the dam in Lake Ogallala. I had an osprey above the dam. The Omaha Beach area had a fair number of shorebirds (mostly peeps - about 50-100). Conditions are good there for shorebirds. Actually my trip would not have been a success had I not seen the white-winged dove around 8 PM Saturday evening in Kearney at 432 E 32nd (on the line in the backyard). Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 12:52:59 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: the mudflats of Harlan County Reservoir Hi Nebraska birders, Sunday, August 30, Robin and I went to Harlan County Reservoir. Oooh! Among other birds we saw 35 American White Peilicans, about thirty Great Egrets, a Snowy Egret, six Wood Ducks, an American Wigeon, two Common Mergansers, four Turkey Vultures, an Osprey, three Wild Turkeys, a Semipalmated Plover, at least 55 Killdeer, two American Avocets, three Solitary Sandpipers, two Spotted Sandpipers, a Least Sandpiper, six Pectoral Sandpipers, thirty Stilt Sandpipers, at least 250 Franklin's Gulls, at least 25 Ring-billed Gulls, five Forster's Terns, a Common Nighthawk, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, an Eastern Wood Peewee, about 200 American Robins, a Cedar Waxwing, three Warbling Vireos, and a Pine Siskin. If you go down there, save yourself some time by starting at the west end. good birding and goodbye, Lanny Lanny Randolph southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th rd. Gibbon Ne. 68840 RandolphL@Platte.UNK.edu MarshWren@nctc.net 308-468-5057
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 16:16:53 CDT Subject: Eurasian Collared-Dove Nebraska Birders, Since there has been considerable discussion about the Eurasian Collared-Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) in Kearney on this list serv site, I thought I might add a little information about the bird and its origins in this century. This dove originated in Asia and was introduced into southeastern Europe in the 1700s. Primarily confined to Turkey as recent as 1900. The Eurasian Collared Dove eventually colonized all of Europe-reaching Yugoslavia in 1912, Austria in 1938, Italy in 1944, Germany in 1946, England in 1955, Finland in 1957, and Norway in 1969. The dove had even nested in Iceland by 1971. That is quite a dispersion in a relatively short period of time. The range expansion seems to happen mainly in the spring of the year and in a westerly direction. According to a researcher in the Netherlands, the doves spread by two methods: 1) short-distance dispersal through neighborhood diffusion, and 2) long-distance dispersal, in which individuals often form bridgeheads for further expansion far ahead of the wave front (advancing birds). He also found that only a few invaders are necessary to produce enormous numbers of individuals. They can produce four to five broods per year, usually with two young per brood. The individuals found in Kearney seem to fit the long-distance dispersal pattern. According to this research the numbers (barring any unseen catastrophe-ice storms, tornadoes, etc.) should be increasing fairly rapidly. The Eurasian Collared-Dove was introduced on this side of the Atlantic through the Bahama Islands in 1974 when a pet dealer's shop was burglarized. The doves then spread to Florida, built up a sizeable population, and now are appearing in various places in the U.S. Things have gotten complicated however, since there also is another closely related dove called the Ringed Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia 'risoria') that looks similar to the Eurasian Collared Dove. This dove was brought to California as a pet in 1909, but many escaped and/or turned loose by pet owners. It is believed that there is hybridization taking place between these two species. For example, there is a sizeable population of collared-doves, including Eurasian Collared-Doves, Ringed Turtle-Doves and hybrids in Joliet, Illinois. This makes identification more difficult. There are specific differences between the Eurasian Collared Dove and the Ringed Turtle-Dove (color patterns on the undertail coverts and primaries on the wings - Eurasian is a larger bird - and their calls are different), but I don't know about the hybrids. Most of this information is from H. David Bohlen and the publications of the Illinois State Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Clem Klaphake
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 07:21:08 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Eurasian Collared-Dove Birders, This came across from the SDOU list server and I thought I'd pass the information along. Randy ================ >Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 12:39:15 +0000 >From: cris schenck <rschenck@server2.dakota.net> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: rschenck@server2.dakota.net >Sender: owner-sd-birds@igc.org >Subject: Eurasian Collared-Dove >To: sd-birds <sd-birds@igc.org> > >Dear sd-birds, > Calli Brick of Sioux Falls has an Eurasian Collared Dove in her >backyard. Calli lives at 726 W 17th ST and the dove has been showing up >between 6:30 - 7:30 both am and pm. You can call Calli at 605-338-5178 >or the bird can be observed in the alley to the east of her home. > >Robb Schenck >rschenck@dakota.net > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 11:17:40 -0500 From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: [Fwd: catbird help] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A forwarded request from the bird banding list server. Thomas Labedz
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 14:26:01 -0500 Subject: Fontenelle Warblers From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello all, There was some warbler activity in Fontenelle this morning on Gifford point. These birds were all seen along the road from the Gifford point parking lot to the RR tracks and along North Stream Trail to the deer exclosure from 7:00 - 11:00 am. Nashville Warbler 8 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 American Redstart 4 Ovenbird 1 Wilson's Warbler 5 *Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 *Bay-breasted Warbler 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Brown Creeper 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Empid Sp. 4 John Sullivan Lincoln, Ne _____________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 05:45:27 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Re: xmas bird counts Nebraska Birders, I believe someone on this list asked for Christmas Bird Count dates. Yeah, I know, technically we're IOWA >gasp!<, but I thought I'd pass this date along anyway. ;-) If you have any questions, then please contact Bob Livermore directly. He is our CBC compiler. Randy =============== >From: SUXUSFPM@aol.com >Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:02:57 EDT >To: yiams@avalon.net >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: Re: xmas bird counts > >Randy, > >I would like to submit the date of Dec 26 th as the proposed date for CBC. >There never is a perfect date but I hope to get most people with this one. An >earlier date involves working around deer hunters and the following week >usually has involved worsening weather. > > >Thanks and have a nice Labor Day Weekend! >Bob > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 08:22:02 -0500 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Re: Xmas bird counts Randall D. Williams wrote: > > Nebraska Birders, > > I believe someone on this list asked for Christmas Bird Count dates. Yeah, > I know, technically we're IOWA >gasp!<, but I thought I'd pass this date > along anyway. ;-) > > If you have any questions, then please contact Bob Livermore directly. He > is our CBC compiler. > > Randy > > =============== > > >From: SUXUSFPM@aol.com > >Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:02:57 EDT > >To: yiams@avalon.net > >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Subject: Re: xmas bird counts > > > >Randy, > > > >I would like to submit the date of Dec 26 th as the proposed date for CBC. > >There never is a perfect date but I hope to get most people with this one. An > >earlier date involves working around deer hunters and the following week > >usually has involved worsening weather. > > > > > >Thanks and have a nice Labor Day Weekend! > >Bob > > > > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * > >From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa > Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB > Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner > http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ Hi, Carolyn Hall here. I live in Bassett, NE in the beautiful Sandhills of northcentral NE. I KNOW there has never been a Xmas Bird count in this area!!! Couldn't even get 5 people together to go birding with me last spring. I have to novice birders in Long Pine, just 1/4 mile from the Pine Creek canyon, who should get good birds plus we could bird the surrounding area. What does it take to do a Xmas Bird Count??? Carolyn Hall cjhall@huntel.net yiams@avalon.net > > Requisite signature file quote: > "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: L. North/RWB update Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 09:26:23 -0500 Hi all, Below are the highlights from sat., 5 Sept. Joel Jorgensen ------------------ L. North/Babcock (lake is up again) 9 Buff-breasted Sandpipers 11 Sanderlings Alfalfa Field 1 mile north of Sinninger WPA, York Co. 2 American Golden-plovers 8 Buff-breasted Sandpipers a small, private basin in Clay Co. 4 imm. Little Blue Herons 3 White-faced Ibis 1 Ross Goose another small, private basin in Clay Co. 2 imm. Yellow-crowned Night-herons Smith WPA 1 Blue-headed Vireo Koenig Basin (1 mile south of Harvard WPA) 1 imm. Little blue Heron 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers Harvard WPA (a.k.a Inland Lagoon) 47 White-faced Ibis (presumably all are white-faced) 8 Little Blue heron (1 ad., 7 imms) 2 American Bitterns 42 Cattle Egrets 5 Great Egrets
From: "murwille" <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Bird Report - Kearny, Funk WPA
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:04:56 -0500
Hello Nebraska Birders,
John Kozak and I went birding for a short time this morning. We stopped
shortly in Kearney to look for the doves. We saw only 1 Eurasian Collared
Dove. We didn't see the White-winged Dove however Roger Newcombe (the home
owner) may have seen it earlier like he had last week. We didn't speak
with him this week.
We headed for Funk WPA. The large numbers of Cattle Egrets were not there
this week. We saw a few, perhaps a dozen spread among several locations.
We did see about 50 White Pelicans, 2 Black-crowned Night Herons, 2 Snipes,
1 American Avocet, Stilt, Pectoral, Semipalmated, Baird's, Least, and
Western Sandpipers, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Dowitcher sp?, Black
Terns, and another Tern sp? (too far away). We saw ducks including
Mallard, Pintail, Blue and Green-winged Teal, American Widgeon, Gadwall,
Northern Shoveler, and a Redhead.
Perhaps the bird of the day was one Red-necked Phalarope East of the Kiosk
about 1/4 mile. The remainder of our list is up on my web site. Check it
out at the last address listed in my signature file.
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: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 00:25:36 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Re: Xmas bird counts Carolyn, Tis midnight. I just got home from work. I'll not respond fully tonight but I promise I will look through all the Christmas Bird Count stuff I got as compiler last year and let you know who in Audubon to contact for the materials. You should do it! It is fun! Linda Linda R. Brown 3745 Garfield Lincoln, NE 68506 402-489-2381 lb14735@navix.net
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: FF Sun Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 12:20:09 -0500 Hi folks: Birded in FF this morning. Pretty slow. Also looked at Freedom Park for Monk Parakeets- none detected. Highlights (other than meeting up with Padelfords and Kovandas!): Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8 (lots of jewel weed) Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Brown Creeper 1 Cedar Waxwing 25 Nashville Warbler 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Parula Warbler 1 Indigo Bunting 1 (imm/fem) Baltimore Oriole 2 Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Xmas bird counts Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 12:26:40 -0500 NeBirders and Carolyn Hall: I defer to Linda re the official Audubon rules for Christmas Bird Counts (CBCs), but I might suggest that you can run a count under the rules but not actually submit it to Audubon the first time or two so that you can build observer numbers and get used to your circle. It takes a couple of years to really get to know the nooks and crannies in the count circle and where certain birds are at that time of year. (You don't have to pay $5 each either!). Your area would be interesting for sure. Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net ---------- > From: Linda R. Brown <lb14735@navix.net> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Xmas bird counts > Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 7:25 PM > > Carolyn, Tis midnight. I just got home from work. I'll not respond > fully tonight but I promise I will look through all the Christmas Bird > Count stuff I got as compiler last year and let you know who in Audubon > to contact for the materials. > > You should do it! It is fun! > > Linda > Linda R. Brown > 3745 Garfield > Lincoln, NE 68506 > 402-489-2381 > lb14735@navix.net
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: Calamus/Pibel Lake Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 14:54:15 -0500 Hello, Got out for a while on Monday, 7 Sept, and the following are the highlights. Joel Jorgensen ---------------- Calamus Reservoir 1234 American White Pelicans 3 Great Egrets 1 Cattle Egret 22,000 Franklin's Gull (looked for a Sabine's or a jaeger for about an hour, but no luck) several singing Bell's Vireos Pibel Lake SRA, Wheeler Co. 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12 Warbling Vireos 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Ovenbird
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 16:54:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Kinglets
Today we had our first fall Ruby-throated Kinglets in the yard - two.
Also a Nashville Warbler, Warbling Vireo, and yesterday a first Lincoln's
Sparrow for fall.
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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 19:20:47 -0500 Subject: Ft. Calhoun Warblers From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) Took a little family outing to Ft. Atkinson this afternoon. While the family did the museum pieces, I slipped doen into the wooded area below the fort for a little birding action. Unfortuantely, I did not dress appropriately and the mosquitos and stinging nettle finally drove me back to the family. Probably a good thing as they were about to call out the National Guard. I had the keys, and the picnic lunch was in the car. Birds seen there included: Canada Warbler Pine Warbler Ovenbird Black and white Warbler 5 species of woodpeckers 1 Empid spc. Down the road at the "Chute" things were slower, but still found an Eastern Wood Pewee and about 20 Eastern Kingbirds perching over the water, taking turns swooping down to pick something off the top of the current. Monarch butterflies are migrating south today as well. We live at the top of a hill, and have a stream of Monarchs passing over. In this instance, a stream is 3-4 every minute of so. Still most interesting to see them catching a tail-wind and winging it vigorously south. John W. Hall Omaha, Nebraska jwhall2@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/2965
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09:50:52 -0500 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Birds Hello, This was a good weekend for birding I see. I was in Rapid City South Dakota and saw a family of Mountain Bluebirds and I watched a Sora feeding for about 10 minutes. On my way home, I stopped at Toadstool Park and counted 3 Say's Phoebes. Laurel
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 14:47:16 -0500 From: Jan Small <jsmall@usd.edu> Subject: Weekend birding Hi Nebraska birders-- Greetings from South Dakota! Saturday we drove from Vermillion, SD down to Alma, NE and stopped at Funk along the way. We saw pretty much the same list reported already and also a white-faced ibis near the road just east of the observation blind. On our way home yesterday, we saw a group of 8 white-faced ibis in a little pond along Highway 81 between Yankton and the Highway 12 junction. Down at Alma (at the old boat landing on the north side of the lake), we saw huge numbers of Franklin's and ring-billed gulls, also around 40 great egrets. Jan
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 16:16:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: Western Nebraska birding. When is the peak time(s) to see migrants in western Nebraska (i.e., MacGillivray's, Townsends warblers, vireos, etc.)? Would this coming weekend still be considered prime time or will birds start slacking off? How long do rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds stay around? I am thinking about Kimball, Lake Oliver and Exit 1 this weekend. Any advice would help me decide. Thanks. Joe Gubanyi
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:33:55 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska Birding.
NeBirders-
I just returned from two and a half days of birding in
western Nebraska. My species total for the trip was 161,
including 17 warblers. Today (9/8) I was joined by John
Sullivan of Lincoln. After birding around Lake McConaughy
this morning, we concluded that the fall migration of Little
Gulls in the Panhandle was well underway!
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
6 September
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SW Kimball County
1 Merlin dining on a Lark Bunting
2 Northern Mockingbird
1 Sage Thrasher
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
Oliver Reservoir
**1 male Pine Warbler (same bird found 8/29)
**1 Hammond's Flycatcher (below dam)
1 Plumbeous Vireo
1 Cassin's Vireo
1 Townsend's Warbler
Gering Cemetery
**1 Prairie Warbler
**1 Northern Parula
Lake Minatare
**3 Buff-breasted Sandpiper
rest area along Hwy 385, NE Morrill County
**1 Magnolia Warbler
7 September
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SW Sheridan County
**1 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Swainson's Thrush
NW Garden County
4 adult Trumpeter Swans
2 plegadis sp.
Crescent Lake NWR
1 Townsend's Warbler
1 MacGillivray's Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Black-and-white Warbler
Lake McConaughy
1 Snowy Egret
1 Marbled Godwit
18 Common Tern
8 September
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Lake Ogallala
**1 Little Gull (molting from juvenal to first-basic
plumage, feeding along n edge of lake with Black Terns)
1 Common Goldeneye
3 Osprey
Lake McConaughy
**1 Little Gull (extreme west end of lake; in juvenal
plumage, definitely different from Lake Ogallala bird)
1 Merlin dining on a Baird's Sandpiper
1 immature Peregrine Falcon dining on a L. Yellowlegs
44 Sanderling
2 juv. Short-billed Dowitcher
1 Red-necked Phalarope
6 Common Tern
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 18:44:14 -0500 Subject: Migrants in Fontenelle Forest From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Hi Nebraska Birders, Migrant activity picked up today, 9/8/98, in Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue. We saw the following birds this morning: 3 Great-crested Flycatchers 3 Swainson's Thrushes 3 Philadelphia Vireos 4 Warbling Vireos 3 Red-eyed Vireos 2 Tennessee Warblers 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 2 Wilson's Warblers 1 Black & White Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Ovenbird 3 Nashville Warblers 1 Canada Warbler 1 American Redstart (female) Babs & Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:50:26 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Migrants in Panhandle.
Joe and others-
I suspect this coming weekend (12-13 September) will still
be good for migrants in the Panhandle. In 1997, I saw both
Cassin's Vireo and Townsend's Warbler as late as 21
September. However, I'll bet we're at or past the peak
warbler migration right now, so things may start to slow
down. Incidentally, it is getting late for hummers. Kay
Smith in Bushnell hasn't seen any for about 2 weeks now.
Good luck!
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Western Nebraska birding. Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 23:38:32 -0500 Joe: As you can see, Steve is writing the book on fall Panhandle birding in the modern era! I think his advice on hummers is right- prob too late. Warblers, vireos, should be good, although empis will be decreasing too, and data on Cassin's suggest it is an Aug-early Sep migrant. The best spots are Oliver Res (willow thickets below dam and west end willow thickets), riparian stuff north of Exit 1, riparian stuff on highway 30 just west of Bushnell, any isolated willow trees or small clumps of willows such as those at Blue Creek where it crosses the road from Oshkosh to Crescent L, Bushnell Cemetery, probably Cemetery Gulch (at back of Gering Cem), Riverside Park in Scottsbluff, and Stateline Island (follow the slough to the southeast from the entrance parking lot and check the Russian Olives along the south bank of the river going east from the parking lot). Hope this helps! Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net ---------- > From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Western Nebraska birding. > Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 4:16 PM > > When is the peak time(s) to see migrants in western Nebraska (i.e., > MacGillivray's, Townsends warblers, vireos, etc.)? Would this coming > weekend still be considered prime time or will birds start slacking off? > How long do rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds stay around? I am thinking > about Kimball, Lake Oliver and Exit 1 this weekend. Any advice would help > me decide. Thanks. Joe Gubanyi
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:54:42 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Wilderness Park: Perfect Hour! Nebraska Birders: Paul Johnsgard and I walked in Wilderness Park both north and south of the Pioneer Blvd entrance from 10-11 am today. The woods are filled with 5-7 foot yellow blooming Golden Glow (Rubeckia laciniata). The greenish yellow heads surrounded by drooping yellow petals remind me of Prairie Cone Flowers. Monarchs sailed through the forest both high and low. In the sunny places, we saw other butterflies: Wood Nymphs, Sulfurs, and Blue Azures. I got to see an American Restart fan it's tail. After hearing its whistled call note we spotted a Great Crested Flycather in a canopy of locust trees. We puzzled out a brown Indigo Bunting (was it female or immature male...Paul thinks he saw a little blue in the wing). Just at the end of the trail we heard a rather- more-musical-than-blue-jay-loud-two-noted call. Even though we did not get great looks, we are both convinced it was a Carolina Wren. I wish for each other you such special hours. Linda R. Brown Lincoln, NE lb14735@navix.net
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:01:06 -0500 Subject: Buff-bellied Hummingbird From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Nebraska Birders: This just in from Iowa: A Buff-bellied Hummingbird has been visiting a feeder in SW Des Moines for the last 8 days. It is feeding regularly all day. The bird is located at the home of Don and Carol Stolz, 512 S.W. 60th St. To get there take I-235 to the 63rd St. exit, go south through two major intersections, Ashworth and Grand. Continue south 3 to 4 long blocks. Turn left (east) at Muskogee Ave. and proceed three blocks to 60th St. Turn left (north) on 60th and 512 is three houses on your left. Do not park in the driveway. You may walk up to the back of the house and sit on the deck. If the bird is not at the feeder it may be found sitting in a crabapple tree. Good luck! 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: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:25:05 -0500 Subject: Fontenelle From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello All, At Fontenelle Forest tonight from 4:15 - 6:45 at Gifford Point from the parking lot, along the road to the tracks and North Stream Trail, the following birds were seen; Blue-headed Vireo 4 Philadelphia Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 8 Wilson's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 5 Am. Redstart 1 Brown Creeper 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Empid Sp. 3 Ruby-throated Hummer 10-12 Barred Owl 2 John Sulivan Lincoln, Ne _____________________________________________________________________ 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]
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:26:55 CDT Subject: Re: Fontenelle > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:25:05 -0500 > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Fontenelle > From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) John, Good sightings! I went briefly on the north side of Gifford Road this morning and picked some of the same you did, but not as many species. I did get a Blackburnian warbler, Red-eyed vireo and Red-shouldered hawk also. Clem Klaphake > Hello All, > > At Fontenelle Forest tonight from 4:15 - 6:45 at Gifford Point from the > parking lot, along the road to the tracks and North Stream Trail, the > following birds were seen; > > Blue-headed Vireo 4 > Philadelphia Vireo 1 > Red-eyed Vireo 2 > Warbling Vireo 1 > Magnolia Warbler 1 > Nashville Warbler 8 > Wilson's Warbler 2 > Common Yellowthroat 5 > Am. Redstart 1 > Brown Creeper 1 > Least Flycatcher 1 > Empid Sp. 3 > Ruby-throated Hummer 10-12 > Barred Owl 2 > > John Sulivan > Lincoln, Ne > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:42:05 -0500 Subject: Fontenelle Warblers From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello All, Lots of Warblers in the Forest this morning Sep. 12 at Gifford point from 8:00 - 10:30 am. Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 12 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 (1 adult male & 1 female) Black-throated Green Warbler 3 (2 adult males & 1- 1st year female) Bay-breasted Warbler 1 (adult male) Black and White Warbler 3 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 2 Northern Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 5 Wilson's Warbler 4 Canada Warbler 1 (adult male) Ruby-throated Hummer 1 (down from 10-12 on Sep. 10) Swainson's Thrush 1 Blue-Headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Scarlet Tanager 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 John Sullivan Lincoln, Ne _____________________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 23:43:15 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska birding.
NeBirders-
I just returned from a whirlwind tour of the Nebrask
Panhandle with Joe Fontaine. We had a great day-about 135
species. Below are some of the highlights.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
Sw Kimball Co.
1 N. Mockingbird
1 Mountain Bluebird
4 Cassin's Kingbird
Oliver Reservoir
**1 male Pine Warbler (same bird present since 8/29)
Gering Cemetery
1 Barn Owl
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
Scotts Bluff National Monument
29+ White-throated Swift
2 Townsend's Solitaire
1 Dark-eyed Junco
Lake Minatare
**1 juvenile Red Knot
**2 Buff-breasted Sandpiper
1 Marbled Godwit
Lake McConaughy
**1 Yellow-billed Loon (first-alternate bird above dam)
**4 juvenile Sabine's Gulls (off Cedar Vue/Marina
Landing)
3 Snowy Egret
**1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Lake Ogallala
8 Osprey
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: L. Babcock/RWB report Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:45:37 -0500 Hello, Just got back from a birding trip that took place sunday, 13 Sept,. The following are the highlights. Joel Jorgensen (BD) ----------------------------------- Lake Babcock/Lake North ***2 Red Phalaropes (both juveniles moulting to first-winter plumage) 4 Red-necked Phalaropes (all juvs.) 9 Wilson's Phalaropes 5 American Golden-plovers 2 Black-bellied Plovers 6 Semipalmated Plovers 9 American Avocets 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers 3 Upland Sandpipers 5 Sanderlings in all 21 species of shorebirds at Lake Babcock/North 2 Ospreys Totals from basins in Clay Co. 3 Yellow-crowned Night-herons 12 Little Blue Herons 4 Great Egrets 7 Snowy Egrets 51 Cattle Egrets 3 Cooper's Hawks 1 American Golden-plover 73 Common Snipe at Koenig Basin (which is about 1/3 of an acres in size) 1 Nashville Warbler
From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: Birds at Funk on Sept 13 Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 19:16:09 -0500 Hi Nebraska birders, We have our computer at home on-line again. On Sunday, September 13, in Phelps County four miles south of the Platte River along the Funk/Odessa road, we saw about 175 Cattle Egrets fly by. At Funk Lagoon, we saw about 280 American White Pelicans, two immature Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, two Northern Harriers, two Virginia Rails, we heard at least two Soras, we saw five Semipalmated Plovers, two American Avocets, two Greater Yellowlegs, five Lesser Yellowlegs, about thirty Semipalmated Sandpipers, one Western Sandpiper, three Least Sandpipers, about ten Pectoral Sandpipers, about eighty Stilt Sandpipers, four Common Snipes, six Wilson's Phalaropes, two Franklin's Gulls, one Ring-billed Gull, two first winter Common Terns, three Forster's Terns, three Red-eyed Vireos, two Orange-crowned Warblers, two Wilson's Warblers, about fifty Savannah Sparrows and about forty Yellow-headed Blackbirds. At our home southeast of Gibbon, we saw about fifteen Pine Siskins. We would like to encourage everyone to thank Babs and Loren Paddleford for doing the Nebraska Birdline. Great job! good birding and goodbye, Robin and Lanny
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