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1. late September birds at Lilley Lakes
"Robin Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:40:25 -0500
2. Kirkpatric
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:30:18 -0500
3. Smartweed Marsh
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us>
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:56:09 -0500
4. Gulls?
"Tyler Hicks" <hicks@IntegrityOnline26.com>
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:24:33 -0500
5. Gulls?
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:26:23 -0600
6. Re: Gulls?
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:46:00 -0500
7. vacation day
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 16:54:58 -0500
8. correction
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sat, 03 Oct 1998 21:18:16 -0500
9. Weekend birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 4 Oct 1998 07:55:14 -0600
10. Saturday
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:19:29 -0500
11. Sherman County Reservoir Revisited
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sun, 04 Oct 1998 20:10:30 -0500
12. Weekend mornings in the Northeast
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:53:42 -0500 (CDT)
13. Fw: Black rails at Fort Riley
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:31:48 -0500
14. Sightings 10-5-98
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:39:05 -0500 (CDT)
15. Re: correction
rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:22:13 -0500
16. Niobrara
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 21:37:49 -0500
17. weekend birds in south central Nebr.
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 13:52:10 -0500
18. Sunday Sightings
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 17:45:01 -0500 (CDT)
19. Two requests
rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 23:10:50 -0500
20. Re: Two requests
"Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net>
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:13:30 -0500
21. McConaughy from space
"Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net>
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:41:26 -0500
22. RWB Report
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 07:01:27 -0500
23. Re: Two requests
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:22:58 +0000
24. Re: NOU
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:57:37 -0500 (CDT)
25. Re: Two requests
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:18:53 -0500
26. we learned a new one
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:59:36 -0500
27. Swallow Summer
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:05:42 -0500
28. Re: Swallow Summer
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:25:24 CDT
29. Kimball County birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:24:36 -0600
30. Weekend Birding
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:50 -0500
31. New Iowa Birding List
rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:31:30 -0500
32. Nebraska Birdline for 10/13/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:08:56 -0500
33. Re: Weekend Birding
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:06:48 CDT
34. Nebraska Birdline
"Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net>
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:19:29 -0500
35. Iowa Birds List
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 05:51:13 -0500 (CDT)
36. Re: Weekend Birding
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:34:26 -0500
37. Short-eared Owls
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:20:11 +0000
38. [BIRDCHAT] Fw: HAMs and birds
rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:45:02 -0500
39. Sharpy in the yard
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 02:25:52 -0500
40. Fw: [BIRDWG01] Black-chinned vs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:48:13 -0500
41. Hawk Watch!
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:51:28 -0500
42. Re: Fw: [BIRDWG01] Black-chinned vs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:03:06 -0500
43. FW: please post
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 05:46:16 -0500 (CDT)
44. FW: MS Assistantship Available
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 05:46:07 -0500 (CDT)
45. Re: Hawk Watch!
"Dave Sands"<dsands@audubon.org>
Mon, 19 Oct 98 08:48:36 -0500
46. White-crowned Sparrow
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:58:53 -0500 (CDT)
47. Panhandle birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 17:49:09 -0600
48. Nebraska Birdline for 10/19/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:16:00 -0500
49. Sunday Birding
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:34:09 -0500
50. Re: Hawk Watch!
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 21:25:21 -0500 (CDT)
51. Lake McConaughy CBC.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:14:58 -0600
52. ducks, raptors, grouse and sparrows
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:59:38 -0500
53. Re: Panhandle birding.
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:18:26 -0500
54. yard birds
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:33:16 -0500
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:40:25 -0500 From: "Robin Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: late September birds at Lilley Lakes Hi Nebraska birders, Sunday, September 27, in Buffalo County at our home Robin and I saw a Northern Harrier, an Eastern Bluebird and two White-crowned Sparrows. We heard a Sedge Wren. In Hall County from Shoemaker Island south of the Wood River I-80 exit we saw two Turkey Vultures. Lilley Lakes is a pay-to-fish and sand and gravel operation about two miles south of the Wood River I-80 exit where we saw another one or two Turkey Vultures, an Eastern Phoebe, at least four Ruby-crowned Kinglets, five more Eastern Bluebirds, four Myrtles Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Lincoln's Sparrow and a tan morph White-throated Sparrow. 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
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:30:18 -0500 Subject: Kirkpatric From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello all, Kevin Poague and I went out to Kirkpatric WMA tonight and could not relocate the Ruff that Joel Jorgensen found there yesterday. There was a change in the species that were there today compared to yesterday. American Golden Plover 10 Black-bellied Plover 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 20 Killdeer 100 (or so) There was also an adult male Merlin hanging out there, causing some disturbance. A kettle of 16 Swainson's Hawks riding a thermal over the area and several American Pipits flushed from the grass and seen on the mud flats but no Ruff. Thanks for the tip anyway Big Daddy!! 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: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:56:09 -0500 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Smartweed Marsh Today (9/29), I was at Smartweed Marsh and saw: at least 20 Rufous-sided Towhees (spotted western race) 3 Orange-crowned Warblers 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets (a life bird for me) 5 American Goldfinches 3 Gray Catbirds 3 Song Sparrows 2 Field Sparrows 15 Meadowlarks (I assume Westerns) 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Common Yellowthroats While I was travelling in Nuckoll's County and back towards Buffalo County, I counted 90 American Kestrels. They weren't travelling together, usually in kettles of 3. Laurel Badura lteten@ngpsun.ngpc.state.ne.us
From: "Tyler Hicks" <hicks@IntegrityOnline26.com> Subject: Gulls? Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:24:33 -0500 Hello, I am needing some information for a research article I am doing for my newsletter. I was wondering if they are any records for Ross' or Ivory Gull in Nebraska? If there is I would like to know where and when those birds were seen, and if they were immature or adults. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Good Birding, Tyler Hicks
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:26:23 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Gulls?
> Tyler and others-
There are no accepted records of Ivory Gull for
Nebraska. The only record of a Ross's Gull was a
second-basic bird at Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln County
from 17-23 December 1992. See Dinsmore and Silcock (1993),
Nebraska Bird Review 61: 88-89, for further details. Hope
this helps.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Gulls? Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:46:00 -0500 Tyler: Re Ivory and Ros's Gulls, Nebraska recs as follows: Ross's Gull: 1 record, Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln Co 17-23 Dec 1992 (Steve Dinsmore and Ross Silcock; mob) Ivory Gull: 1 report not accepted by NOU Recs Committee: 12 Oct 1986 Antelope Co. Hope this helps! Ross Silcock Tabor, IA ---------- > From: Tyler Hicks <hicks@IntegrityOnline26.com> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Gulls? > Date: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 5:24 PM > > Hello, > > I am needing some information for a research article I am doing for my > newsletter. I was wondering if they are any records for Ross' or Ivory Gull > in Nebraska? If there is I would like to know where and when those birds > were seen, and if they were immature or adults. I would greatly appreciate > it. Thank you. > > Good Birding, > > Tyler Hicks
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 16:54:58 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: vacation day Hi Nebraska birders, I took a vacation day Wednesday, September 30. In Buffalo Co. three and a half miles southeast of Gibbon I heard three Sedge Wrens. In south central Sheridan County I saw two Field Sparrows, two Vesper Sparrows and at least eleven Savannah Sparrows. At the Loup City Sewage Lagoon I saw an Osprey. At the Sherman County Reservoir I saw five Western Grebes, about 200 Double-crested Cormorants, thirteen Cattle Egrets, another Osprey, an immature Bald Eagle, a Northern Harrier, nineteen Red-tailed Hawks, about twenty Ring-billed Gulls, about four thousand Franklin's Gulls, a Forster's Tern, Chipping Sparrows, Clay-colored Sparrows, and at least eight Vesper Sparrows. A mile west of Sherman County Reservoir, I saw about 10,000 Canada Geese flying south very high. 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: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: correction Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 21:18:16 -0500 Hi Nebraska birders, In my message entitled Vacation Day, I made a mistake. I named some sparrows and such in south central Sheridan County. That should have read Sherman County. On a drive from Gibbon to Sherman County Reservioir, it would not be a short cut to go through Sheridan County. good birding and goodbye, Lanny
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 07:55:14 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Weekend birding.
> NeBirders-
I spent friday afternoon and saturday birding in the
Panhandle and at Lake McConaughy. Despite the big weather
change, there were still a lot of birds around, including a
couple of goodies. I saw 124 species for the trip. Here are
the highlights.
2 October
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SW Kimball County (vicinity of exit 1)
3 Rock Wren
1 immature male Lark Bunting
Oliver Reservoir
**1 Pine Warbler (same bird present since 8/29)
3 Cattle Egret
1 Spotted Sandpiper
Lake McConaughy
**1 juvenile Sabine's Gull
16 Gr. White-fronted Goose
1 Merlin
12 Black-bellied Plover
3 October
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Lake Ogallala area
2 Cattle Egret
20 Osprey
1 Caspian Tern
1 Northern Shrike
1 imm. male Lazuli Bunting
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 juv. American Golden-Plover
Lake McConaughy
**1 juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger (light/int. phase)
**1 jaeger sp. (dark juvenile, probably a Parasitic)
1 Cattle Egret (perched on gate tower)
9 Great Egret
21 Gr. White-fronted Goose
6 Osprey
1 Merlin
1 Peregrine Falcon
29 Sanderling
1 Western Sandpiper
558 Long-billed Dowitcher
2 Caspian Tern
2 Common Tern
Scotts Bluff National Monument
3 White-throated Swift
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Saturday Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:19:29 -0500 After completing various rather unsuccessful horticultural obligations, John Sullivan and I spent an enjoyable Sat morning (October 3) walking around native meadows in Dodge County with Don and Janis Paseka looking for Yellow Rails (peak fall migration time!). Although we found none (not even a Sora), we saw at lots of Le Conte's Sparrows and had a great burger at TJ's in downtown Ames. We suspect the sudden drop in temperatures hastened southward movement of many birds, as the rest of the day was slow. Highlights: Dodge Co: LeConte's Sparrow 24 Red-tailed Hawk (rufous morph) 1 (rather early fall appearance) L Babcock/North: Great Egret 8 Black-bellied Plover 1 Am Golden-Plover 3 juvs Dowitcher sp 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Kirkpatrick WPA: Snow Goose 4 Cattle Egret 1 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Pawnee L: Western Grebe 3 Pied-billed Grebe 73 Branched Oak L: Franklin's Gull 6000 (incl 1 leucistic) Ring-billed Gull 25 Ross Silcock
From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: Sherman County Reservoir Revisited Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 20:10:30 -0500 Hi Nebraska birders, Saturday, October 3, three and a half miles southeast of Gibbon we saw Lincoln's Sparrows, a brown morph White-throated Sparrow and White-crowned Sparrows. Sunday, October 4, at the Sherman County Reservoir Robin and I saw at least eight Pied-billed Grebes, two Horned Grebes, three Eared Grebes, a Western Grebe, about 300 Double-crested Cormorants, an Osprey, five Wild Turkeys, about 1,000 American Coots, about 100 Franklin's Gulls, 37 Ring-billed Gulls, two Forster's Terns, an American Pipit, two Orange-crowned Warblers and fifteen Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also on Sunday from the Gibbon Platte River Bridge I saw three Snowy Egrets. From the Gibbon Platte River Bridge to the Sherman County Reservoir we saw five Belted Kingfishers. Three and a half miles southeast of Gibbon we saw a Clay-colored Sparrow, at least three Lincoln's Sparrows and an immature and an adult White-crowned Sparrow. good birding and goodbye, Lanny
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:53:42 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Weekend mornings in the Northeast
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Spent about 3 hours both mornings birding Niobrara (Sat) and Gavin's
Pt. Dam (Sun)
Highlights:
Niobrara Marsh Area (Knox County)
Merlin (1) columbarius
Bald Eagle (1 adult)
Ferruginous Hawk (adult) text-book looking bird - my first ever for
Northeast Nebraska - the bird of the day!
Winter Wren (1)
LeConte's Sparrow (2)
Fox Sparrow (1)
Harris's Sparrow (100 +)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
+ 12 more Sparrow-types (Emberizinae)
Indigo Bunting (male)
Eastern Bluebirds (200 + between Center and Niobrara)
Gavin's Pt.
Sabine's Gull (1 juv.) Lewis & Clark Lake
saw it in both Knox Co. and South Dakota
Franklin's Gulls (1000 ++)
Forster's Tern (1)
Osprey (1)
Rain (HEAVY +++)
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
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Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
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From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: Black rails at Fort Riley Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:31:48 -0500 Interesting! Anyone got some wet sedgy meadows to check? And a good dog? Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net ---------- > From: Keating, Jeff DES <KEATINGJ@RILEY-EMH1.ARMY.MIL> > To: KSBIRD-L@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU > Subject: Black rails at Fort Riley > Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 9:02 AM > > I received several reports from prairie chicken hunters of a good number of > birds tentatively identified as black rails scattered across the tallgrass > prairie uplands in Riley County on Fort Riley. These reports claimed that > at least 7 black rails were flushed by either the hunters or their dogs last > Thursday and Friday. > > I went out Saturday morning with my dog to try to confirm the identification > of the bird. I walked about 50 yards when I flushed a small, dark, > triangular-shaped bird that flew with dangling legs in a weak flight about > 30 yards and then descended back into the grassland. The dog and I walked > to that location, where we again flushed the bird and my second look > confirmed that this was indeed a black rail. We walked for about an hour > total, and the dog pointed one additional black rail. When this bird first > flew I got a very good look at its head and body, noticing the short bill, > and chestnut nape. > > With all of the rain recently falling in southern Riley County (before > Sunday, when all of us living in eastern Kansas knew it would be a bad > weather night for football in KC), the prairie on Fort Riley was spongy > walking across it. All of the shallow depressions and tank ruts existing in > the grassland were filled with water. A wet meadow is the perfect > description for about 60,000 acres on Fort Riley. I don't know how much of > this acreage has black rails, but it appears that the black rail may almost > be common in certain areas. For comparison, I saw one prairie chicken (200 > yards or more from me) and one ring-necked pheasant (quite agitated that the > dog disturbed it, as it cackled the whole time it flew away). Additionally, > 100-200 barn swallows were flying around us, and we disturbed about 15 > meadowlarks, 6 mourning doves, one coot, and many unidentified sparrows. > > Jeff Keating > Endangered Species Biologist, Fort Riley, KS
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:39:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Sightings 10-5-98
Arrived home later from work than I had hoped but went out in the hemp and
russian thistle around the buildings to look for sparrows. At 5:30 the
sun was getting low in the sky and shaddows were falling on the area. Not
much luck unfortunately. Following is what I did find:
about 2 dozen Lincoln's Sparrows
1 White-crowned Sparrow
2 Song Sparrows
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
12 Yellow-rumped Warblers
1 House Wren
and the best bird of tlate afternoon:
1 Winter Wren
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From: rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Subject: Re: correction
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:22:13 -0500
At 9:18 PM -0500 10/3/98, Randolph and Harding wrote:
On a drive from Gibbon to
>Sherman County Reservioir, it would not be a
>short cut to go through Sheridan County.
It would, however, be an excellent long cut.
Richard
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 21:37:49 -0500
Subject: Niobrara
From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Following is a message from Mark Brogie. He is having difficulty in
connecting with the NeBirds server.
The marsh east of Niobrara is now quite low and this morning (Sat)
had numerous shorebirds.
Black-belled Plover (11) - a county bird for me; my 275th for Knox Co.
Killdeer (50 +)
Long-billed Dowitcher (65)
Stilt Sandpiper (8)
Pectoral Sandpiper (5)
Greater Yellowlegs (24)
Common Snipe (1)
Other noteworthy sp.
Bonaparte's Gull (4)
Fox Sparrow (2)
LeConte's Sparrow (2)
Greater White-fronted Goose (18)
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
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Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
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From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: weekend birds in south central Nebr. Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 13:52:10 -0500 Hello Nebraska birders, Saturday, October 10, we went to Johnson Lake south of Lexington. What a great day! We saw thirty-five species along the county roads just to the south and west of the Lake. Then at the Lake, we saw another fourteen species. I felt as though I had seen every sparrow known to occur in this area. The highlights in taxonomic order follow. ten Horned Grebes ten Eared Grebes 180 Double-crested Cormorants fifteen Lesser Scaup 25 Ruddy Ducks three Ospreys a Northern Harrier two thousand American Coots 32 American Avocets seven Franklin's Gulls fifty Ring-billed Gulls 760 American Crows a Red-breasted Nuthatch a dozen Eastern Bluebirds, two American Pipits four Orange-crowned Warblers three Yellow-rumped Warblers six Chipping Sparrows five Clay-colored Sparrows four Field Sparrows twenty-three Vesper Sparrows, fifty Savannah Sparrows five Lincoln's Sparrows one White-throated Sparrow one Harris's Sparrow fifty White-crowned Sparrows thirty-five Pine Siskins At our home southeast of Gibbon, we saw another Lincoln's Sparrow, another White-throated Sparrow and another Harris's Sparrow. For some strange reason, I am looking forward to winter. What do you think we will see this winter. Robin and Lanny
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 17:45:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Sunday Sightings
Windy here in northeast Nebraska today, but found a few birds here in the
yard today of note:
Dozens of Harris' Sparrows
Vesper Sparrows
Lincoln Sparrows
Yellow Rump Warblers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Junco 1
White-crowned Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Merlin 1 (he quickly did away with all sparrow
sightin
Kildeer 35
Red-tailed Hawk 3
s
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From: rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs) Subject: Two requests Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 23:10:50 -0500 Hi, gang: I've got a couple of requests. First, can somebody give me directions to the Nature Conservancy sanctuary located somewhere north of Lincoln (no, not the Niobrara valley...)? It's a marsh on some side branch of Salt Creek. Thanks in advance. Next, is there a possibility that the NE RBA, ably maintained by Loren and Babs Paddleford, be emailed to NE Birds? I realize it's already part of Birdcntr, but I suspect some people checking in on the list, especially non-residents, may not have access there, or don't know about it. Thanks in advance for that one as well.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:13:30 -0500 From: "Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net> Subject: Re: Two requests As for this non-resident I would very much like to read the NE RBA on NEBIRDS since I read NEBIRDS more frequently than I check BIRD CNTR. Its easily done, just CC the report to NEBIRDS when its sent to BIRD CNTR and it goes to both places in one e-mail. I enjoy reading all your reports on NEBIRDS, keep up the good work. Lloyd Richard Luehrs wrote: > Hi, gang: > > I've got a couple of requests. First, can somebody give me directions > to the Nature Conservancy sanctuary located somewhere north of Lincoln (no, > not the Niobrara valley...)? It's a marsh on some side branch of Salt > Creek. Thanks in advance. > > Next, is there a possibility that the NE RBA, ably maintained by Loren > and Babs Paddleford, be emailed to NE Birds? I realize it's already part > of Birdcntr, but I suspect some people checking in on the list, especially > non-residents, may not have access there, or don't know about it. Thanks > in advance for that one as well. -- Lloyd D. Moore 1250 Scott Avenue Kansas City, Kansas 66105 E-mail: ictinia@swbell.net "Like the winds and sunsets wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them." - Aldo Leopold
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:41:26 -0500 From: "Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net> Subject: McConaughy from space Hi all: While surfing thru some NASA sites I came across a site called Earth from Space a database of images of Earth taken by astronauts from the Space Shuttle http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/ the site has lots of terrific images. One you all may be interested in is of Lake McConaughy and the Platte River http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/photoinfo.cgi?PHOTO=STS028-071-089 I know its not about birds but thought you would enjoy it. Lloyd -- Lloyd D. Moore 1250 Scott Avenue Kansas City, Kansas 66105 E-mail: ictinia@swbell.net "Like the winds and sunsets wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them." - Aldo Leopold
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: RWB Report Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 07:01:27 -0500 Hi all. I was able to make it to a few basins after engaging in highly successful horticultural activities on Sunday (11 Oct). It becomes rather difficult to bird in the Rainwater Basin at this time of year since the area in inundated with duck hunters. However, I did see some birds and below are the highlights. Joel Jorgensen _____________ Eastern Rainwater Basin (primarily Clay co.) 7 Great Egrets 2 Snowy Egrets 1 American Bittern (Kissinger WMA) 1 juv. Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Glenvil WPA) 1 plegadis Ibis (White-faced?) 1 American Golden-plover 10 Black-bellied Plovers 1 American Avocet 14 Greater Yellowlegs 12 Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Stilt Sandpipers 6 Pectoral Sandpipers 10 Least Sandpipers 25 Dunlin (Theesen and a private basin) 303 Long-billed Dowitchers 10 Great-tailed Grackles 22 Leconte's Sparrow (Big Daddy's Ornithological Gardens)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:22:58 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Re: Two requests Good Morning Richard, The Nature Conservancy sanctuary north of Lincoln is at 1st and Raymond road. (Go east on Raymond Road from the town of Raymond. After you pass 112th street start watching for the gate on the left hand side (north) of the road at the top of the hill. I imagine the gate must be about 5th and Raymond Road. I stopped there last night at dusk and could see lots of ducks on the water but it was too late to make anything out. Keep in mind that the Nature Conservancy land is private land. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to call for permission. (I once parked inside the gate and was "in terror" that I might be locked in when I realized that the contractor was gone.) Good Birding! Linda R. Brown Lincoln, NE lb14735@navix.net
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:57:37 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: NOU HI Robin and Lanny, Just a quick reminder of the activities for the weekend. I fyou or any other baord member has something for the agenda please e-mail or call in your request, so that I can get an agenda typed before I leave on Monday. It appears that we will have a few aver 50 registrants. I anticipate that we will have the board meeting after the social hour on Friday. Bub will have ome pictures, there will be a short Story by Linda Brown, and hopefully others will want to share their summer adventures. Then the Board meeting. Lanny, please plan to run the count, provide the maps etc, the same as last year. There was nothing spectacular at the Park this past weekend. But as our group goes beyond the park boundaries, I am sure we should have a good count. Betty Allen Omaha, NE
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:18:53 -0500 Subject: Re: Two requests From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Regarding the Nebraska Birdline, we'll add a cc for NeBirds when we send the birdline to BIRDCNTR. Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com On Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:13:30 -0500 "Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net> writes: >As for this non-resident I would very much like to read the NE RBA on NEBIRDS >since I read NEBIRDS more frequently than I check BIRD CNTR. Its easily done, >just CC the report to NEBIRDS when its sent to BIRD CNTR and it goes to both >places in one e-mail. > >I enjoy reading all your reports on NEBIRDS, keep up the good work. > >Lloyd > > > >Richard Luehrs wrote: > >> Hi, gang: >> >> I've got a couple of requests. First, can somebody give me >directions >> to the Nature Conservancy sanctuary located somewhere north of >Lincoln (no, >> not the Niobrara valley...)? It's a marsh on some side branch of >Salt >> Creek. Thanks in advance. >> >> Next, is there a possibility that the NE RBA, ably maintained by >Loren >> and Babs Paddleford, be emailed to NE Birds? I realize it's already >part >> of Birdcntr, but I suspect some people checking in on the list, >especially >> non-residents, may not have access there, or don't know about it. >Thanks >> in advance for that one as well. > >-- >Lloyd D. Moore >1250 Scott Avenue >Kansas City, Kansas 66105 >E-mail: ictinia@swbell.net > >"Like the winds and sunsets wild things were taken for granted >until progress began to do away with them." - Aldo Leopold > > > ___________________________________________________________________ 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, 12 Oct 1998 13:59:36 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: we learned a new one Hi Nebraska birders, Sunday, October 11, Robin and I went for a walk on Crane Trust land southeast of Gibbon. Since we rent a house on this land, I have combined the birds we saw in our yard with those we saw on our walk. We saw an Osprey fly over carrying a fish (this land is between the Platte River and sandpits along the interstate), a Sedge Wren, an Orange-crowned Warbler, a Yellow-rumped Warbler, an immature male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, an American Tree Sparrow(can winter be far behind?), four Clay-colored Sparrows, five Song Sparrows, ten Lincoln's Sparrows, a tan morph White-throated Sparrow and a Harris's Sparrow. On our walk we heard a loud low-pitched short-duration buzz. We stopped to determine where the sound was coming from. We decided it must be right in front of us. But, how could such a big noise be coming from grasses. Then a Sedge Wren popped up, explaining the mystery. We had heard a Winter Wren several years ago with an even louder explosive call note, and Winter Wrens are even a little smaller. Now we know one more sound a Sedge Wren makes. What a teeny bird. 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
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:05:42 -0500
From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Subject: Swallow Summer
Hi Nebraska birders,
My apologies to those for whom this is a duplicate.
Lanny
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Dear Friends of Backyard Wildlife:
Most of you are already aware of the fact that we have been thinking
about hosting a book signing for "Swallow Summer", the brand new book by
Univ. of Tulsa Professor Charles Brown. He has put 15 years of research
experiences with colonial cliff swallows at Cedar Point Biological Station
into a great book. We have an advance copy and have just started to read
it. It is a great mix of research material, humorus insight and just plain
good stories of their experiences. The book is very accessible to anyone who
cares about nature.
Well, we have decided to do it. We will host a book signing with
Charles Oct. 24th from 11a.m. to approx 12:30p.m. here at the store - 4623
2nd. ave; Suite 2 in Kearney. We will also be offering free Songbird Coffee
and cookies. We already have newspaper ads in the works and Charles & Wife
Mary will be guests on our weekly Sat. morning radio show (1340 KGFW
7:45-8:00) the 24th. Please accept this as our personal invitation for you
all to join us and meet Charles. We also hope you will help us out by
spreading the word of this book signing and perhaps helping get posters up
at appropriate places in the area. Please feel free to forward this to
anyone who may have interest.
We don't expect we will make any money on this but truly think it will
be a great experience for us and for our customers and friends. This is new
for us and as you can tell, we are very excited about this, we hope you
share our excitement. Thank you again and if you can help get posters out
please let us know, we should have some made up by the end of the week.
Chuck, Joan & Jeff
backyard@digitalis.net
308-236-7750
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:25:24 CDT Subject: Re: Swallow Summer > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:05:42 -0500 > Reply-to: NeBirds@Rip.physics.UNK.edu > From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> > To: NeBirds@Rip.physics.UNK.edu > Subject: Swallow Summer Lanny, I've seen copies of this book here in the Omaha/Bellevue public libraries. It also was written up (not a review) in the October 11 Omaha World Herald by Julie Anderson. Clem Klaphake > Hi Nebraska birders, > > My apologies to those for whom this is a duplicate. > > Lanny > =================================================== > > > > From: SMTP%"backyard@digitalis.net" 12-OCT-1998 13:18:31.50 > To: RANDOLPHL > CC: > Subj: Charles Brown Book Signing > > Return-Path: <price_rip@hotmail.com> > Received: from RIP.physics.UNK.edu ([144.216.17.101]) by platte.unk.edu > with ESMTP for RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu; > Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:18:31 -0500 > Received: from digitalis.net (199.190.120.9) by RIP.physics.UNK.edu > with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2); Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:20:44 +0100 > Received: by digitalis.net from localhost > (router,SLMail V3.1); Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:20:36 -0500 > Received: by digitalis.net from backyard [199.190.120.161] > (SLmail 3.1.2948 (Release Build)); Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:20:35 -0500 > Message-ID: <001301bdf60c$52c62640$b378bec7@backyard> > From: "Backyard Wildlife, LTD" <backyard@digitalis.net> > To: "Friends of Rowe" <RoweSanc@rip.physics.unk.edu>, > "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>, > "Richard Luehrs" <rluehrs@kearney.net>, > "Rowe Sanctuary" <rowe@nctc.net> > Subject: Charles Brown Book Signing > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:15:05 -0500 > Reply-To: RoweSanc@rip.physics.unk.edu > Errors-To: price_rip@hotmail.com > Precedence: bulk > X-List-Subscribe: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=subscribe%20RoweSanc> > X-List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=unsubscribe%20RoweSanc> > X-List-Digest: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=set%20RoweSanc%20digest> > X-List-Archive: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=index%20RoweSanc> > X-List-Post: <mailto:rowesanc@rip.physics.unk.edu> > X-List-Admin: price_rip@hotmail.com > X-List-Software: AutoShare 1.4 by Mikael Hansen > X-To-Unsubscribe: autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu, body: unsub RoweSanc > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 > > Dear Friends of Backyard Wildlife: > Most of you are already aware of the fact that we have been thinking > about hosting a book signing for "Swallow Summer", the brand new book by > Univ. of Tulsa Professor Charles Brown. He has put 15 years of research > experiences with colonial cliff swallows at Cedar Point Biological Station > into a great book. We have an advance copy and have just started to read > it. It is a great mix of research material, humorus insight and just plain > good stories of their experiences. The book is very accessible to anyone who > cares about nature. > Well, we have decided to do it. We will host a book signing with > Charles Oct. 24th from 11a.m. to approx 12:30p.m. here at the store - 4623 > 2nd. ave; Suite 2 in Kearney. We will also be offering free Songbird Coffee > and cookies. We already have newspaper ads in the works and Charles & Wife > Mary will be guests on our weekly Sat. morning radio show (1340 KGFW > 7:45-8:00) the 24th. Please accept this as our personal invitation for you > all to join us and meet Charles. We also hope you will help us out by > spreading the word of this book signing and perhaps helping get posters up > at appropriate places in the area. Please feel free to forward this to > anyone who may have interest. > We don't expect we will make any money on this but truly think it will > be a great experience for us and for our customers and friends. This is new > for us and as you can tell, we are very excited about this, we hope you > share our excitement. Thank you again and if you can help get posters out > please let us know, we should have some made up by the end of the week. > Chuck, Joan & Jeff > backyard@digitalis.net > 308-236-7750 > > >
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:24:36 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Kimball County birding.
> NeBirders-
I birded a bit in Kimball County this morning (13
October). I saw about 65 species, but I thought overall
bird numbers were quite low. Here are the highlights:
SW Kimball County (vicinity of exit 1)
3 Golden Eagle
1 Prairie Falcon
17 Sandhill Crane
3 Rock Wren
133 Mountain Bluebird
7 Eastern Bluebird
Bushnell cemetery
1 American Tree Sparrow
Oliver Reservoir
**1 male Pine Warbler (now present >6 weeks)
1 Golden Eagle
2 Hermit Thrush (Auduboni race)
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Wilson's Warbler
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 White-throated Sparrow
Although not in Nebraska, I did see a Mountain
Chickadee at Crow Valley campground in Weld County,
Colorado. This location is about 40 mi SSW of the southwest
corner of Kimball County. Perhaps a few will wander into
Nebraska this fall.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:50 -0500 Subject: Weekend Birding From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello all, I took a quick trip to McConaughy last Saturday 10-10, I was unable to relocate any of the rarities that have been seen there recently. Here are the highlites of what I did see. Lake Ogallala -------------------- Osprey 6 Bald Eagle 1 imm. Lake McConaughy, Omaha Beach area ------------------------------ Black-bellied Plover 1 American Golden Plover 4 American Avocet 22 Sanderling 11 Long-billed Dowitcher 300 Forster's Tern 12 Black Tern 1 American Pipit 30 Ferruginous Hawk 1 adult Sutherland Reservoir ------------------------------ Sabine's Gull 2 juvs. Greater White-fronted Goose 32 Harvard Marsh -------------------- A stop here at dusk on the way home turned up 3 Short-eared Owls and many LeConte's Sparrows Fontenelle Forest 10-11 -------------------------------- The forest is still loaded with Yellow-rumps and Orange-crowned Warblers, also seen were: Hermit Thrush 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Nashville Warbler 4 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Fox Sparrow 4 Harris's Sparrow 1 Tanager sp. 1 fem/imm. Branched Oak 10-11 --------------------------- Sabine's Gull 2 juvs. Western Grebe 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]
From: rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Subject: New Iowa Birding List
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:31:30 -0500
>Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:18:53 -0500 (CDT)
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> Steve Munzinger <munzinger@briar-cliff.edu>,
> Plymouth County Conservation Board <plymouthccb@juno.com>,
> Mike Franken <mfranken@pionet.net>, BradGrier@aol.com,
> rrundquist@aol.com, cajsail@aol.com, tto001@alpha.morningside.edu,
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> pkernzen@pionet.net, suxusfpm@aol.com
>From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
>Subject: New Iowa Birding List
>
>Birders,
>
>Thought you might be interested in this announcement for Iowa birders. My
>apologies if this is a duplicate post.
>
>Randy
>
>===============
>
>>Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 15:22:43 -0500
>>From: Ann Johnson <hologrambirds@worldnet.att.net>
>>Subject: New Iowa Birding List
>>To: IACOM <iacom@AC.GRIN.EDU>
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>>Apologies to those of you who receive this twice. Thanks to the sponsorship
>>of Paul Zeph, we now have a list set up for discussion of Iowa birds. It
>>went active about midnight last night so is just now getting a few
>>subscribers. A link to the archives will soon be available on the Iowa
>>birding web site; http://storm.simpson.edu/~birding/
>>
>>Ann Johnson
>>
>>IA-BIRD, a joint project of the Iowa Audubon Field Office and the Iowa
>>Ornithologists' Union, is the email discussion list for birders in Iowa,
>>where you can:
>>
>>* Keep your cyber-friends updated with current bird sightings in the state
>>* Ask those tough identification questions
>>* Get information on how to find those great areas you hear or read about on
>>the rare bird alerts
>>* Keep people apprised of events in your local area
>>
>>To subscribe to this discussion list, send an email message to:
>><listserv@list.audubon.org> with only the following text as your message
>>(the message topic or subject does not matter nor do capital/lower case
>>letters):
>>
>>SUBSCRIBE IA-BIRD
>>
>>Your email address, from which you sent this message, will then be placed
>>on the IA-BIRD subscription list. Any message sent to the following list
>>address: <IA-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG> is sent to all subscribers of this
>>list.
>>
>>The result is a fast and simple way to reach many Iowa birders through
>>email by sending only one email message! Unsubcribing (but hey, we don't
>>want you to go!) is as simple as sending a command message stating:
>>
>>UNSUBSCRIBE IA-BIRD
>>
>>to the same administrative address: <listserv@list.audubon.org>.
>>
>>For more information about Audubon in Iowa, e-mail the state field office
>>director, Paul Zeph, at <pzeph@audubon.org> and watch for the Iowa
>>Audubon presence on the web.
>>
>>For more information on the Iowa Ornithologists' Union visit
>><http://storm.simpson.edu/~birding>.
>>
>>For more information on other Audubon LISTSERV discussion lists, visit
>><http://www.audubon.org/net/list/>.
>>
>>Ann Johnson, hologrambirds@worldnet.att.net
>>
>
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>Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB
>Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner
>http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/
>yiams@avalon.net
>
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:08:56 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 10/13/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * October 13, 1998 * NEST9810.13 - Birds Mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Long-billed Dowitcher Stilt Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Common Snipe Killdeer Bonaparte's Gull Fox Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Merlin Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Harris's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Great-tailed Grackle Hermit Thrush Blue-headed Vireo Nashville Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Fox Sparrow Eastern Phoebe Winter Wren Western Grebe Sabine's Gull Golden Eagle Pine Warbler Sandhill Crane Prairie Falcon Rock Wren Mountain Bluebird Ferruginous Hawk American Avocet American Pipit Osprey Sedge Wren Orange-crowned Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak American Tree Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Red-breasted Nuthatch Pine Siskin Short-eared Owl Great Egret Snowy Egret American Bittern Yellow-crowned Night-heron Ibis sp. American Golden-Plover Black-bellied Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Dunlin - Transcript Tape Number: 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha , for Tuesday, October 13th. In the east in Knox County on the 10th the following species were found in the marsh east of Niobrara: 18 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 65 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 8 STILT SANDPIPERS, 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 24 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 COMMON SNIPE, 50 KILLDEER, 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 FOX SPARROWS & 2 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS. In Dixon County on the 11th, a MERLIN, RUBY-CROWNED & GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, HARRIS'S, VESPER, LINCOLN'S, WHITE-CROWNED & WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were seen 2 miles north, 3 miles west & 2.5 miles north of Wakefield. In Sarpy County on the 12th, 50 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were found just north of Offutt Lake in a drainage ditch. On the 11th in Fontenelle Forest, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 4 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS & 4 FOX SPARROWS were found, and on the 10th, an EASTERN PHOEBE & a WINTER WREN were found there. In Lancaster County on the 11th, 4 WESTERN GREBES & 2 juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen at Branched Oak Lake. In the west on the 13th in Kimball County, a GOLDEN EAGLE, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES & a PINE WARBLER were found at Oliver Reservoir. In southwest Kimball County on the 13th, 17 SANDHILL CRANES, 3 GOLDEN EAGLES, a PRAIRIE FALCON, 3 ROCK WRENS & 133 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were seen in the vicinity of I-80 Exit 1. In Lincoln County on the 10th, 2 juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were found at Sutherland Reservoir. In Keith County on the 10th at Lake McConaughy, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, 22 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 300 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS & 30 AMERICAN PIPITS were spotted. In the central in Buffalo County on the 11th, an OSPREY, a SEDGE WREN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, 4 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, 10 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS & a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were found southeast of Gibbon on Crane Trust land. In Gosper County on the 10th the following species were found at or near Johnson Lake: 10 HORNED GREBES, 10 EARED GREBES, 180 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 15 LESSER SCAUP, 25 RUDDY DUCKS, 3 OSPREYS, 32 AMERICAN AVOCETS, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS, 9 species of sparrows & 35 PINE SISKINS. In Clay County on the 10th, 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS & many LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were found at Harvard Marsh. On the 11th in Clay County the following species were found in the Rainwater Basins: 7 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN (Kissinger WMA), YELLOW- CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Glenvil WPA), IBIS sp., 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 10 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 14 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 12 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 12 STILT SANDPIPERS, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 25 DUNLIN (Theesen WPA), 303 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS & 10 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and your report after the tone at the end of this message. For more information on this report, you may call 402-292-5556. Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding! - End transcript
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:06:48 CDT Subject: Re: Weekend Birding > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:50 -0500 > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Weekend Birding > From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) John, Any suggestions on locating the Short-eared Owls at Harvard Marsh? That is one of my 'life' birds I can't ever seem to see. Or if not there would you keep me in mind if you see any closer to the Lincoln-Omaha area? Clem Klaphake > Hello all, > > I took a quick trip to McConaughy last Saturday 10-10, I was unable to > relocate any of the rarities that have been seen there recently. Here are > the highlites of what I did see. > > Lake Ogallala > -------------------- > Osprey 6 > Bald Eagle 1 imm. > > Lake McConaughy, Omaha Beach area > ------------------------------ > Black-bellied Plover 1 > American Golden Plover 4 > American Avocet 22 > Sanderling 11 > Long-billed Dowitcher 300 > Forster's Tern 12 > Black Tern 1 > American Pipit 30 > Ferruginous Hawk 1 adult > > Sutherland Reservoir > ------------------------------ > Sabine's Gull 2 juvs. > Greater White-fronted Goose 32 > > Harvard Marsh > -------------------- > A stop here at dusk on the way home turned up 3 Short-eared Owls and many > LeConte's Sparrows > > Fontenelle Forest 10-11 > -------------------------------- > The forest is still loaded with Yellow-rumps and Orange-crowned Warblers, > also seen were: > > Hermit Thrush 2 > Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 > Blue-headed Vireo 2 > Nashville Warbler 4 > Black-throated Green Warbler 3 > Fox Sparrow 4 > Harris's Sparrow 1 > Tanager sp. 1 fem/imm. > > Branched Oak 10-11 > --------------------------- > Sabine's Gull 2 juvs. > Western Grebe 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: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:19:29 -0500 From: "Lloyd D. Moore" <ictinia@swbell.net> Subject: Nebraska Birdline Thanks Loren Lloyd -- Lloyd D. Moore 1250 Scott Avenue Kansas City, Kansas 66105 E-mail: ictinia@swbell.net "Like the winds and sunsets wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them." - Aldo Leopold
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 05:51:13 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Iowa Birds List Nebraska and South Dakota Birders, Oops! I forwarded the original post about a new list server specific for Iowa birds to several other lists as well as a few other birders. Unfortunately, I neglected to forward a copy to the NEBRASKA birds list and the SOUTH DAKOTA birds list. Now at risk for this being a duplicate, here is a copy of subscription instructions for the Iowa birds list. this is NOT the original post, but it does have the subscription instructions. Once you post a subscription request, the listserv software will then ask you to reply and confirm your subscription. It's pretty painless. Again, my apologies for the oversight (d**n e-address book is too full; sometimes it just get missed!). Randy =============== V. HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO IA-BIRD? Although you are now subscribed to IA-BIRD, here are the general instructions for subscribing to LISTSERV lists, to keep in your files or to forward to others: To request a subscription to any LISTSERV list, send a message to LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG , and put SUBSCRIBE IA-BIRD in the body. Note: Some lists are private; for these lists, subscriptions are managed by the owner and SUBSCRIBE may not automatically add you to the list. For more details on subscription procedures and general policies for specific lists, send a message to LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG , with INFO IA-BIRD in the body of the message; this will get you a brief list description, including subscription instructions and restrictions. Remember that LISTSERV will recognize your address exactly as it was on your subscription message header. If this list restricts postings to subscribers, you will not be able to post messages (or change the settings on this subscription) from a different address. This is to protect you from imposters. VI. HOW DO I CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION TO IA-BIRD? To unsubscribe from IA-BIRD once you have subscribed, send a message to LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG, with no subject heading. The text of your message should read: SIGNOFF IA-BIRD VII. HOW DO I TEMPORARILY HALT MAIL FROM IA-BIRD? Eventually you may want to temporarily stop the mail from IA-BIRD while you are away on a business trip, your computer is in the shop, or you are enjoying an extended vacation. To suspend delivery of IA-BIRD mail (without canceling your subscription), send the following command message to LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG: SET IA-BIRD NOMAIL When you want to resume delivery of messages, send this command message to LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG: SET IA-BIRD MAIL = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * 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: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:34:26 -0500 Subject: Re: Weekend Birding From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:06:48 CDT cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu writes: >> To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu >> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:22:50 -0500 >> Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu >> Subject: Weekend Birding >> From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) > >John, >Any suggestions on locating the Short-eared Owls at Harvard Marsh? >That is one of my 'life' birds I can't ever seem to see. Or if not >there would you keep me in mind if you see any closer to the >Lincoln-Omaha area? >Clem Klaphake > Clem, I'm glad you asked about the Short-eared Owls. I arrived at Harvard Marsh in Clay Co. at 7:00pm Sat. evening 10-10. On the north side of the marsh, 1 mile west of the ne corner, there is a parking lot. I walked south along the trail from the lot towards the marsh. Maybe 150 yards south there are a couple of wooden fence posts. From there I spotted a bird flying directly at me. I put up my bins and it was a Short-eared Owl. I watched it until it got so close, I dropped my binoculars and just watched with my naked eyes as the bird slowed and circled me at about 30. Hovering and circling at this distance for several seconds, it then made a final pass within 6-8' of my head and gave a startling alarm bark! It flew off 50 yards or so to the west, where 2 more Short-eareds got up out of the grass. Awesome! I watched the 3 birds chase each other around until it got too dark to see. I hope you can go there and have the same experience! John ___________________________________________________________________ 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: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:20:11 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Short-eared Owls Dear Clem Klaphake and other birders: I just got a hint from Victor Fazio, a bird bander who runs the Ohio bird line, on when to expect to see Short-eared Owls. He and I were driving into Lincoln from Raymond Road on 1st street Sunday night at almost dusk. Victor said it is often possible to see Short-eared Owls foraging in that type of low light. National Geographic says they forage at dawn and dusk. I'll let you know if I get to see one! Linda R. Brown Lincoln, NE lb14735@navix.net
From: rluehrs@kearney.net (Richard Luehrs)
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Fw: HAMs and birds
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:45:02 -0500
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>Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Fw: HAMs and birds
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>Ham Radio Birders,
>I believe this communication appeared in QST Magazine, but may also be of
>interest to anyone else who has a Ham Radio license or uses portable
>range-finding equipment.
>
>HAMS SOUGHT TO ASSIST WILDLIFE RESEARCHERS
>
>ARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding Coordinator Joe Moell, K0OV, says
>Canadian Wildlife Service biologists again are seeking help from ham
>operators and monitoring enthusiasts in tracking the migration of the
>burrowing owl. Up to 40 radio-tagged burrowing owls will be migrating
>south from Alberta and Saskatchewan through the central United States in
>the next few weeks. These endangered birds are expected to find winter
>homes in southern Texas and nearby areas of Mexico. They are considered
>endangered in some places and "of special concern" in others.
>
>Unlike other owls, burrowing owls don't roost in trees. They prefer to
>roost in cavities on the ground in treeless grasslands.
>
>If you have a scanner or extended range 2-meter receiver and live in the
>anticipated migratory path or in the wintering area of the owls, you can
>assist by listening for the radio tags, which emit pulsed signals near
>172 MHz. They have greatest range at night when the birds are in flight.
>Your help is especially needed if you have portable direction finding
>equipment.
>
>For more information, visit the K0OV Radio Direction Finding Web site at
>http://members.aol.com/homingin/ or send e-mail to
>homingin@aol.com.--Joe Moell, K0OV
>----------
>
Richard
From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: Sharpy in the yard Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 02:25:52 -0500 Hello Nebraska birders, On Thursday, October 15, while we were out filling bird feeders, an immature male Sharp-shinned Hawk flew into the yard and perched in the trees for a while. We watched it chase a little bird but it did not catch it. As expected, we had no birds at the feeders for a short time. Robin
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: [BIRDWG01] Black-chinned vs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:48:13 -0500 Interesting! Should be one or two Black-chins going through w NE each year! All we need is a Questar (only $3500 or so)! Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net ---------- > From: Gary H. Rosenberg <garyhr@RTD.COM> > To: BIRDWG01@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Subject: [BIRDWG01] Black-chinned vs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird > Date: Saturday, October 17, 1998 1:43 AM > > Greetings All, > > I would like to relate the story of the Galileo Hills Park (Kern Co., > California) "possible" immature female Ruby-throated Hummingbird that > several of us studied and photographed at close range 27-28 September 1998. > I have to admit that it would take guts to actually identify a female > Ruby-throated in the California desert, but with direct comparison with > illustrations and text in Peter Pyle's excellent "Identification Guide to > North American Birds" that we had in the field with us, we felt that the > bird in question might indeed be a Ruby-throated. I have since gone to > Baton Rouge where I had the opportunity to study specimens of both > Black-chinned and Ruby-throated Humminbirds, and then compared my notes > with photos that I took of the bird. I have decided that the bird was in > fact a Black-chinned Hummingbird after all (as at least one observer felt > from the beginning). My purpose for sharing this with you all is that this > was an incredible learning experience from many standpoints, not only in > learning definitive characters to use in the field to seperate the two > species (of course some of you out there already know these characters), > but in witnessing several excellent observers study the hell out of this > bird from point blank (myself included) and convincing ourselves that we > were seeing certain characters that, when photos were studied, were > incorrect. From the beginning we were all more interested in learning > about Ruby-throated Hummingbird ID and were more concerned with finding out > the truth, than we were with pushing the record. I have put four of my > photos on my web site: > > http://WWW.rtd.com/~garyhr/Identification%20Topics/Black-chinned%20Hummer.ht ml > > I am sure that Larry Sansone got even better photos that show the > distinguishing characters even better. > > The bird was located by a few of us feeding low in some dense Rosemary at > Galileo Hills. When we first spotted the bird some of us thought > Broad-tailed or Selasphorus due to extensive buff on the sides, but we > quickly noticed that the bird was in fact an Archilochus. We found out > that one observer (who had since left) had seen this bird an hour earlier > and written it off as "just" a Black-chinned, having seen what he thought > was a dull crown, long bill, and the bird pumped its tail. We began to > watch the bird at close range and noticed a that the buff was more > extensive than any of us had seen on Black-chinned. Next we noticed that > the bill was straight, not noticeably decurved, and we all felt that the > bill was not overly long. We decided that we should look at this bird a > bit more closely, and we all began discussing what in fact we should look > for if this bird was a Ruby-throated. The subject of a green crown was > mentioned, and at close range in scopes (80x to 115x in a Questar from less > than 30 feet) we decided that all of the crown feathers were indeed bright > green, and that the dull appearance of the crown was due to extensive buff > tips to every feather. The green was not limited to the hind-crown. Our > rememberance that a green crown was supposed to be a good Ruby-throated > character spurred us on to look at the bird even closer. But what were we > supposed to look at. One person in the group had a copy of Pyle, so he > went and got it. We were able to read the discussion of sexing the bird, > and inner primary shape (supposedly diagnostic between the two species), > and then go back and study the features on the bird. First we sexed the > bird and determined it to be a HY female (based on rounded, not sharply > pointed outer retrix in combination with a lightly spotted throat without > noticeable blotches). Having determined it a female, we concentrated on > the shape of the inner primaries, in particular P-6. In Black-chinned, > Pyle illustrates them as being definetly "rounded" along the inner web from > the tip toward the base. On Ruby-throated this edge should be more of a > straight line, without the rounded edge - or as we were referring to it at > the time, "cut straight across". One observer even drew his interpretation > of this feather shape while studying the bird through a scope (before we > actually referred to Pyle), and we basically all agreed that the shape > better fit Ruby-throated. It should be noted here that we did not look > specifically at the shape of the tip of the outer primary - of course THE > characteristic to concentrate on, we learned in hindsight! We did sort of > look at the dgree of tail-pumping, and we were all in agreement that we > thought it did not pump the tail vigorously like what we all remember > Black-chinned doing. The buff on the flanks was quite extensive and came > across to the center of the breast - this we all felt was inconsistant for > Black-chinned. The bird only made one call in 4+ hours of watchingit - a > single "chew" note as it flew by. We photographed the bird extensively and > felt that if the primary shape was indeed diagnostic, we should be able to > identify this bird from the clos-up photos. > > I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend a few days at Baton Rouge > (LSU) and spent a couple of days in the museum there. I was able to study > both Ruby-throated (large series) and Black-chinned (smaller series) and > have come to several conclusions which I feel will be helpful in seperating > females. Each feature that I looked at has been mentioned in Pyle, and in > discussions I had with Louis Bevier, so these are "KNOWN" features, and I > suspect these are what "eastern" birders use all the time to pick out > Black-chinneds from Ruby-throateds, but "western" birders (except perhaps > on the Farallons) apparently have not used these in the field to find > female Ruby-throateds. > > 1) Outer Primary shape. Clearly the best feature to concentrate on is the > shape of P-10 (outer primary). This is in fact THE character people at > LSU, and Louis told me about that is apparently diagnostic. Pyle also > illustrates this feather (and differences between the two species), but > does not illustrate what it would look like in the field on a perched bird. > In Ruby-throated, P-10 is significantly narrower and more pointed than P-9. > The result is that just a narrower pointed tip projects out beyond the tip > of P-9. In Black-chinned, the tip of P-10 is curved, wider, more blunt, > and often described as "clubbed". The result is that there is a wide, > blunt projection, certaily as wide as P-9 sticking out beyond the tip of > P-9. Also the club-shaped appearance has part of the tip of P-10 sticking > out along the inner edge of the tip of P-9. > > 2) Inner Primary shape. Pyle illustrates very well the actual shapes of > the inner primaries (P-6 and in). The main differences as described above > were evident on the specimens. What was perhaps even more noticeable on a > folded wing was just how narrow and pointed each of the inner primaries on > RTHU was. My guess is that if P-6 was plucked from each species, the RTHU > feather would be nearly half the width of the BCHU feather. The fact that > the edge to the inner web was also cut "straight across" only accentuated > how narrow and pointed the inner primaries looked. > > 3) Crown color. The "rumor" was that if the female Archilochus had a > bright green crown, it was probably going to be a RTHU. As we distinctly > saw (and I think photos support this) a green crown (at least the bases of > the feathers) on our bird, we felt this was going to be a RTHU. This > feature was of course not museum tested (or at least we do not know if it > was). Specimens I looked at suggest that this is probably not a definitive > feature. Yes the crowns of BCHU appeared "duller", but when one rotated > the specimen, most had green feathers in the top of the crown. The > fore-crown was less clear and appeared duller, and without green, in the > specimens I examined. These feathers are very small, and lie tight on the > forehead, and thus if they are green at the base, this green may be hard to > detect on a specimen. Perhaps a live bird erects these feathers more > showing a green base in the field. Our bird appeared to have green bases > to all of the crown feathers we could see, all having buff tips which made > the green difficult to see at a glance. My conclusion is that a green > crown is NOT diagnostic by itself for RTHU. > > 4) Back color. We were told at the time by one observer that RTHU is > supposed to have a "deeper" green back than BCHU. My examination of > specimens suggested that there is wide variation in back color within each > of these species. Some RTHU specimens were very "blue-green", while others > were more "lime" green, and yet others were very goldish green on the back. > The exact same could be said of Black-chinned. Worse yet was the > irredescent quality of the back - at some angles it would appear bright > dark green, and other angles a goldish irredescent quality would be seen. > My feeling is that back color is worthless as a field character. > > 5). Buff color on the sides. At the time we thought that the buff color > was too extensive for a Black-chinned, but there were at least a couple of > specimens of BCHU at LSU that were as rich buff on the flanks as any buffy > RTHU specimen. In general there were more specimens of RTHU that showed > this feature, but I suspect that this is just a bias of this particular > collection. I would not use this as a feature to seperate the two species. > > 6) Bill length and curviture. RTHU, on average, has a shorter straighter > bill. Our bird appeared to have a medium lengthed, straight bill (of > course pretty meaningless without actual measurements). I did find several > RTHU specimens with bills as long as some of the shorter BCHUs, and I'm > sure that measurements of the two show that the two overlap in bill size. > This is probably too difficult to ascertain in the field without capturing > the bird, and I would use caution saying anything one way or the other. > Some RTHU specimens showed a distinct decurviture as well. I feel this is > just too variable a character to use objectively in the field. > > 7) Spotting in the throat. Immature male RTHUs are dead easy (or at least > easy dead) in that they always have some red spotting in the throat. Most > of the female RTHU specimens had virtually NO spotting in the throat, with > some having very faint dusky centers to the feathers, and at least one > having sharply distinct spots, without any red spots. These spots usually > (but not always) expand into wider disks on the sides of the breast that > are irredescent green in RTHU, and usually gray in BCHU. It was difficult > to see this feature in several of the specimens so I'm not 100% sure this > is diagnostic, and should remain as only suggestive of RTHU. > > 8) Tail-pumping. The word is that BCHU is supposed to pump their tails a > lot more than RTHU, but everyone I spoke to couldn't really quantify (or > qualify) this character. As none of the specimens I looked at pumped their > tails at all, I was anxious to see a live RTHU, and was rewarded with two > in Steve Cardiff's yard. While both were seen to "quiver" their tails, and > spread their tail feathers while moving from flower to flower, both held > their tails absolutely still (parallel with the back) while the bill was > actually inserted in the flower. The Galileo Hills bird certainly > "quivvered" its tail more frequently, interjecting actual "pumping" while > it fed at flowers (although at the time we felt it did not do it as > vigorously as what we perceived BCHU to do). Now this is only preliminary > observations (n=2), but according to Van Remsen, who has had many > Black-chinneds in his yard in Baton Rouge over the years, the BCHUs are > easy to pick out because they vigorously pump their tails all the time > compared to RTHU. Again, I wouldn't use this feature as diagnostic, but it > may certainly be suggestive of one species versus the other. More > observational data is needed, and observers should concentrate on tail > movement while the bill is actually inserted in a flower. > > The Galileo Hills bird. Photos of this individual, in my opinion, clearly > show the primary shapes (both P-10 and the inner primaries) of a > Black-chinned Hummingbird. The tip of P-10 is broad and blunt, and sticks > out along the side of P-9. the inner primaries (starting at P-6) ane NOT > narrow and pointed, and the edges of the inner webs appeared curved, not > cut straight across. One interesting point is that several skilled > observers saw and drew what would be the correct inner primary shape for > RTHU. Two take home messages here are that photos usually don't lie, and > even the best observers can perceive one thing on a bird, and be proven > wrong when the bird is photographed or collected. This is of course very > sobering, but every observer out there should realize this very valuable > point, and that is that even if you are 100% sure of a feature you see on a > bird in the field, you still may be wrong! The crown of this bird > certainly had green bases to even the fore-crown, and thus, this is > probably not a diagnostic feature for distinguishing the two species. > Other features such as bill length and flank color are probably too > variable to use in the field. One character that I discussed with Van was > wing tip to tail tip ratio. This of course is not checkable in specimens, > but it was his impression that there are differences due to the longer tail > in RTHU. > > Even though this bird turned out to be a Black-chinned, we all feel that > this was an incredible learning experience, and we are now better prepared > to actually find a female RTHU in the West. > > Gary H. Rosenberg > > > Gary H. Rosenberg > Tucson, Arizona > garyhr@rtd.com > > http://www.rtd.com/~garyhr/ABC.html > http://WWW.rtd.com/~garyhr/GARY%27S%20HOME%20PAGE.html
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Hawk Watch! Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:51:28 -0500 Hi folks: Did a mini (micro?) hawk watch at Nebraska City from 2.45 to 5 pm. Wind was trying to switch to the north, but never quite made it; mostly westerly. Red-tailed Hawk 9 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hwk 5 Turkey Vulture 2 Also: Mallard 11 Franklin's Gull 45 + 75 = 120 Ring-billed Gull 21 (most at once 16) As I said, it was micro! Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:03:06 -0500 Subject: Re: Fw: [BIRDWG01] Black-chinned vs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:48:13 -0500 "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> writes: >Interesting! Should be one or two Black-chins going through w NE each >year! > All we need is a Questar (only $3500 or so)! >Ross Silcock >Tabor, IA >silcock@sidney.heartland.net > Ross, I did read this post on RTHU\ BCHU?. Interesting observations, tough I.D.. I bet if we spent enough time in Bushnell we'd get a BCHU and a CAHU eventually! Speaking of needing a new scope, did you happen to see the Kowa TSN-4 advertised in the classifieds in the last Winging-it? I bought it! Should get it next week!!! John ---------- >> From: Gary H. Rosenberg <garyhr@RTD.COM> >> To: BIRDWG01@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU >> Subject: [BIRDWG01] Black-chinned vs. Ruby-throated Hummingbird >> Date: Saturday, October 17, 1998 1:43 AM >> >> Greetings All, >> >> I would like to relate the story of the Galileo Hills Park (Kern >Co., >> California) "possible" immature female Ruby-throated Hummingbird >that >> several of us studied and photographed at close range 27-28 >September >1998. >> I have to admit that it would take guts to actually identify a >female >> Ruby-throated in the California desert, but with direct comparison >with >> illustrations and text in Peter Pyle's excellent "Identification >Guide to >> North American Birds" that we had in the field with us, we felt that >the >> bird in question might indeed be a Ruby-throated. I have since gone >to >> Baton Rouge where I had the opportunity to study specimens of both >> Black-chinned and Ruby-throated Humminbirds, and then compared my >notes >> with photos that I took of the bird. I have decided that the bird >was in >> fact a Black-chinned Hummingbird after all (as at least one observer >felt >> from the beginning). My purpose for sharing this with you all is >that >this >> was an incredible learning experience from many standpoints, not >only in >> learning definitive characters to use in the field to seperate the >two >> species (of course some of you out there already know these >characters), >> but in witnessing several excellent observers study the hell out of >this >> bird from point blank (myself included) and convincing ourselves >that we >> were seeing certain characters that, when photos were studied, were >> incorrect. From the beginning we were all more interested in >learning >> about Ruby-throated Hummingbird ID and were more concerned with >finding >out >> the truth, than we were with pushing the record. I have put four of >my >> photos on my web site: >> >> >http://WWW.rtd.com/~garyhr/Identification%20Topics/Black-chinned%20Hummer.ht >ml >> >> I am sure that Larry Sansone got even better photos that show the >> distinguishing characters even better. >> >> The bird was located by a few of us feeding low in some dense >Rosemary at >> Galileo Hills. When we first spotted the bird some of us thought >> Broad-tailed or Selasphorus due to extensive buff on the sides, but >we >> quickly noticed that the bird was in fact an Archilochus. We found >out >> that one observer (who had since left) had seen this bird an hour >earlier >> and written it off as "just" a Black-chinned, having seen what he >thought >> was a dull crown, long bill, and the bird pumped its tail. We began >to >> watch the bird at close range and noticed a that the buff was more >> extensive than any of us had seen on Black-chinned. Next we noticed >that >> the bill was straight, not noticeably decurved, and we all felt that >the >> bill was not overly long. We decided that we should look at this >bird a >> bit more closely, and we all began discussing what in fact we should >look >> for if this bird was a Ruby-throated. The subject of a green crown >was >> mentioned, and at close range in scopes (80x to 115x in a Questar >from >less >> than 30 feet) we decided that all of the crown feathers were indeed >bright >> green, and that the dull appearance of the crown was due to >extensive >buff >> tips to every feather. The green was not limited to the hind-crown. > Our >> rememberance that a green crown was supposed to be a good >Ruby-throated >> character spurred us on to look at the bird even closer. But what >were >we >> supposed to look at. One person in the group had a copy of Pyle, so >he >> went and got it. We were able to read the discussion of sexing the >bird, >> and inner primary shape (supposedly diagnostic between the two >species), >> and then go back and study the features on the bird. First we sexed >the >> bird and determined it to be a HY female (based on rounded, not >sharply >> pointed outer retrix in combination with a lightly spotted throat >without >> noticeable blotches). Having determined it a female, we >concentrated on >> the shape of the inner primaries, in particular P-6. In >Black-chinned, >> Pyle illustrates them as being definetly "rounded" along the inner >web >from >> the tip toward the base. On Ruby-throated this edge should be more >of a >> straight line, without the rounded edge - or as we were referring to >it >at >> the time, "cut straight across". One observer even drew his >interpretation >> of this feather shape while studying the bird through a scope >(before we >> actually referred to Pyle), and we basically all agreed that the >shape >> better fit Ruby-throated. It should be noted here that we did not >look >> specifically at the shape of the tip of the outer primary - of >course THE >> characteristic to concentrate on, we learned in hindsight! We did >sort >of >> look at the dgree of tail-pumping, and we were all in agreement that >we >> thought it did not pump the tail vigorously like what we all >remember >> Black-chinned doing. The buff on the flanks was quite extensive and >came >> across to the center of the breast - this we all felt was >inconsistant >for >> Black-chinned. The bird only made one call in 4+ hours of >watchingit - a >> single "chew" note as it flew by. We photographed the bird >extensively >and >> felt that if the primary shape was indeed diagnostic, we should be >able >to >> identify this bird from the clos-up photos. >> >> I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend a few days at Baton >Rouge >> (LSU) and spent a couple of days in the museum there. I was able to >study >> both Ruby-throated (large series) and Black-chinned (smaller series) >and >> have come to several conclusions which I feel will be helpful in >seperating >> females. Each feature that I looked at has been mentioned in Pyle, >and >in >> discussions I had with Louis Bevier, so these are "KNOWN" features, >and I >> suspect these are what "eastern" birders use all the time to pick >out >> Black-chinneds from Ruby-throateds, but "western" birders (except >perhaps >> on the Farallons) apparently have not used these in the field to >find >> female Ruby-throateds. >> >> 1) Outer Primary shape. Clearly the best feature to concentrate on >is >the >> shape of P-10 (outer primary). This is in fact THE character people >at >> LSU, and Louis told me about that is apparently diagnostic. Pyle >also >> illustrates this feather (and differences between the two species), >but >> does not illustrate what it would look like in the field on a >perched >bird. >> In Ruby-throated, P-10 is significantly narrower and more pointed >than >P-9. >> The result is that just a narrower pointed tip projects out beyond >the >tip >> of P-9. In Black-chinned, the tip of P-10 is curved, wider, more >blunt, >> and often described as "clubbed". The result is that there is a >wide, >> blunt projection, certaily as wide as P-9 sticking out beyond the >tip of >> P-9. Also the club-shaped appearance has part of the tip of P-10 >sticking >> out along the inner edge of the tip of P-9. >> >> 2) Inner Primary shape. Pyle illustrates very well the actual >shapes of >> the inner primaries (P-6 and in). The main differences as described >above >> were evident on the specimens. What was perhaps even more >noticeable on >a >> folded wing was just how narrow and pointed each of the inner >primaries >on >> RTHU was. My guess is that if P-6 was plucked from each species, >the >RTHU >> feather would be nearly half the width of the BCHU feather. The >fact >that >> the edge to the inner web was also cut "straight across" only >accentuated >> how narrow and pointed the inner primaries looked. >> >> 3) Crown color. The "rumor" was that if the female Archilochus had >a >> bright green crown, it was probably going to be a RTHU. As we >distinctly >> saw (and I think photos support this) a green crown (at least the >bases >of >> the feathers) on our bird, we felt this was going to be a RTHU. >This >> feature was of course not museum tested (or at least we do not know >if it >> was). Specimens I looked at suggest that this is probably not a >definitive >> feature. Yes the crowns of BCHU appeared "duller", but when one >rotated >> the specimen, most had green feathers in the top of the crown. The >> fore-crown was less clear and appeared duller, and without green, in >the >> specimens I examined. These feathers are very small, and lie tight >on >the >> forehead, and thus if they are green at the base, this green may be >hard >to >> detect on a specimen. Perhaps a live bird erects these feathers >more >> showing a green base in the field. Our bird appeared to have green >bases >> to all of the crown feathers we could see, all having buff tips >which >made >> the green difficult to see at a glance. My conclusion is that a >green >> crown is NOT diagnostic by itself for RTHU. >> >> 4) Back color. We were told at the time by one observer that RTHU >is >> supposed to have a "deeper" green back than BCHU. My examination of >> specimens suggested that there is wide variation in back color >within >each >> of these species. Some RTHU specimens were very "blue-green", while >others >> were more "lime" green, and yet others were very goldish green on >the >back. >> The exact same could be said of Black-chinned. Worse yet was the >> irredescent quality of the back - at some angles it would appear >bright >> dark green, and other angles a goldish irredescent quality would be >seen. >> My feeling is that back color is worthless as a field character. >> >> 5). Buff color on the sides. At the time we thought that the buff >color >> was too extensive for a Black-chinned, but there were at least a >couple >of >> specimens of BCHU at LSU that were as rich buff on the flanks as any >buffy >> RTHU specimen. In general there were more specimens of RTHU that >showed >> this feature, but I suspect that this is just a bias of this >particular >> collection. I would not use this as a feature to seperate the two >species. >> >> 6) Bill length and curviture. RTHU, on average, has a shorter >straighter >> bill. Our bird appeared to have a medium lengthed, straight bill >(of >> course pretty meaningless without actual measurements). I did find >several >> RTHU specimens with bills as long as some of the shorter BCHUs, and >I'm >> sure that measurements of the two show that the two overlap in bill >size. >> This is probably too difficult to ascertain in the field without >capturing >> the bird, and I would use caution saying anything one way or the >other. >> Some RTHU specimens showed a distinct decurviture as well. I feel >this >is >> just too variable a character to use objectively in the field. >> >> 7) Spotting in the throat. Immature male RTHUs are dead easy (or >at >least >> easy dead) in that they always have some red spotting in the throat. > >Most >> of the female RTHU specimens had virtually NO spotting in the >throat, >with >> some having very faint dusky centers to the feathers, and at least >one >> having sharply distinct spots, without any red spots. These spots >usually >> (but not always) expand into wider disks on the sides of the breast >that >> are irredescent green in RTHU, and usually gray in BCHU. It was >difficult >> to see this feature in several of the specimens so I'm not 100% sure >this >> is diagnostic, and should remain as only suggestive of RTHU. >> >> 8) Tail-pumping. The word is that BCHU is supposed to pump their >tails >a >> lot more than RTHU, but everyone I spoke to couldn't really quantify >(or >> qualify) this character. As none of the specimens I looked at >pumped >their >> tails at all, I was anxious to see a live RTHU, and was rewarded >with two >> in Steve Cardiff's yard. While both were seen to "quiver" their >tails, >and >> spread their tail feathers while moving from flower to flower, both >held >> their tails absolutely still (parallel with the back) while the bill >was >> actually inserted in the flower. The Galileo Hills bird certainly >> "quivvered" its tail more frequently, interjecting actual "pumping" >while >> it fed at flowers (although at the time we felt it did not do it as >> vigorously as what we perceived BCHU to do). Now this is only >preliminary >> observations (n=2), but according to Van Remsen, who has had many >> Black-chinneds in his yard in Baton Rouge over the years, the BCHUs >are >> easy to pick out because they vigorously pump their tails all the >time >> compared to RTHU. Again, I wouldn't use this feature as diagnostic, >but >it >> may certainly be suggestive of one species versus the other. More >> observational data is needed, and observers should concentrate on >tail >> movement while the bill is actually inserted in a flower. >> >> The Galileo Hills bird. Photos of this individual, in my opinion, >clearly >> show the primary shapes (both P-10 and the inner primaries) of a >> Black-chinned Hummingbird. The tip of P-10 is broad and blunt, and >sticks >> out along the side of P-9. the inner primaries (starting at P-6) >ane NOT >> narrow and pointed, and the edges of the inner webs appeared curved, >not >> cut straight across. One interesting point is that several skilled >> observers saw and drew what would be the correct inner primary shape >for >> RTHU. Two take home messages here are that photos usually don't >lie, and >> even the best observers can perceive one thing on a bird, and be >proven >> wrong when the bird is photographed or collected. This is of course >very >> sobering, but every observer out there should realize this very >valuable >> point, and that is that even if you are 100% sure of a feature you >see on >a >> bird in the field, you still may be wrong! The crown of this bird >> certainly had green bases to even the fore-crown, and thus, this is >> probably not a diagnostic feature for distinguishing the two >species. >> Other features such as bill length and flank color are probably too >> variable to use in the field. One character that I discussed with >Van >was >> wing tip to tail tip ratio. This of course is not checkable in >specimens, >> but it was his impression that there are differences due to the >longer >tail >> in RTHU. >> >> Even though this bird turned out to be a Black-chinned, we all feel >that >> this was an incredible learning experience, and we are now better >prepared >> to actually find a female RTHU in the West. >> >> Gary H. Rosenberg >> >> >> Gary H. Rosenberg >> Tucson, Arizona >> garyhr@rtd.com >> >> http://www.rtd.com/~garyhr/ABC.html >> http://WWW.rtd.com/~garyhr/GARY%27S%20HOME%20PAGE.html > ___________________________________________________________________ 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, 18 Oct 1998 05:46:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: FW: please post Birders, One more from the SD birds list. Randy ================ > -----Original Message----- >From: Dowd Stukel, Eileen >Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 10:13 AM >To: owner-sd-birds >Subject: please post > > >The American Birding Association is currently soliciting entries for >their 1999 volunteer directory, in which they post opportunities for >volunteer birders to help on bird-related projects. If you have such a >project or want to learn more, check out their website >(www.americanbirding.org/voldiinv.htm). Entries for the 1999 directory >are due by 23 October 1998. >Eileen Dowd Stukel >SD Game, Fish and Parks Dept. > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * 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, 18 Oct 1998 05:46:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: FW: MS Assistantship Available Birders, This came across the SD bird list and I thought I'd pass it along to see if anyone might be interested. Randy ============== > > -----Original Message----- >From: owner-ornith-l >Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 8:28 AM >To: ORNITH-L >Subject: MS Assistantship Available > >MS ASSISTANTSHIP AVAILABLE (IMMEDIATE OPENING) >Please Post/Circulate >The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University has >a wildlife/avian ecology graduate position available beginning in January >1999. The research project associated with this position will involve >either 1)natal philopatry in neotropical migrants, 2)evaluation and >partitioning of nest predation among the potential predator community, or >3)salt use by birds (free-living), depending on research funding and the >interest of the successful candidate. The position will involve some >teaching duties in courses taught by the major professor. The position >provides an annual stipend of $13,435 with a waiver of all fees, except >for an activity fee of $350 per semester. A successful candidate should >have demonstrated academic excellence in a BS program in wildlife >biology/ecology/science, conservation biology, or other natural resources >related area. GRE scores must total at least 1000 and GPA must be 3.0 or >higher. Ability to work independently and prior experience in avian >field work is highly desirable. >For additional and application information contact: >Harmon P. Weeks, Jr. >Professor of Wildlife Ecology >Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources >Purdue University >West Lafayette, IN 47907-1159 >Phone: (765) 494-3567 >FAX: (765) 496-1344 >Email:hpw@fnr.purdue.edu > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * 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: Mon, 19 Oct 98 08:48:36 -0500
From: "Dave Sands"<dsands@audubon.org>
Subject: Re: Hawk Watch!
Folks:
Nice weekend (finally) for some birding. Here is what I saw for
Saturday:
Audubon Spring Creek Prairie:
Eastern bluebirds (about 10)
dark-eyed juncos
vesper sparrows
field sparrows
song sparrows
cormorant
green-winged teal
ruby-crowned kinglets
yellow-rumped warblers
Memorial Stadium (before and during the football game)
Peregrine falcon
chimney swifts
pigeons
merlins? (I have to put in the question mark because it was hard to
tell without binoculars - really, who is going to say to themselves,
"For the football game I will need a blanket, rain poncho, and oh,
yes, my binoculars and bird field guide"? - and anyway, if you think
birding into the sun is difficult, try to pick out field marks on two
fast-moving birds, illuminated only by the extremely bright television
lights. Fortunately they stayed around for the first half, but after
Nebraska scored the first td of the third quarter, they figured the
game was over so they split. But they weren't pigeons, that's for
sure.)
Kevin Poague
Audubon Nebraska
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:58:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: White-crowned Sparrow
How many of you read the recent article in Bird Watcher's Digest about
White-crowned Sparrows? I was interested in the cross pattern on the back
of some WCSP heads. Yesterday I had one obliging individual who sat with
his back to me and sure enough...there was a lovely cross pattern.
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 17:49:09 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Panhandle birding.
> NeBirders-
I birded in the Panhandle (again!) this weekend. Lots
of change with the frontal passage, but I still saw 108
species for the trip. Here are the highlights.
17 October
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SW Kimball County (vicinity of exit 1)
1 Rock Wren
Lake Minatare
**1 juv./first-basic Little Gull
Facus Springs
1 Cattle Egret
Lake McConaughy
**1 juvenile Sabine's Gull
1 Great Egret
70 Sandhill Crane
1 American Golden-Plover
1 Western Sandpiper
98 Least Sandpiper
25 Stilt Sandpiper
202 Long-billed Dowitcher
1 Common Tern
1 Black Tern
18 October
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Lake Ogallala
2 Cattle Egret
3 Osprey
1 Harris's Sparrow
1 Red Crossbill
Lake McConaughy
**1 first-basic Yellow-billed Loon (in Arthur Bay)
17,600+ Western Grebes (rough count!)
22 Clark's Grebe
4 Osprey
1 American Golden-Plover
1 Western Sandpiper
112 Least Sandpiper
9 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Black Tern
Clear Creek marshes, Garden County
2 Sora
1 Northern Shrike
SW Kimball County (vicinity of exit 1)
543 Sandhill Crane (several flocks overhead)
1 male WIlson's Warbler
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:16:00 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 10/19/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * October 19, 1998 * NEST9810.19 - Birds Mentioned Black-bellied Plover Stilt Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Osprey Swainson's Hawk Franklin's Gull Le Conte's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Winter Wren Gray Catbird Spotted Towhee Eastern Towhee Fox Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Little Gull Yellow-billed Loon American Golden-Plover American Avocet Western Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Sabine's Gull Black Tern Common Tern Townsend's Solitaire American Tree Sparrow Sandhill Crane Golden Eagle Red Crossbill Rough-legged Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Northern Goshawk Cooper's Hawk - Transcript Tape Number: 402-292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Loren Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha , for Monday, October 19th. In the east in Lancaster County on the 18th at Branched Oak Lake, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 20 DOWITCHERS, a STILT SANDPIPER & 8 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at the swimming beach. Also on the 18th, an OSPREY, a SWAINSON'S HAWK & 4,000 FRANKLIN'S GULLS were seen at Branched Oak Lake. In Douglas County on the 18th at Cunningham Lake, LE CONTE'S, SWAMP, LINCOLN'S & WHITE- THROATED SPARROWS were found south of Pawnee Rd. In Sarpy County on the 15th in Fontenelle Forest, 2 WINTER WRENS were found in Handsome Hollow. On the 17th in Fontenelle, a GRAY CATBIRD, SPOTTED & EASTERN TOWHEES, 3 FOX SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS & many WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS were seen. In Otoe County on the 17th, 2 TURKEY VULTURES, 5 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS & 9 RED-TAILED HAWKS were seen in Nebraska City. In the west in Scotts Bluff County on the 18th, a juvenile LITTLE GULL was found at Lake Minatare. In Keith County on the 18th at Lake McConaughy, a YELLOW-BILLED LOON, 13 species of shorebirds including an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 9 AMERICAN AVOCETS, a WESTERN SANDPIPER, 112 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 25 STILT SANDPIPERS & 202 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a juvenile SABINE'S GULL, a BLACK TERN & a COMMON TERN were found. On the 14th in Cheyenne County, 3 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW & a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were seen in Sidney. In Thomas County, 91 species were tallied at the Nebraska Ornithologist's Union fall field days on the 17th & 18th. Seen at Halsey were SANDHILL CRANES, OSPREY, GOLDEN EAGLE, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE & RED CROSSBILLS. In Blaine County, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Purdum. In Brown County, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK was spotted at Willow Lake. In Iowa at the Hitchcock Nature Area hawk watch north of Crescent, 153 hawks were counted on the 18thincluding a NORTHERN GOSHAWK, several NORTHERN HARRIERS and 2 COOPER'S HAWKS. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and your report after the tone at the end of this message. For more information on this report, you may call 402-292-5556. Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding! - End transcript
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:34:09 -0500 Subject: Sunday Birding From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello All, This morning Ross Silcock and I birded Branched Oak and Pawnee Reservoirs while we waited for the thermals to build which made for a nice afternoon of Hawk Watching! It was rather slow at the lakes, here are some of the more interesting sightings. BOL --------------------- Sabine's Gull 1 juv. Bonaparte's Gull 1 adult Horned Grebe 1 Black-bellied Plover 2 Cattle Egret 1 Bald Eagle 1 imm. Field Sparrow 6 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 House Wren 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Pawnee -------------------- Western Grebe 1 Bonaparte's Gull 2 >From there we headed over to Neale Woods Nature Center. Basking in the Sun on this gorgeous afternoon while lounging on the observation deck, we counted 52 Raptors (including 6 Turkey Vultures, it's hard not to think of them as Raptors) that passed over from 12:45 - 2:45pm. At this time the flights ended abruptly, presumably because of a shift in wind direction. We hung out for another 40 minutes without another Raptor. Here is the list; Red-Tails 31 including 1 Krider's and 1 Harlan's Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 Unidentified Raptor (Red-tail sized) 5 Unidentified Raptor (Sharpie Sized) 3 >From there I headed solo, over to Boyer Chute NWR, where I watched mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers and Sparrows. Like the last time I was there earlier this fall, it was very birdy. It looked something like this; Norther Harrier 4 Sedge Wren 5 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (tons) Eastern Towhee 1 Spotted Towhee 3 LeConte's Sparrow 14 Fox Sparrow 32 Song Sparrow (lots) Lincoln's Sparrow (everywhere) Swamp Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 6 Harris's Sparrow (a bunch) 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 21:25:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Re: Hawk Watch!
I was also at the NU game and had my binocs. Peregrine Falcon observed
twice, and a male American Kestrel seen multiple times, along with the
afore mentioned Rock Doves, and several Mourning Doves and one American
Robin.
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
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Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Dave Sands wrote:
>
> Folks:
> Nice weekend (finally) for some birding. Here is what I saw for
> Saturday:
>
> Audubon Spring Creek Prairie:
> Eastern bluebirds (about 10)
> dark-eyed juncos
> vesper sparrows
> field sparrows
> song sparrows
> cormorant
> green-winged teal
> ruby-crowned kinglets
> yellow-rumped warblers
>
> Memorial Stadium (before and during the football game)
> Peregrine falcon
> chimney swifts
> pigeons
> merlins? (I have to put in the question mark because it was hard to
> tell without binoculars - really, who is going to say to themselves,
> "For the football game I will need a blanket, rain poncho, and oh,
> yes, my binoculars and bird field guide"? - and anyway, if you think
> birding into the sun is difficult, try to pick out field marks on two
> fast-moving birds, illuminated only by the extremely bright television
> lights. Fortunately they stayed around for the first half, but after
> Nebraska scored the first td of the third quarter, they figured the
> game was over so they split. But they weren't pigeons, that's for
> sure.)
>
> Kevin Poague
> Audubon Nebraska
>
>
>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:14:58 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Lake McConaughy CBC.
> NeBirders-
This is a quick announcement about the 1998 Lake
McConaughy CBC. The count will be held on saturday, January
2, 1999, with a weather date of 3 January. Although the
count is a long way from eastern Nebraska (where most
birders are!), the drive is usually worth it. The count
averages about 80 species and 10 participants. Last year's
count tallied 77 species including Pacific Loon, 2
Red-necked Grebes, Black Scoter, and Barrow's Goldeneye, to
name a few. Please contact me privately if you are
interested in counting this year.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
Fort Collins, CO
From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: ducks, raptors, grouse and sparrows Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:59:38 -0500 Hi Nebraska birders, October 16,17 and 18 the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union's Fall Field Days were held at the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey. The final tally was 92 species of birds with one more unidentified as to species. Some of the highlights were Eared Grebes, Western Grebes, American White Pelicans, an American Bittern, Great Egrets, thirteen species of ducks incuding Canvasbacks, Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads and Ruddy Ducks. We also saw twelve raptor species including Ospreys, huge numbers of Northern Harriers, Sharp-shinned Hawks, a Cooper's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawks, a Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagles, a Prairie Falcon and a Peregrine Falcon. We also saw large numbers of Greater Prairie-Chickens, and even more Sharp-tailed Grouse, also large numbers of Sandhill Cranes flew over. We also saw Greater Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpipers, Dowitchers unidentified to species, Common Snipes, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Townsend's Solitaires, large numbers of American Robins, American Pipit, Cedar Waxwings, Orange-crowned Warbler, a Nashville Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warblers, thirteen species of sparrows including American Tree Sparrows, a Fox Sparrow, White-throated Sparrows and Harris's Sparrows. We also saw Yellow-headed Blackbird, Red Crossbills and Pine Siskins. The food was good and plentiful, the birding was good and the companionship was warm eventhough the weather Saturday (the only full day that we had) was cold and windy. good birding and goodbye, Lanny Lanny Randolph MarshWren@nctc.net
From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: Re: Panhandle birding. Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:18:26 -0500 >> NeBirders- > > I birded in the Panhandle (again!) this weekend. Lots > of change with the frontal passage, but I still saw 108 > species for the trip. Here are the highlights. > > Stephen J. Dinsmore > Fort Collins, CO Steve, Ya should've come to Halsey! Sounds like you had a great weekend. The weather was nasty at Halsey on Saturday but good Sunday. My choice for best birds of the weekend are Golden Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Greater Prairie-Chickens. I know, they're common out west but I don't see them very often. I am looking forward to Christmas Counts. Mike's Place sounds fine for the final tally. If I can find their phone number, I'll call them to make sure they will be open. If you go to McConaughy again before the CBC, you could check it out. Robin
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:33:16 -0500 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: yard birds Hi Nebraska birders, Monday October 19 was a vacation day for Robin and I. We were trying to do a weekends worth of chores, since we played all weekend. From our Buffalo County yard southeast of Gibbon we saw about fifty Greater White-fronted Geese fly over, at least three Chipping Sparrows and at least two Pine Siskins. good birding and goodbye, Lanny Lanny Randolph southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th rd. Gibbon Ne. 68840 308-468-5057 MarshWren@nctc.net (home) RandolphL@Platte.UNK.edu (work)
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