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1. Nebraska Birdline for 10/23/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:01:44 -0500
2. Sightings
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 10:14:15 -0600 (CST)
3. weekend birds, Buffalo & Kearney Co.
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:49:12 -0600
4. Re: weekend birds, Buffalo & Kearney Co.
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:48:49 -0600
5. Additions to Sunday sightings
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:48:19 -0600 (CST)
6. rwb birds
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:45:01 -0600
7. BBMA in Wash Co.
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:50:15 -0600
8. Tuesday A.M. Sighting
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:46:27 -0600 (CST)
9. mid-winter birding and NOU web site
hardingr@unk.edu
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:52:48 -0600
10. Re: mid-winter birding and NOU web site
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:43:15 -0600
11. (Fwd) Re: Sunday birding
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:48:16 CDT
12. Nebraska Birdline for October 27, 1998
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:20:28 -0600
13. Re: mid-winter birding and NOU web site
"Todd Jensen" <gyrfalcon2@hotmail.com>
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:58:20 PST
14. Lake McConaughy Winter Trip.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:11:26 -0700
15. Crossbills at UNK
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:17:03 -0600
16. Re: mid-winter birding and NOU web site
AKENITZ@aol.com
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:30:17 EST
17. Nebraska Birdline for 10/31/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:50:55 -0600
18. Western Nebraska birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:07:17 -0700
19. Re: Western Nebraska birding.
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Sun, 01 Nov 1998 21:31:04 -0500 (CDT)
20. weekend birding
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Mon, 2 Nov 1998 07:02:03 -0600
21. CBC
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:03:48 +0000
22. Re: CBC
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:18:40 -0500 (CDT)
23. Re: CBC
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 06:54:14 -0600
24. Re: CBC- Joe Gubanyi's request for help 12/18.
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Tue, 03 Nov 1998 12:39:23 +0000
25. CBC Count Bellevue
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:34:52 CDT
26. Birds Tues
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:04:38 -0600
27. Re: CBC
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:13:12 -0600
28. Re: Birds Tues
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Tue, 03 Nov 1998 19:37:57 -0500 (CDT)
29. Nebraska Birdline for 11/3/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:43:00 -0600
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 19:01:44 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 10/23/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * October 23, 1998 * NEST9810.23 - Birds Mentioned Whooping Crane White-winged Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Greater White-fronted Goose Chipping Sparrow Pine Siskin Cattle Egret Black-bellied Plover Stilt Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Horned Grebe Osprey Swainson's Hawk Sabine's Gull Bonaparte's Gull Franklin's Gull Western Grebe Le Conte's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Harrier Sedge Wren Blue-headed Vireo Spotted Towhee Fox Sparrow Little Gull Northern Shrike American Pipit American Tree Sparrow Lapland Longspur Red Crossbill Wilson's Warbler Sandhill Crane Yellow-billed Loon Clark's Grebe American Golden-Plover American Avocet Western Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Black Tern Common Tern Golden Eagle Townsend's Solitaire Rough-legged Hawk Ferruginous Hawk - 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 Friday, October 23rd. In the central in Buffalo County, 3 WHOOPING CRANES were seen on the 21st & 22nd east of the Minden Platte River Bridge. The bridge is accessible from I-80 Exit 279. Check at Rowe Sanctuary for information. In Kearney on the 23rd, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE & 7 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen again at 402 E. 32nd Street. On the 19th, 50 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 3 CHIPPING SPARROWS & 2 PINE SISKINS were seen 3 miles southeast of Gibbon. In the east in Lancaster County on the 18th at Branched Oak Lake, a CATTLE EGRET, 2 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS, a STILT SANDPIPER & 8 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at the swimming beach. Also on the 18th, a HORNED GREBE, an OSPREY, a SWAINSON'S HAWK, a juvenile SABINE'S GULL, a BONAPARTE'S GULL & 4,000 FRANKLIN'S GULLS were also seen at Branched Oak Lake. On the 18th, a WESTERN GREBE & 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were found at Pawnee 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 Washington County on the 18th the following were seen at Boyer Chute NWR: 4 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 5 SEDGE WRENS, a BLUE- HEADED VIREO, 3 SPOTTED TOWHEES, 14 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS, 32 FOX SPARROWS & 8 SWAMP SPARROWS. In the west in Scotts Bluff County on the 17th, a juvenile LITTLE GULL was found at Lake Minatare. In Sioux County on the 20th at Fort Robinson State Park, an immature NORTHERN SHRIKE, an AMERICAN PIPIT, TREE SPARROWS, LAPLAND LONGSPURS & RED CROSSBILLS were seen around Calvin Johnson Lake. On the 18th in southwest Kimball County in the area around I-80 Exit 1, 3 a WILSON'S WARBLER was found & 543 SANDHILL CRANES were seen overhead. In Keith County on the 17th & 18th at Lake McConaughy a YELLOW-BILLED LOON, 17,600 WESTERN GREBES, 22 CLARK'S GREBES, 4 OSPREYS, 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. In Garden County on the 18th, 2 SORAS & a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen at the Clear Creek Marshes. 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. 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, 25 Oct 1998 10:14:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Sightings
Had a good sparrow morning in the yard today. The following were seen:
Rusty Blackbird (the first seen this fall)
Tree Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow (1 individual)
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (YS)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
House Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-winged Blackbird
Bluejay
Junco
Not bad for not leaving my yard!
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Jan Johnson ___ Children are a message
Wakefield Community Schools <*,*> we send to a time we
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From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: weekend birds, Buffalo & Kearney Co. Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:49:12 -0600 Nebr. birders, On October 24, in our backyard three miles southeast of Gibbon, we saw a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwings, two Fox Sparrows, about five Lincoln's Sparrows, a White-throated Sparrow and Harris's Sparrows. In Kearney at 402 E. 32nd Street, Roger and Marilyn Newcomb reported seeing the White-winged Dove, which has been there since July. We saw seven of the nine Eurasian Collared-Doves that the Newcombs have been seeing. One of the doves was setting on a nest in a sycamore tree with no leaves, silly bird. On our way home, just southwest of the Rowe Sanctuary office, we saw two Northern Harriers. At the spot where Elm Island Road crosses the Kearney/Buffalo County line, we saw a Prairie Falcon on the ground eating what looked like a black bird. There were many red-wings, grackles, starlings and cowbirds in the area. We looked but did not see the Whooping Cranes on the 24th but John Kozak called to tell us that he saw them on the 25th between the Rowe Sanctuary office and Lowell Road. Also on the 25th, we saw four Vesper Sparrows, 110 Savannah Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow in the area east of Lowell. At the Gibbon Platte River bridge, we saw eleven Eastern Bluebirds and about forty Song Sparrows. At our home, we saw hundreds of Sandhill Cranes fly over. Robin and Lanny
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:48:49 -0600 From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: Re: weekend birds, Buffalo & Kearney Co. Nebraska Birders, To Lanny and Robin's sightings I'd like to add two Townsend's Solitaires just northwest of Kearney on Saturday (24 October) in the Cedar Hills Subdivision. They were coming to an ornamental pond near a pasture full of "cedars". Thomas Labedz, Lincoln Randolph and Harding wrote: > > Nebr. birders, > > On October 24, in our backyard three miles southeast of > Gibbon, we saw a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwings, > two Fox Sparrows, about five Lincoln's Sparrows, a > White-throated Sparrow and Harris's Sparrows. > > In Kearney at 402 E. 32nd Street, Roger and Marilyn Newcomb > reported seeing the White-winged Dove, which has been there > since July. We saw seven of the nine Eurasian Collared-Doves > that the Newcombs have been seeing. One of the doves was > setting on a nest in a sycamore tree with no leaves, silly > bird. > > On our way home, just southwest of the Rowe Sanctuary > office, we saw two Northern Harriers. At the spot where Elm > Island Road crosses the Kearney/Buffalo County line, we saw > a Prairie Falcon on the ground eating what looked like a > black bird. There were many red-wings, grackles, starlings > and cowbirds in the area. > > We looked but did not see the Whooping Cranes on the 24th > but John Kozak called to tell us that he saw them on the > 25th between the Rowe Sanctuary office and Lowell Road. > Also on the 25th, we saw four Vesper Sparrows, 110 Savannah > Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow in the area east of Lowell. > At the Gibbon Platte River bridge, we saw eleven Eastern > Bluebirds and about forty Song Sparrows. At our home, we > saw hundreds of Sandhill Cranes fly over. > > Robin and Lanny
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:48:19 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Additions to Sunday sightings
Yesterday I posted a sparrow report. Later in the day I helped my husband
move equipment from place to place and took a few idle moments to drive to
the absolute center of a section of ground where he farms. There is a
small spring back there that has formed a small marshy area with reeds,
weeds, and willows. It's always been good for LeConte's Sparrows and
yesterday was no exception. I counted 9 up at one time but if you're
familiar with their quick up and down movements in and out of the ground
cover you know how lucky I was to see that many. But I am estimating from
20 to 30 in this area by watching all those sparrows that quickly came up
and went back down again. Aside from the LeConte's all I saw there was
two Song Sparrows and 3 Red-wing Blackbirds.
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Jan Johnson ___ Children are a message
Wakefield Community Schools <*,*> we send to a time we
Wakefield, NE 68784 ['-'] will not see.
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From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: rwb birds Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:45:01 -0600 Hello all, A few shorebirds remain at a few sites. I didn't find anything real exciting, but the following is what I saw this sunday (25 Oct). Joel Jorgensen ------------------- Lake Babcock 5 Dunlin 5 Black-bellied Plover 250 Greater White-fronted Geese Theesen Basin (clay co portion) 16 Stilt Sandpipers 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 2 Pectoral Sandpipers 3 Least Sandpipers 20 Brewer's Blackbirds Sinninger WPA 168 Long-billed Dowitchers 7 Stilt Sandpipers 4 Least Sandpipers 2 Pectoral Sandpipers sum from a couple of small, private basins in Clay Co 5 Dunlin 12 Least Sandpipers 1 Black-bellied Plovers 40 Long-billed Dowitchers 7 Greater Yellowlegs Big Daddy's Ornithological Gardens 3 Sedge Wrens 5 LeConte's Sparrows 8 Swamp Sparrows
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: BBMA in Wash Co. Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:50:15 -0600 Hello again, My dad, Jerry, tells me he saw a Black-billed Magpie Sunday (25 Oct) morning near Spiker, in central Washington County. Magpies are not regular residents or even visitors in the county and this is the first report in modern times that I am aware of. Joel Jorgensen
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:46:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Tuesday A.M. Sighting
On the muddy drive into school this a.m. I found a soggy looking Prairie
Falcon clinging to a small tree alongside the road 3 miles west of
Wakefield and 1/2 mile north.
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Jan Johnson ___ Children are a message
Wakefield Community Schools <*,*> we send to a time we
Wakefield, NE 68784 ['-'] will not see.
jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us _"_"_
From: hardingr@unk.edu Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:52:48 -0600 Subject: mid-winter birding and NOU web site Nebraska birders, I have heard a few people express interest in having some sort of gathering at Ogallala in mid-winter to gawk at gulls, search for scoters, eye some eagles and see what other surprises might be in store at Lake McConaughy. How many of you would be interested? Steve Dinsmore has offered to organize such an event. As far as I am concerned, it would be an informal sort of thing whose main purpose is birding. Steve suggested mid-February. Sounds like a good time to me, after Christmas Counts and before March madness begins. Let me know what you think. On another topic, some of you may be interested in taking another look at the NOU web site. Robert Price helped me put the last NOU newsletter on the site. The address is http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/ Let me know what you think. Robin Oct. 27, 1998
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:43:15 -0600 From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: Re: mid-winter birding and NOU web site Robin, I think a mid-winter (my favorite time of the year) gathering at Ogallala would be great. Just remember though many of us show interest and will eventually attend, some of us have other commitments that preclude us from going every time. Lets keep it informal. Thomas Labedz, Lincoln hardingr@unk.edu wrote: > > Nebraska birders, > > I have heard a few people express interest in having some > sort of gathering at Ogallala in mid-winter to gawk at gulls, > search for scoters, eye some eagles and see what other > surprises might be in store at Lake McConaughy. How many > of you would be interested? Steve Dinsmore has offered to > organize such an event. As far as I am concerned, it would > be an informal sort of thing whose main purpose is birding. > Steve suggested mid-February. Sounds like a good time to > me, after Christmas Counts and before March madness begins. > Let me know what you think. > > On another topic, some of you may be interested in taking > another look at the NOU web site. Robert Price helped me > put the last NOU newsletter on the site. The address is > http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/ > Let me know what you think. > > Robin > Oct. 27, 1998
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:48:16 CDT Subject: (Fwd) Re: Sunday birding ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- To: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu From: "Robert I. Price" <price_rip@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Sunday birding Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:08:16 +0000 Clem Klaphake; For some reason this did not pass through NeBirds. My activity log does not tell me what happened. Could you please try posting this again. With any luck I will be able to trace this next effort and detect the problem if the problem still exists. Thanks for your help in this matter. RIP *** Reply Separator *** Birders, Just a list of a few birds sighted Oct. 25th by Craig Hensley and me. Main sightings: WHOOPING CRANE GREAT HORNED OWL WHITE CROWNED SPARROW SONG SPARROW FIELD SPARROW TREE SPARROW HARRIS' SPARROW LECONTE'S SPARROW SAVANNAH SPARROW MARSH WREN LONG BILLED DOWITCHER PIED BILLED GREBE MERLIN SEMI PALMATED SANDPIPER WHITE FACED IBIS BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON NORTHERN HARRIERS LESSER SCAUP RUDDY DUCKS REDHEAD CORMORANT And too many REDTAILS to keep accurate count while driving. We started out down I-80 from Bellevue. Large numbers of Redtails all along the interstate. Stopped counting after 50. Saw one second year Redtail dead along the interstate near Aurora. Turned off the interstate at the Gibbon turn off and headed toward Rowe Sanctuary. We stopped to look at a couple of raptors soaring and then saw three adult Whooping Cranes just east of the Rowe headquaters. Watched them circle for a few minutes and then they went down on the Platte east of the headquarters. Beautiful to watch them soar and then drop their long legs down as they readied to land. We notified Bill at the Sanctuary and we went with him to one of the blinds to see where they were feeding. Saw a Great Horned Owl along the way. We then walked through the prairie south of the headquarters. Found White Crowned, Song, Harris', Field, Savannah, Tree and LeConte's Sparrows. Also a flock of Brewer's Blackbirds just down the road. Then drove down hwy 44 and in a small pond across from a very smelly feedlot we found two Long billed Dowitchers feeding and preening. Drove on to Funk, but not much going on there except a few Pelicans,Ruddy Ducks, Pied-billed Grebes, Yellow-headed blackbirds and Great tailed Grackles. Then headed to Harvard WPA. Along the way we saw a Merlin just on the edge of Minden. At Harvard there were 2 White-faced Ibis, 1 Long Billed Dowitcher, 2 Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Black Crowned Night Heron, lots of Ruddies, Gadwalls, Cormorants and Redheads. There also were 2 dead White faced Ibis. One of them had its head and neck stripped off with just the neck bone sticking out. Couldn't tell how they might have died. High light of the trip was the 3 Whooping Cranes and seeing the 2 White faced Ibis flying in front of the large orange setting sun. Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:20:28 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for October 27, 1998 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * October 27, 1998 * NEST9810.27 - Birds Mentioned Whooping Crane Le Conte's Sparrow Brewer's Blackbird Long-billed Dowitcher Merlin Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Townsend's Solitaire White-winged Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Prairie Falcon Black-crowned Night-Heron White-faced Ibis Semipalmated Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Rusty Blackbird Pine Siskin Clay-colored Sparrow Greater White-fronted Goose Black-bellied Plover Dunlin Eastern Phoebe Fox Sparrow Black-billed Magpie Greater Yellowlegs Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk - 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 27th. In the central in Kearney County, 3 adult WHOOPING CRANES were seen again on the 25th at the eastern edge of Rowe Sanctuary. Check at Rowe Sanctuary for updates. Also seen on or near the Rowe Sanctuary, were a LE CONTE'S SPARROW & BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS. South of Kearney on the 25th, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found along Highway 44 in a small pond next to a feedlot. A MERLIN was seen on the 25th on the edge of Minden. Also on the 25th east of Lowell, 4 VESPER SPARROWS, 110 SAVANNAH SPARROWS & a LINCOLN'S SPARROW were seen. In Buffalo County on the 24th, 2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were found in Kearney in the Cedar Hills Subdivision. In Kearney on the 23rd, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE & 7 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen again at 402 E. 32nd Street. On the 24th where Elm Island Road crosses the Kearney/Buffalo County line, a PRAIRIE FALCON was spotted. In Clay County on the 25th, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 WHITE-FACED IBIS, a LONG- BILLED DOWITCHER & 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS were found at Harvard WPA. On the 25th at Theesen Basin, 16 STILT SANDPIPERS, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS & 20 BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS were found. At Sinninger WPA on the 25th, 168 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 7 STILT SANDPIPERS, 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS & 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen. In the east in Dixon County on the 27th, a PRAIRIE FALCON was seen 3 miles west & ‡ mile north of Wakefield. On the 25th, a RUSTY BLACKBIRD, a PINE SISKIN & 8 species of sparrows including a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW & about 20 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were seen 2 miles north, 3 miles west & 2.5 miles north of Wakefield. In Platte County on the 25th, 250 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS & 5 DUNLIN were seen at Lake Babcock. In Washington County on the 24th, an EASTERN PHOEBE & 9 species of sparrows including 3 LE CONTE'S & 2 FOX SPARROWS were seen at Boyer Chute NWR. On the 25th, a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was spotted in central Washington County near Spiker. In Lancaster County on the 27th, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS & 40 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were found at Jack Sinn WMA. In Iowa north of Crescent on the 24th, 226 raptors were counted at Hitchcock Nature Area including 15 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 76 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 3 COOPER'S HAWKS & 124 RED-TAILED HAWKS. On the 25th, 123 raptors were counted there. For more information on this week's sightings, you may call 402-292-5556. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and your report after the tone at the end of this message. Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding! - End transcript
From: "Todd Jensen" <gyrfalcon2@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: mid-winter birding and NOU web site Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:58:20 PST I think this would be a good time to have field trip to Lake McConaughy. However, you might want to time it close to having after a cold snap to get a concentration of birds. Todd Jensen >From price_rip@hotmail.com Tue Oct 27 12:54:28 1998 >Received: from UNKmail.unk.edu (144.216.2.9) by RIP.physics.UNK.edu > with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2); Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:52:23 +0000 >Received: by UNKmail.unk.edu(Lotus SMTP MTA Internal build v4.6.2 (651.2 6-10-1998)) id 862566AA.00623A4E ; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:52:54 -0600 >X-Lotus-FromDomain: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA >From: hardingr@unk.edu >To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu >Message-ID: <862566AA.0062389B.00@UNKmail.unk.edu> >Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:52:48 -0600 >Reply-To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu >Errors-To: price_rip@hotmail.com >Precedence: bulk >X-List-Subscribe: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=subscribe%20NeBirds> >X-List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=unsubscribe%20NeBirds> >X-List-Digest: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=set%20NeBirds%20digest> >X-List-Archive: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=index%20NeBirds> >X-List-Post: <mailto:nebirds@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 NeBirds >Subject: mid-winter birding and NOU web site >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >Nebraska birders, > >I have heard a few people express interest in having some >sort of gathering at Ogallala in mid-winter to gawk at gulls, >search for scoters, eye some eagles and see what other >surprises might be in store at Lake McConaughy. How many >of you would be interested? Steve Dinsmore has offered to >organize such an event. As far as I am concerned, it would >be an informal sort of thing whose main purpose is birding. >Steve suggested mid-February. Sounds like a good time to >me, after Christmas Counts and before March madness begins. >Let me know what you think. > >On another topic, some of you may be interested in taking >another look at the NOU web site. Robert Price helped me >put the last NOU newsletter on the site. The address is >http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/ >Let me know what you think. > >Robin >Oct. 27, 1998 > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 19:11:26 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Lake McConaughy Winter Trip.
> It sounds like there is at least some interest in a
winter birding trip to Lake McConaughy. Because I will
probably organize the outing, here is what I have in mind.
The trip would probably emphasize gulls and waterfowl. In my
limited experience, the best time for gulls would be after
the first warm spell in February. Waterfowl should be good
throughout January and February. I suspect the best strategy
would be for me to pick a date in February and go with it.
However, if enough people express interest, we could wait
and pick a date on short notice (<1 week) when we know large
numbers of gulls are present.
Please email me privately with comments/suggestions.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
Fort Collins, CO
From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: Crossbills at UNK Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:17:03 -0600 Nebr. birders, Both yesterday and today (Oct. 28 & 29) I saw a small flock of seven Red Crossbills in a sycamore tree near Bruner Hall on the Univ. of Nebr. at Kearney campus. What have you been seeing? Robin
From: AKENITZ@aol.com Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:30:17 EST Subject: Re: mid-winter birding and NOU web site Robin & Nebraska birders, A mid-winter informal birding trip in the Ogallala area sounds great to me. Alice Kenitz
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:50:55 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 10/31/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * October 31, 1998 * NEST9810.31 - Birds Mentioned Common Loon Black Scoter Merlin Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher Least Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Herring Gull Northern Shrike Red-breasted Merganser Western Grebe Le Conte's Sparrow Prairie Falcon Great Egret Fox Sparrow Killdeer Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle Horned Grebe - 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 Saturday, October 31st. In the east in Lancaster County on the 31st, the following species were seen at Branched Oak Lake: 14 COMMON LOONS, a BLACK SCOTER, a MERLIN, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 15 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 27 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, two 1st winter HERRING GULLS & 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, & on the 30th, 6 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were found there. On the 31st, 2 WESTERN GREBES were seen at Pawnee Lake. On the 27th, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS & 40 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS were found at Jack Sinn WMA. In Dixon County on the 27th, a PRAIRIE FALCON was seen 3 miles west & ‡ mile north of Wakefield. On the 29th in Washington County, a GREAT EGRET was seen along Highway 30 west of Arlington. Also on the 29th, 5 FOX SPARROWS were found in Neale Woods. In Dodge County on the 29th, 80 KILLDEER & 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen 3 miles north of Fremont. In Iowa north of Crescent on the 31st, 162 raptors were counted at Hitchcock Nature Area including 8 BALD EAGLES, 11 NORTHERN HARRIERS & 118 RED-TAILED HAWKS. The season total of hawks at Hitchcock is 2,183. On the 29th, 2 immature GOLDEN EAGLES & a MERLIN were seen at Hitchcock. On the 31st south of Council Bluffs, 5 COMMON LOONS, 14 HORNED GREBES & 27 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen at Lake Manawa. For more information on this week's sightings, you may call 402-292-5556. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and your report after the tone at the end of this message. Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding! - End transcript
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:07:17 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska birding.
> NeBirders-
I had another good weekend of birding in western
Nebraska. My trip list was 106 species, including 97 today
on a half-hearted November Big Day. Before I get to the
highlights, I want to tell a short story about the best (and
certainly most unexpected!) bird of the trip.
Today (1 November), I was entering the Cedar Vue
Recreation Area along the north shore of Lake McConaughy. On
the road to the far boat ramp, there is a lone, dead tree
along the lakeshore that I have often thought looked like a
good falcon perch. Well, as I was approaching the tree, I
noticed a bird perched on the top branch. Before I could
slow down, the bird took flight. The stout shape and
undulating flight made me first think it was a woodpecker,
but something wasn't right. There was no white on the rump
like a flicker, but the bird was at least that large. It
landed a short distance away in a pine tree. I put my binocs
on the bird and was stunned when I realized I was looking at
a Clark's Nutcracker. The bird was quite tame and I watched
and photographed it for about 30 minutes. Maybe this is a
harbinger of more to come...
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
30 October
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1 Cattle Egret-west of Bushnell
Oliver Reservoir
1 California Gull
Lake Minatare
11 Common Loon
48 Horned Grebe
25 American Avocet
31 October
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1 Cattle Egret-east Gering
Lake Minatare
13 Common Loon
1 California Gull
5 Eastern Bluebird
Winters Creek L.
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
Clear Creek marshes (Garden Co.)
1 Sora
Lake McConaughy
13 Common Loon
13 Gr. White-fronted Goose
37 Least Sandpiper
2 Pectoral Sandpiper
Lake Ogallala
**1 immature Surf Scoter (right above Keystone dam)
1 November
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Sutherland Reservoir
**1 first-basic Little Gull (my fifth this fall!)
894 Western Grebe (very large number for this location)
8 Clark's Grebe
1 Cattle Egret
135 Sandhill Crane
1 juv. Forster's Tern
Lake Ogallala
**1 immature Surf Scoter (same place as 31 October)
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Lake McConaughy
**1 Clark's Nutcracker
1 Blue-winged Teal
34 American Avocet
2 Least Sandpiper
1 Baird's Sandpiper
7 Long-billed Dowitcher
18 American Pipit
Oliver Reservoir
1 American Avocet
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 Eastern Bluebird
1 Hermit Thrush
SW Kimball County (vicinity of exit 1)
160 Snow Goose
2 Ross's Goose
2 Merlin
I also saw 12 Northern Shrikes for the trip (9 today). Most
migrant passerines haved moved south-no warblers, very few
White-crowned Sparrows, etc. But waterfowl diversity has
increased-I saw 23 Species for the weekend.
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 21:31:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: Western Nebraska birding. NeBirders, I spent Saturday looking for the yellow-billed loon at Lake McConaughy. Unfortunately, I did not find it. Since Steve Dinsmore gave a comprehensive list of what he saw, I will only add that I had an osprey west of Arthur Bay. Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: weekend birding Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 07:02:03 -0600 Hello all. I too made a birding trip this weekend. Below are the highlights. I'm also quite sure that I had a Red-necked Grebe at Harlan County Reservoir, but the bird was too far out and with a low fog rolling off the lake I cannot be absolutely sure of the ID. Joel Jorgensen. ---------------------- 31 Oct. L. Babcock 1 American Golden-plover 33 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 5 Least Sandpipers 6 Long-billed Dowitcher Junction of highway 91 and 45 in Platte Co. 1 Prairie Falcon Pibel Lake SRA 1 Brown Thrasher Highway 91 in eastern Garfield Co. 1 imm. Ferruginous Hawk Calamus Reservoir 9 Common Loons 36 Western Grebes 20 Horned Grebes 8 Red-breasted Merganser 3000 Sandhill Cranes (continuous flyovers of flocks 30-200) 80 Bonaparte's Gulls 4 Northern Shrikes 9 Golden-crowned Kinglets Sherman Reservoir 1 Common Loon alot of nothing ---------- 1 Nov Harlan County Reservoir 27 Common Loons 1 Western Grebe 1 Black-bellied Plover 41 American Avocets 19 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Dunlin 10,000 Franklin's Gulls 25 Herring Gulls Ayr Lake 20 Long-billed Dowitcher Theesen Basin 21 Common Snipe Sinninger WPA 3 Black-bellied Plover 6 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Dunlin 5 Least Sandpipers 62 Long-billed Dowitchers Pawnee Lake 2 Common Loons 3 Western Grebes Branched Oak Lake (quick check at dusk) 6 Common Loons 4 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Dunlin 15 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 Baird's Sandpiper
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:03:48 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: CBC Dear Joe, I am wondering if you are orgainizing the Branched OaK Lake CBC? Is it a private party or can others join? I ask for two reasons: If you want help, I could advertise it when I advertise the WAchiska count (Saturday Dec 19). We are thinking about having our counting party Sunday afternoon, Dec 20 1-3 but would move that to Saturday night if it interferred with your count. Second, Charles Letcher from Kingwood Tx will be in our area over Christmas and would like to participate in at least one count. Please email him your information if you would be willing to include him. <JHAWKTX@AOL.COM> Linda R Brown LIncoln, NE lb14735@navix.net
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:18:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: CBC Dear Linda and others, The Branched Oak-Seward CBC will be Friday, Dec 18. As always we will need help especially with Branched Oak, Twin Lakes and the western end of Pawnee. All of these have the potential to have interesting birds for the count especially Branched Oak and Twin Lakes (which is closed to the public during the waterfowl hunting season but permission granted to us to conduct our CBC). Please, PLEASE email me if you are willing to help and I will send you materials about the count. Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: Re: CBC Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 06:54:14 -0600 Hello all: I would like to announce that the Harlan County CBC will also be Friday, 18 December 1998. Unfortunately, this is on the same day as the Branched Oak CBC. Anybody and everybody who wishes to participate is welcome. Either e-mail me personally or call me at 402-533-4476 if you are interested. thanks. Joel Jorgensen
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 12:39:23 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Re: CBC- Joe Gubanyi's request for help 12/18. Dear Joe and others, Josef Kren and I would like to help with the 12/18 CBC at Branched Oak Lake and Twin Lakes. I would like to invite you Joe and all others reading nebirds to join Wachiska Audubon in the Lincoln count Saturday 12/19. Please email me if your are interested. Linda R. Brown 3745 Garfield Lincoln, NE 68506 402-489-2381 lb14735@navix.net
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:34:52 CDT Subject: CBC Count Bellevue Nebraska Birders, Just want to let you know that the Bellevue/Base Lake CBC will be held on Dec. 19, Sat. The area covered in cludes Fontenelle Forest, Lake Manawa in Iowa, and both sides of the Missouri River and its bluffs. Betty Grenon is the overall organizer (731-2383). If interested give her a call. We divide the CBC area in quadrants with one person in charge of each. I will be doing the Fontenelle Forest-Nebraska side of the Missouri River-Bellevue quadrant. Any one interested call me at 292-3747 (night) or 293-3747 (day) or e-mail me: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Clem Klaphake
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Birds Tues Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:04:38 -0600 Took a day off to catch up on stuff and do some birding. Checked the Lancaster Co lakes (Wagontrain, Stagecoach, Olive Creek, Blustem, Yankee Hill, Conestoga, Pawnee, and a half hour at Branched Oak, enough time just to count the major waterfowl from the dam area). We need a cold front!! Best findings: Common Loon 16 Horned Grebe 15 Western Grebe 4 Snow Goose 1 (Conestoga) American Wigeon 325 Gadwall 2030 (most 750 at Pawnee) Green-winged Teal 302 Lesser Scaup 3122 (most 950 at Pawnee) Ruddy Duck 935 (most 380 at Pawnee) Red-breasted Merganser 1 Bald Eagle 1 adult (Wagontrain) American Coot 1865 (1200 at Branched Oak) Greater Yellowlegs 14 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 (Wagontrain) Dunlin 1 (Branched Oak) Herring Gull 14 (Branched Oak) Ring-billed Gull 77 Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: CBC Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:13:12 -0600 BD: Count me in! I was wondering if we will have time to carry out any horticultural activities? Ross ---------- > From: Joel Jorgensen <zrtac@genesisnet.net> > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: CBC > Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 6:54 AM > > Hello all: > > I would like to announce that the Harlan County CBC will also be Friday, > 18 December 1998. Unfortunately, this is on the same day as the Branched > Oak CBC. Anybody and everybody who wishes to participate is welcome. > Either e-mail me personally or call me at 402-533-4476 if you are > interested. thanks. > > Joel Jorgensen
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 19:37:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: Birds Tues I spent a couple of hours at Twin Lakes in Seward CO Tuesday. Waterfowl numbers were reasonably good. Numbers follow: Red-breasted merganser 4 Canada geese 150 ruddy ducks 90 gadwalls 180 wigeon 10 ring-necked duck 10 lesser scaup 500 est. shovelers 15 redheads 8 mallards 33 d.c. cormorants 98 white pelicans 16 ring-billed gulls 33 great blue herons 4 I also had a large group of Harris' sparrows and 7 rusty blackbirds. Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:43:00 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/3/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 3, 1998 * NEST9811.03 - Birds Mentioned Clark's Nutcracker Blue-winged Teal American Avocet Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher American Pipit Common Loon Osprey Pectoral Sandpiper Surf Scoter Western Grebe Clark's Grebe Cattle Egret Sandhill Crane Little Gull Forster's Tern Hermit Thrush Snow Goose Ross's Goose Merlin Pacific Loon California Gull Red-breasted Merganser Black-bellied Plover Dunlin American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Redhead Rusty Blackbird Greater Yellowlegs American Golden-Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Prairie Falcon Horned Grebe Great-tailed Grackle Gray Partridge Sharp-shinned Hawk Ruby-crowned Kinglet Cedar Waxwing Bonaparte's Gull Northern Shrike Ferruginous Hawk Franklin's Gull Herring Gull - 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 Tuesday, November 3rd. In the west in Keith County on the 1st, a CLARK'S NUTCRACKER was found at Cedar Vue Recreation Area on the north shore of Lake McConaughy. Other birds seen at Lake McConaughy on the 1st were, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 34 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 7 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS & 18 AMERICAN PIPITS. On the 31st, 13 COMMON LOONS, an OSPREY & 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were found at McConaughy. At Lake Ogallala on the 31st & 1st, an immature SURF SCOTER was seen above Keystone Dam. In Lincoln County on the 1st, 894 WESTERN GREBES, 8 CLARK'S GREBES, a CATTLE EGRET, 135 SANDHILL CRANES, a first-basic LITTLE GULL, & a juvenile FORSTER'S TERN were spotted at Sutherland Reservoir. In Kimball County on the 1st, an AMERICAN AVOCET & a HERMIT THRUSH were found at Oliver Reservoir. In southwest Kimball County, 160 SNOW GEESE, 2 ROSS'S GEESE & 2 MERLINS were seen. In Scotts Bluff County on the 31st, a first-basic PACIFIC LOON was seen at Winters Creek Lake, & 13 COMMON LOONS & a CALIFORNIA GULL were seen at Lake Minatare. In the east in Lancaster County on November 1st, 6 COMMON LOONS, 4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 3 DUNLIN, 15 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 17 LEAST SANDPIPERS & a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER were found at Branched Oak Lake. On the 1st, 2 COMMON LOONS & 3 WESTERN GREBES were seen at Pawnee Lake. In Seward County on the 3rd, 16 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 4 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 8 REDHEADS, 4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS & 7 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were found at Twin Lakes State Park. In York County on the 1st, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 DUNLIN, 5 LEAST SANDPIPERS & 62 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Sinninger WPA. In Platte County on the 31st the following species were seen at Lake Babcock: an AMERICAN GOLDEN- PLOVER, 33 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 5 LEAST SANDPIPERS & 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Also on the 31st, a PRAIRIE FALCON was spotted at the junction of Highway 91 & 45. On the 3rd in Sarpy County, 11 HORNED GREBES, 11 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS & 125 GREAT- TAILED GRACKLES were seen at Offutt Base Lake. In Dodge County on the 31st, 12 GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen 5 miles north & ‡ mile west of Ames. On the 3rd, an OSPREY & BLUE-WINGED TEAL were found at Fremont State Lakes. Also on the 3rd, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 150 CEDAR WAXWINGS & 2 FOX SPARROWS were seen at Wildwood Park west of Fremont. In the central in Loup County on the 31st the following species were found at Calamus Reservoir: 9 COMMON LOONS, 36 WESTERN GREBES, 20 HORNED GREBES, 8 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 3,000 SANDHILL CRANES, 80 BONAPARTE'S GULLS & 4 NORTHERN SHRIKES. In eastern Garfield County on the 31st, an immature FERRUGINOUS HAWK was spotted on Highway 91. In Harlan County on the 1st, 27 COMMON LOONS, a WESTERN GREBE, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 41 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 19 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a DUNLIN, 10,000 FRANKLIN'S GULLS & 25 HERRING GULLS were found at Harlan Reservoir. For more information on this week's sightings, you may call 402-292-5556. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and your report after the tone at the end of this message. Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding! - End transcript
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