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1. Lake McConaughy trip.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:57:16 -0700
2. CBC Count Bellevue -Reply
Eric Scholar <ESCHOLAR@MAIL.UNMC.EDU>
Thu, 05 Nov 1998 13:20:08 -0600
3. Re: CBC Count Bellevue -Reply
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 22:50:10 -0600 (CST)
4. Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska
HARRYNE@aol.com
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:12:48 EST
5. NOU Newsletter
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 14:39:16 -0600 (CST)
6. Re: Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:10:11 -0600
7. Twin Lakes birds, Friday
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Sat, 07 Nov 1998 09:26:41 -0500 (CDT)
8. Saturday Sightings
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 14:51:30 -0600 (CST)
9. Fwd: best yard birds
AKENITZ@aol.com
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 20:54:19 EST
10. late fall night herons
"Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net>
Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:11:49 -0600
11. Saturday Birding
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 23:20:27 -0600
12. DeSoto NWR
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 07:47:59 -0600
13. Western Nebraska.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 07:50:19 -0700
14. Re: Twin Lakes birds, Friday
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:47:50 +0000
15. Re: Saturday Birding
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:53:04 -0600
16. Re: Saturday Birding
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 21:26:14 -0600
17. Lincoln CBC
"Paul O Kaufman" <pkaufman@sccm.cc.ne.us>
Mon, 09 Nov 1998 07:43:01 -0600
18. Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98
NRATZLAFF@aol.com
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:48:08 EST
19. Nebraska Birdline for November 9, 1998
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:24:52 -0600
20. Re: Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98
jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall)
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 22:32:32 -0600
21. Re: Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:26:57 CDT
22. weekend birds
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 06:54:29 -0600
23. Sightings
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:18:01 -0600 (CST)
24. prairie chickens
LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu>
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:26:10 -0600
25. Nebraska Birdline for 11/11/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:54:03 -0600
26. Salt Valley Lakes
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:11:30 -0600
27. Re: Salt Valley Lakes
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:41:33 -0600
28. Re: Salt Valley Lakes
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:35:45 -0600
29. Sandhill Cranes
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 06:47:07 -0600
30. Sandhill Cranes
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:55:25 -0600
31. Brewer's Blackbirds
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:11:30 -0500 (CDT)
32. Nebraska Birdline for 11/13/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:50:28 -0600
33. Big Bend Bird Bubbas Birding Bonanza 11/15/98
murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 12:34:31 -0600
34. Sun. afternoon birds
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 15:26:30 -0600
35. Harlan Co. birds Nov.15
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:41:02 -0600
36. Re: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15
DeckinChef@aol.com
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:43:38 EST
37. Re: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:53:16 -0600
38. Re: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15
DeckinChef@aol.com
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:47:34 EST
39. Monday morning RPB (retired persons birding)
NRATZLAFF@aol.com
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:59:56 EST
40. Fw: Gulls-caution
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:16:03 -0600
41. Nebraska Birdline for 11/17/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:28:34 -0600
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:57:16 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Lake McConaughy trip.
> NeBirders-
I would like to announce that the informal winter
gathering at Lake McConaughy will be saturday, February 13,
1999. Participants should plan to meet at 7 a.m. at the
Eagle Observation building immediately below Kingsley dam
and just north of the spillway. We will look over the gulls
and waterfowl at Lake Ogallala and Lake McConaughy, and may
even check Sutherland Reservoir if time permits.
This is an informal gathering, and as such is not
officially sanctioned by the NOU. Persons interested in
attending should monitor NeBirds for further announcements
and a possible change of date due to poor weather or a lack
of birds. Please contact me privately if you have further
questions.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
Fort Collins, CO
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 13:20:08 -0600 From: Eric Scholar <ESCHOLAR@MAIL.UNMC.EDU> Subject: CBC Count Bellevue -Reply I would be interested in going with your group if their is room.
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 22:50:10 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: CBC Count Bellevue -Reply Eric, Contact Betty Grenon at bgrenon@enron.com or 731-2383. she's coordinating the count. Betty Allen Omaha, NE
From: HARRYNE@aol.com Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:12:48 EST Subject: Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska Happy Friday morning My wife and I were driving through Holmes Lake Park here in Lincoln on Wednesday morning mostly just to see the usual flock of Canadian geese. To our surprise there was a lone, rather unusual bird standing in the water close to the shore. Long skinny legs, very long, very skinny neck, long pointed beak, small head, medium sized body. Looked a bit like a Sandhills Crane but not quite as big boned. Color was just a plain gray-brown, no white or other colors noted. Wonder if any of the local birders have seen and identified that bird? Thanks for any help Harry Schaeffer Lincoln, Nebraska
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 14:39:16 -0600 (CST) Subject: NOU Newsletter To all NOU birders, Do you have something for the news letter? Please send it ASAP to me and a copy to Laurine Blankenau. Laurine has a printer and can take it off the screen. Both of us have holiday committments and I want to get the newsletter together before Thanksgiving. Laurine TYPES AND FORMATS IT AND SHE IS HAVING COMPANY THANKSGIVING WEEK and is going to be away Nov 14-18. So if you want your name and message in print, I can't emphaize the ASAP ANY STRONGER.... Her email address is rblanken@creighton.edu my email address is lizprints@webtv.net Betty Allen Omaha, NE
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:10:11 -0600 Harry: About the only other bird fitting your description is Great Blue Heron. Young birds (hatched this past summer) or non-breeding birds (adults) show a lot less white than birds in breeding condition. Does this sound reasonable to you? Hope it helps some! Ross Silcock Tabor, IA ---------- > From: HARRYNE@aol.com > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Nebraska > Date: Friday, November 06, 1998 8:12 AM > > Happy Friday morning > > My wife and I were driving through Holmes Lake Park here in Lincoln on > Wednesday morning mostly just to see the usual flock of Canadian geese. To > our surprise there was a lone, rather unusual bird standing in the water close > to the shore. Long skinny legs, very long, very skinny neck, long pointed > beak, small head, medium sized body. > > Looked a bit like a Sandhills Crane but not quite as big boned. > Color was just a plain gray-brown, no white or other colors noted. > > Wonder if any of the local birders have seen and identified that bird? > > Thanks for any help > > Harry Schaeffer > Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 09:26:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Twin Lakes birds, Friday I spent a couple of hours at Twin Lakes in Seward CO Friday. Waterfowl numbers were reasonably good again. Numbers follow: bald eagle (imm) 1 merlin (eating a blackbird or cowbird) 1 Red-breasted merganser 5 Canada geese 318 white-fronted geese 5 ruddy ducks 20 gadwalls 350 est. wigeon 5 ring-necked duck 8 lesser scaup 150 est. redheads 30 mallards 130 canvasbacks 7 d.c. cormorants 203 white pelicans 44 ring-billed gulls 81 Bonaparte's gulls 4 American coots 80 great blue herons 2 Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 14:51:30 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Saturday Sightings
Snow is falling and the Harris' Sparrows, Juncos and Goldfinches are busy
in the yard. I also have a couple of hardy souls who decided to stick
around a bit later than usual before heading to warmer climates. A Robin
was around this a.m. and there is still a juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker
depending on the sunflower seed and suet. Also about noon I had 7 Rusty
Blackbirds in the yard. Coming back from Sioux City we saw an Osprey just
south of Allen, Nebraska.
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From: AKENITZ@aol.com
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 20:54:19 EST
Subject: Fwd: best yard birds
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Subject: best yard birds
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 13:36:19 -0700
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Alice -
Wayne Tree from Montana emailed me about having people pick their favo=
rite
"yard bird". He's getting picks from all around Montana and other areas. =
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Bruce and I thought we would do it for Wyoming (and other areas); we thoug=
ht
it would be interesting and give everyone an idea of what is being seen. =
I'm
going to put it in our newsletter, and we will also post it on the bulleti=
n
board at Wild Bird Marketplace (our local "bird supply" store). I would a=
lso
be interested inhearing from you folks -- what are your "best yard birds" =
each
month. The rules are simple: the bird has to be seen from, in, or over y=
our
yard or house. It doesn't necessarily have to be your most unusual bird, =
just
whatever bird you enjoyed seeing the most. If you would like to participa=
te,
just send me the name of the bird and date when it was seen. And if you g=
et
"best birds" from anybody else, I just need the town part of the address, =
I
guess. We are going to do this monthly, so I need the info around the 5t=
h of
the month (for the previous month's picks) so I can get it into the
newsletter. If you have any info for Oct. I can still get it into the Nov=
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newsletter.
Did Bruce give you the date of our Christmas Bird Count?
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interesting and give everyone an idea of what is being seen. I'm goi=
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to
put it in our newsletter, and we will also post it on the bulletin board a=
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Wild
Bird Marketplace (our local "bird supply" store). I would =
also
be interested inhearing from you folks -- what are your "best yard
birds" each month. The rules are simple: the bird has to =
be
seen from, in, or over your yard or house. It doesn't necessarily ha=
ve
to
be your most unusual bird, just whatever bird you enjoyed seeing the
most.
If you would like to participate, just send me the name of the bird and da=
te
when it was seen. And if you get "best birds" from anybody
else,
I just need the town part of the address, I guess. We are goin=
g to
do this monthly, so I need the info around the 5th of the month (for the
previous month's picks) so I can get it into the newsletter. If you =
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From: "Randolph and Harding" <marshwren@nctc.net> Subject: late fall night herons Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 21:11:49 -0600 Hi Nebraska birders, Saturday, November 7 in Buffalo County 3 1/2 miles southeast of Gibbon, Robin and I saw a Northern Shrike. In Gosper County at Johnson's Lake we saw fifteen Eared Grebes, a Western Grebe, three immature Black-crowned Night-Herons and about 300 Ruddy Ducks. According to Johnsgard's "Birds of Nebraska," this is not the latest fall date for Black-crowned Night-Herons but it is quite close. They did seem to be wet and cold, but that was probably only because we were wet and cold. Can someone remind Robin that she said that she was looking forward to winter? 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)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 23:20:27 -0600
Subject: Saturday Birding
From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Hello All,
At Pawnee SRA just west of Lincoln, there were 3 Snow Buntings picking
around on the gravel road on the dam today. Also 4 Western Grebes and 11
Red-breasted Mergansers were the highlites there.
At Branched Oak Lake the Tree Sparrows have arrived. 20+ were seen today.
A few lingering shorebirds;
Black-bellied Plover 2
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 6
Long-billed Dowitcher 14
Also 3 Common Loons. Not many ducks on either lake today.
In the Nebraska portion of Desoto Bend NWR there were about 150 Mallards
and
1 American Black Duck.
John Sullivan
Lincoln, Ne
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Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 07:47:59 -0600 Subject: DeSoto NWR From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello All, Big numbers of Snow Geese have not started to arrive at Desoto NWR yet. None were seen on the afternoon of 11-7. Coots, Cormorants and a few Mallards could be seen on the lake from the visitors center. A few Canada Geese and Mallards were feeding in fields around the lake along with 1 American Black Duck. 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 07:50:19 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska.
> Hello Birders-
Dave Ely and I spent yesterday (11/7) birding in
western Nebraska. We managed to see 87 species despite
heavy snow mixed with rain all morning. Below are the
highlights.
Sutherland Reservoir
**1 Dunlin (rare this far west)
1400+ Western Grebes
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 American Pipit
11 Harris's Sparrows
Lake Ogallala
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
**1 female/immature White-winged Scoter
9 Common Loon
2 Northern Shrike
Lake McConaughy
13 Common Loon
1 Black-bellied Plover
1 American Avocet
31 Least Sandpiper
2 Baird's Sandpiper
3 Long-billed Dowitcher
Lake Minatare
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
16 Common Loon
62 Horned Grebe
1 California Gull
Winters Creek Lake
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
6 Common Loon
And along I-80 in eastern Wyoming, we saw a Swift Fox.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:47:50 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Re: Twin Lakes birds, Friday Dear Joe Gubanyi and Nebraska Bird Folk, Josef Kren, Paul Johnsgard and I drove to Twin Lakes this morning in hopes of seeing some of Joe's multitudes. Unfortunately, the lake is now closed (and someone was guarding the sign across the road). We settled for Oak Lake and were rewarded by a couple dozen Great-tailed Grackels and 100 Canada Geese working the wet meadow south of road bordering the south side of Oak Lake. A hundred or so Ring-billed Gulls were joined by 3 Franklin's Gull in the mud area to the east of the meadow. On Oak Lake we finally decided that there were at least 6-8 Pied-billed Grebes diving down and popping up. Linda Linda R. Brown 3745 Garfield Lincoln, NE 68506-1028 402-489-2381 P.S. Joe, thanks for offering your help with the Wachiska CBC 12/19. I'll be in touch about territory.
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:53:04 -0600 Subject: Re: Saturday Birding From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) John, Was the Black Duck seen on the main part of the refuge inside the horseshoe, or was it seen on the west side of the river? On Sat, 7 Nov 1998 23:20:27 -0600 johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) writes: > >In the Nebraska portion of Desoto Bend NWR there were about 150 >Mallards and >1 American Black Duck. We were at Manawa today and saw a lot of Red-breasted Mergansers & a few Hoodeds. What is your NE year list total? Loren ___________________________________________________________________ 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, 8 Nov 1998 21:26:14 -0600 Subject: Re: Saturday Birding From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 19:53:04 -0600 lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) writes: >John, > >Was the Black Duck seen on the main part of the refuge inside the >horseshoe, or was it seen on the west side of the river? The Black Duck was seen on the main part of the refuge inside the horseshoe. There was another Black Duck today on Carter Lake in Omaha. >We were at Manawa today and saw a lot of Red-breasted Mergansers & a >few Hoodeds. > >What is your NE year list total? > >Loren Black Duck was # 325 for the year! 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] ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 07:43:01 -0600 From: "Paul O Kaufman" <pkaufman@sccm.cc.ne.us> Subject: Lincoln CBC Linda, Karla and I will plan to help with the Lincoln CBC. I think we should get a smaller area that could be covered in 1/2 day. We can get out owling in the morning and know the places around Pawnee to find screechies, but whatever you want to assign us to is fine. Let us know. Thanks, Paul
From: NRATZLAFF@aol.com Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:48:08 EST Subject: Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98 Have enjoyed getting all the birding reports on e-mail. Here's my first try at actually sending a report. Izen and I spent late Sunday afternoon at Cunningham Lake. There weren't actually a whole lot of numbers, but a nice variety on this hazy, overcast chilly day, in short a good day for ducks if not humans. We observed: 2 American White Pelicans 1 Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 1 Common Merganser 40 Double-crested Cormorants 2 Mallards 1 Green-winged Teal 10 Northern Shovelers 45 Gadwall 20 Ruddy Ducks 8 Pied-billed Grebes 1 Belted Kingfisher Neal & Izen Ratzlaff
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:24:52 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for November 9, 1998 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 9, 1998 * NEST9811.09 - Birds Mentioned Pacific Loon Common Loon White-winged Scoter Northern Shrike Black-bellied Plover American Avocet Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Western Grebe Dunlin American Pipit Horned Grebe California Gull Pectoral Sandpiper Ring-necked Duck Red-breasted Merganser American Black Duck Rusty Blackbird Osprey Black-billed Magpie Northern Shrike Eared Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron Hooded Merganser - 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 Monday, November 9th. In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 7th, a 1st basic PACIFIC LOON, 9 COMMON LOONS, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER & 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES were found at Lake Ogallala. Also on the 7th, 13 COMMON LOONS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 31 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS & 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found at Lake McConaughy. In Lincoln County on the 7th, 1400 WESTERN GREBES, a DUNLIN & an AMERICAN PIPIT were seen at Sutherland Reservoir. In Scotts Bluff County on the 7th, a 1st basic PACIFIC LOON, 16 COMMON LOONS, 62 HORNED GREBES & a CALIFORNIA GULL were found at Lake Minatare. A 1st basic PACIFIC LOON was also found at Winters Creek Lake on the 7th. In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 7th, 3 COMMON LOONS, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 6 DUNLIN & 14 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were spotted at Branched Oak Lake. On the 6th at Pawnee Lake, a COMMON LOON, 6 WESTERN GREBES, 40 RING-NECKED DUCKS & 12 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were seen. In Douglas County on the 8th, an AMERICAN BLACK DUCK was seen at Carter Lake across from Eppley Airport. Also on the 8th, a COMMON LOON & a HORNED GREBE were found at Cunningham Lake north of Omaha. In Washington County on the 8th, an AMERICAN BLACK DUCK was seen at DeSoto NWR in a pond on the west side of the refuge. On the 7th in Dixon County, 7 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen 2 miles north, 3 miles west & 2.5 miles north of Wakefield. On the 7th, an OSPREY was spotted south of Allen. In Jefferson County on the 5th, a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was spotted along Highway 136 east of Fairbury. In central Nebraska in Buffalo County on the 7th, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was found 3 ‡ miles southeast of Gibbon. In Gosper County on the 7th, 15 EARED GREBES, a WESTERN GREBE & 3 BLACK- CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were found at Johnson Reservoir. In Iowa on the 8th south of Council Bluffs, a COMMON LOON, 8 HORNED GREBES, 170 RED- BREASTED MERGANSERS & 11 HOODED MERGANSERS 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: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 22:32:32 -0600 Subject: Re: Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98 From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) Neal, Good report. By the way, your Great-tailed Grackle is back at Charlies Lake, but this time has 3 companions. John W. Hall Omaha, Nebraska jwhall2@juno.com On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:48:08 EST NRATZLAFF@aol.com writes: >Have enjoyed getting all the birding reports on e-mail. Here's my >first try >at actually sending a report. Izen and I spent late Sunday afternoon >at >Cunningham Lake. There weren't actually a whole lot of numbers, but a >nice >variety on this hazy, overcast chilly day, in short a good day for >ducks if >not humans. We observed: > 2 American White Pelicans > 1 Common Loon > 1 Horned Grebe > 1 Common Merganser > 40 Double-crested Cormorants > 2 Mallards > 1 Green-winged Teal > 10 Northern Shovelers > 45 Gadwall > 20 Ruddy Ducks > 8 Pied-billed Grebes > 1 Belted Kingfisher > >Neal & Izen Ratzlaff > ___________________________________________________________________ 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:26:57 CDT Subject: Re: Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98 > From: NRATZLAFF@aol.com > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:48:08 EST > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Sunday afternoon birding (11/8/98 Good sightings Neal and Izen, Your message came through clear. Clem > Have enjoyed getting all the birding reports on e-mail. Here's my first try > at actually sending a report. Izen and I spent late Sunday afternoon at > Cunningham Lake. There weren't actually a whole lot of numbers, but a nice > variety on this hazy, overcast chilly day, in short a good day for ducks if > not humans. We observed: > 2 American White Pelicans > 1 Common Loon > 1 Horned Grebe > 1 Common Merganser > 40 Double-crested Cormorants > 2 Mallards > 1 Green-winged Teal > 10 Northern Shovelers > 45 Gadwall > 20 Ruddy Ducks > 8 Pied-billed Grebes > 1 Belted Kingfisher > > Neal & Izen Ratzlaff >
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: weekend birds Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 06:54:29 -0600 Hello all: I made the same loop trip I did last weekend and below are the few highlights of my trips. Joel Jorgensen ------------------------------------- 7 Nov Sinninger WPA 2 American Avocets a private basin northeast of Clay Center, Clay Co 26 Long-billed Dowitchers another small basin northeast of Clay Center, Clay Co 1 Pectoral Sandpiper Ayr Lake 33 Long-billed Dowitchers Red Cloud Sewage Lagoons 7 Western Grebes 1 Common Loon Harlan Co. Reservoir 18 American Avocets 4 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Black-bellied Plover 4 Long-billed Dowitchers --- 8 November Harlan County Lake 18 American Avocets 1 Black-bellied Plover 40 Herring Gulls 300 Bonaparte's Gulls 400 Franklin's Gulls 3 Common Loons 18 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Common Merganser Sherman Reservoir 4 Western Grebe *1 Forster's Tern 10 miles south of Loup City, Sherman Co. 1 Sharp-tailed Grouse Calamus Reservoir 3 Common Loons 46 Western Grebes 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Ferruginous Hawk Spalding City Park 1 Western Grebe Lake Babcock 2 Western Grebe 5 Black-bellied Plover 7 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Dunlin
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:18:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Sightings
On the cold, frozen drive in to school this a.m. I saw what amounted to
more than 1,000 Lapland Longspurs. Looked for but couldn;t find any Snow
Buntings. They were in one very large flock and several small flocks
northwest of Wakefield.
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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 _"_"_
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:26:10 -0600 From: LANNY RANDOLPH <RANDOLPHL@platte.unk.edu> Subject: prairie chickens Hi Nebraska birders, On our way to work this morning, Robin and I saw two Greater Prairie-Chickens near our mailbox. We live in Buffalo County a half mile north of the Platte River south of Gibbon. They were in a snag, so they could have been lookouts for other feeding prairie-chickens. Lanny
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:54:03 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/11/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 11, 1998 * NEST9811.11 - Birds Mentioned Lapland Longspur Sandhill Crane Bald Eagle Snow Bunting American Avocet Western Grebe Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Common Loon Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Bonaparte's Gull Franklin's Gull Herring Gull Greater Prairie Chicken Ferruginous Hawk American White Pelican Snow Goose Rough-legged Hawk Prairie Falcon Eared Grebe Horned Grebe Ross's Goose - 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 Wednesday, November 11th. In eastern Nebraska in Dixon County on the 11th, about 1,000 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen in fields north of Wakefield. In Douglas County on the 11th, 95 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying over north Omaha & a hundred SANDHILL CRANES were seen over Neale Woods Nature Center. Also on the 11th, 3 BALD EAGLES were spotted at Riverside Lakes in western Douglas County & about 300 SANDHILL CRANES were seen ‡ mile of West Dodge Road. In Cass County on the 11th, 42 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying north of Weeping Water. In Lancaster County on the 7th, 3 SNOW BUNTINGS were spotted at Pawnee Lake SRA. In York County on the 7th, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS were seen at Sinninger WPA. In Platte County on the 8th, 2 WESTERN GREBES, 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS & 2 DUNLINS were found at Lake Babcock. In central Nebraska in Adams County on the 7th, 33 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were found at Ayr Lake. In Clay County on the 7th, 26 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at a private basin northeast of Clay Center. In Webster County on the 7th, a COMMON LOON & 7 WESTERN GREBES were found at the Red Cloud Sewage Lagoons. On the 8th in Harlan County, 3 COMMON LOONS, a COMMON MERGANSER, 18 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 18 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 300 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 400 FRANKLIN'S GULLS & 40 HERRING GULLS were found at Harlan Reservoir. On the 7th, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS & 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were also seen at Harlan Reservoir. In Buffalo County on the 11th, 2 GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS were seen ‡ mile north of the Platte River south of Gibbon. In Loup County on the 8th, 3 COMMON LOONS, 46 WESTERN GREBES, a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER & a FERRUGINOUS HAWK were found at Calamus Reservoir. In Iowa on the 11th, 65 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 540 SANDHILL CRANES, many thousands of SNOW GEESE & 62 hawks including 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS & a PRAIRIE FALCON were counted at Hitchcock Nature Area north of Crescent. South of Council Bluffs on the 11th, 2 COMMON LOONS, an EARED GREBE, 3 HORNED GREBES, a ROSS'S GOOSE, RED-BREASTED & HOODED MERGANSERS & 60 SANDHILL CRANES 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: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:11:30 -0600 Subject: Salt Valley Lakes From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello All, I took the afternoon off work to find out what was blow into the area from the west yesterday. The most obvious was Sandhill Cranes. There was an almost constant stream of them, mostly coming from east, all afternoon. I counted about 1200 from 2:00 - 5:00pm in Lancaster Co. I wonder how far east they went? There was not much happening on the smaller lakes south of Lincoln but the action picked up when I got to Pawnee & Branched Oak. A total of 20 waterfowl sp. were seen at these 2 lakes. Here are the Highlites; Pawnee ----------- Common Loon 19 Western Grebe 6 Common Goldeneye 5 White-winged Scoter 1 adult male Red-breasted Mergansers (when do the males molt out of eclipse plumage?) Branched Oak ------------------- Common Loon 11 Canada Goose 150 small form Ross's Goose 3 fly-overs with snows Sandhill Crane 2 on the ground in the sw branch 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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Salt Valley Lakes Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:41:33 -0600 John: WW Scoter!! 326? Amazing all the Sandhill Cranes around. Ross ---------- > From: John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Salt Valley Lakes > Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 9:11 PM > > Hello All, > > I took the afternoon off work to find out what was blow into the area > from the west yesterday. The most obvious was Sandhill Cranes. There was > an almost constant stream of them, mostly coming from east, all > afternoon. I counted about 1200 from 2:00 - 5:00pm in Lancaster Co. I > wonder how far east they went? > > There was not much happening on the smaller lakes south of Lincoln but > the action picked up when I got to Pawnee & Branched Oak. A total of 20 > waterfowl sp. were seen at these 2 lakes. Here are the Highlites; > > Pawnee > ----------- > Common Loon 19 > Western Grebe 6 > Common Goldeneye 5 > White-winged Scoter 1 adult male > Red-breasted Mergansers (when do the males molt out of eclipse plumage?) > > Branched Oak > ------------------- > Common Loon 11 > Canada Goose 150 small form > Ross's Goose 3 fly-overs with snows > Sandhill Crane 2 on the ground in the sw branch > > 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/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:35:45 -0600 Subject: Re: Salt Valley Lakes From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Nebraska Birders: On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:11:30 -0600 johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) writes: >Hello All, > >I took the afternoon off work to find out what was blow into the area >from the west yesterday. The most obvious was Sandhill Cranes. There >was an almost constant stream of them, mostly coming from east, all >afternoon. I counted about 1200 from 2:00 - 5:00pm in Lancaster Co. I >wonder how far east they went? > There were over 1000 reported in Douglas, Sarpy & Cass Counties and western Iowa. We counted 540 at Hitchcock Nature Area near Crescent, Iowa from 10:00 am- 1:30 pm. The Iowa Birdline had reports into central Iowa in flocks as big as 30. Babs & Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: Sandhill Cranes Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 06:47:07 -0600 Hello. I too observed the movement of Sandhill Cranes yesterday. I observed flocks of 91, 41, 127, 43, and 34 flying over the Missouri River just east of Blair. Joel Jorgensen
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:55:25 -0600 Subject: Sandhill Cranes From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Hi NeBirders, John Sullivan wrote a note yesterday wondering how far east the Sandhill Cranes were flying. Here's a partial answer from the Chicago Area RBA for 11/11/98. ...An adult WHOOPING CRANE was seen and photographed at 12:45PM today with over 2000 SANDHILL CRANES migrating south at Illinois Beach State Park.... Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:11:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Brewer's Blackbirds I visited Tamara WPA and North Basin WPA both in Seward County Friday evening hoping to see some of the sandhill cranes that had been pushed east earlier in the week. I didn't see any cranes, but I did see large numbers of Brewer's blackbirds in with red-winged and rusty blackbirds at North Basin WPA. I suspect the Brewer's blackbirds were pushed further east with the Tuesday storm along with a number of other birds. I also had a merlin at Tamara WPA. Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:50:28 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/13/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 13, 1998 * NEST9811.13 - Birds Mentioned Brewer's Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Merlin Western Grebe Belted Kingfisher Harris's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Pine Siskin Great-tailed Grackle Sandhill Crane Winter Wren Cooper's Hawk Common Loon White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Ross's Goose Red-throated Loon American White Pelican Common Merganser Bonaparte's Gull - 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, November 13th. In eastern Nebraska in Seward County on the 13th, large numbers of BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS were found with RUSTY BLACKBIRDS & RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS at Northlake Basin WPA. At Tamara WPA on the 13th, a MERLIN was spotted. In Sarpy County on the 13th, a WESTERN GREBE, a BELTED KINGFISHER, HARRIS'S SPARROW & a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were found at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. Also on the 13th, a PINE SISKIN, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW & a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen in a yard south of Bellevue University. On the 13th, 45 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were seen about a mile north of Offutt Base Lake. On the 12th, a WINTER WREN was seen in the Quail Creek subdivision west of Bellevue. In Douglas County on the 12th, 14 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying over Neale Woods & a WINTER WREN was seen on the Missouri River Ecology Trail. On the 11th, a COOPER'S HAWK was seen at Cunningham Lake. In Lancaster County on the 11th, 19 COMMON LOONS, 6 WESTERN GREBES, an adult male WHITE- WINGED SCOTER, 5 COMMON GOLDENEYE & RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were found at Pawnee Lake. Also on the 11th, 11 COMMON LOONS & 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Branched Oak Lake, & 3 ROSS'S GEESE & 1200 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying overhead. In Iowa south of Council Bluffs on the 13th, a RED-THROATED LOON in basic plumage was found at the Mid-American Power south pond. Also on the 13th, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, 3 WHITE- WINGED SCOTERS, 14 COMMON MERGANSERS & 6 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
From: murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us> Subject: Big Bend Bird Bubbas Birding Bonanza 11/15/98 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 12:34:31 -0600 Fellow Birders, The "bird bubbas" of Kearney - Mark Urwiller, John Kozak, and John Murphy went out for a short trip this morning. Perhaps labelling our list as a "bonanza" is hyperbole in some respects since we only saw 36 species. However, we did see some interesting birds! Here goes: 9 species of raptors - 1 Ferruginous Hawk near 70th(?) St and and Cottonmill Ave in Kearney. A Prairie Falcon, Northern Harrier, and Cooper's Hawk at the sand pit South of the I-80 Interstate exchange. A little further South we saw a Harlan's race Red-tailed Hawk. (Several other Red-tailed hawks were seen during the course of our trip.) Over at Audubon Rowe Sanctuary we saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk and Rough-legged Hawk in back of the sanctuary office. We saw a Kestrel on the sanctuary as well. At Grandpa's Steakhouse South of Kearney we saw 1 Immature Bald Eagle. Other Birds of Interest: 2 Bonaparte's Gulls flying over the Platte River in back of the Rowe Sanctuary office. 1 Loggerhead Shrike near 70th(?) street and Cottonmill Ave 1 Northern Shrike on 11th street West of 30th Ave Comment: We saw large flocks of Horned Larks and suspect Longspurs we probably mixed in, but never got close enough to tell. Good birding to all! Mark Urwiller Physics Instructor, Kearney High School Seven Hills Observatory Director Home Address: 4711 Heather Lane, Kearney NE 68847 Home Phone: 308-234-6536 e-mail: murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us Web Pages: 162.127.10.1/~murwille/7hills.htm 204.234.2.2/~murwille/7hills.htm 162.127.10.1/~murwille/resume.htm 204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: Sun. afternoon birds Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 15:26:30 -0600 Hello all, I hit a few spots sunday afternoon (15 Nov) and saw a few birds. The highlights follow. Joel Jorgensen ---- Cunningham Lake **1 female/imm. Black Scoter 1 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Hooded Mergansers 1 Eared Grebe 2 Bald Eagles Herman Sewage Lagoons, Washington Co. 5 Common Goldeneyes 20 "cackling" Canada Geese
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15 Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:41:02 -0600 Nebraska birders, On Sunday, November 15, Lanny and I went down to Harlan County Reservoir to try our luck. There were a lot of people wearing bright orange driving 4-WD vehicles around. We walked around in the mud looking for shorebirds and found only a few Killdeer. The wind blew hard from the south all day. Most sane birds were probably down in cover. Here are our highlights: 200 Double-crested Cormorants 100 Green-winged Teal two female Hooded Mergansers one Sharp-Shinned Hawk 30 Bonapart's Gulls 1300 Ring-billed Gulls 9 Herring Gulls Both red and yellow-shafted Northern Flickers 50 Eastern Bluebirds 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers two Pine Siskins We saw the two Hooded Mergansers in Methodist Cove. Each had a fish that must have been a bit too big to swallow. They were both shaking their fish and beating it up against the surface of the water. Good birding, Robin and Lanny
From: DeckinChef@aol.com Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:43:38 EST Subject: Re: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15 hey there you two, am in town but am swamped with work so not sure if i can catch up with you, saw a prairie falcon yesterday by the test plot i showed you and had lots of longspurs in individuals and small groups with horned larks about 3 mile east of shelton, got very nice yesterday afternoon when the wind calmed a bit, will try and catch up with you if i can, btw and snow bunting sightings yet, redpolls--birds i haven't seen for a few years in the south Hope all is well with you Charlie
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:53:16 -0600 Subject: Re: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) The following message was sent to NeBirds by Charlie DeckinChef: On Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:43:38 EST DeckinChef@aol.com writes: >hey there you two, am in town but am swamped with work so not sure if i can >catch up with you, saw a prairie falcon yesterday by the test plot i showed >you and had lots of longspurs in individuals and small groups with horned >larks about 3 mile east of shelton, got very nice yesterday afternoon when >the wind calmed a bit, will try and catch up with you if i can, >btw and snow bunting sightings yet, redpolls--birds i haven't seen for a few >years in the south >Hope all is well with you >Charlie > Who is this? Who is he writing to? Why can't he put a greeting on his message and a closing with his location and e-mail address? It is common courtesy to let people know who you are corresponding with! Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
From: DeckinChef@aol.com Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:47:34 EST Subject: Re: Harlan Co. birds Nov.15 this person is charles chase who thought he was replying to someone else on the list not to the entire list so excuse me for causing you such distress. it won't happen again. Charles Chase hotel in Kearney, Ne deckinchef@aol.com
From: NRATZLAFF@aol.com Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:59:56 EST Subject: Monday morning RPB (retired persons birding) Went to Cunningham Lake on Monday AM, 11/16/98 looking for the black scoter among others. Did not see the scoter or Red-breasted Merganser today but the Hooded Merganser population had increased to 8. Other sightings: 3 Horned Grebes 8 American Coots 12 Pied-billed Grebes 12 Double-crested Cormorants 4 Mallards 15 Ring-billed Gulls Neal & Izen Ratzlaff 536 Brentwood Road Omaha
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: Gulls-caution Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:16:03 -0600 How about this? Fascinating!! Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net ---------- > From: BirdmanTV3@aol.com > To: mobirds-l@proteus.mig.missouri.edu > Subject: Gulls-caution > Date: Monday, November 16, 1998 9:06 PM > > PLease NOte if you are not into Gulls Stop here!!!!!! WARNING PROCEED AT YOUR > OWN RISK. AUTHOR IS NOT RESPOSNSIBLE FOR ANY ADDICTIVE ATTRACTION TO WINTER > GULLS RESULTING FROM THIS PAPER. > CHRIS, > No- I think you are reciting perfectly the literature on kumlieni. This is > what I feel is in total error. I think it is critically important to realize > A) we do know what L.g. glaucoides is Grant has that down to each feather. Now > whenI was up at St. Johns Newfoundland filming kumlieni several individuals > had no patterns on the tail or wing tips and Burce MacTavish simply said they > were kumlieni. But I insisted they had to actually be glaucoides. The > definition of the types (type specimens) are clear. with out knowing where > they were filmed Jon Dunn agreed that the clear ones are indeed glaucoides. > So the tail of Lg. glaucoides has fine barring in tear drop shapes (this is > refferred to variously also as watermarks) and this birds pattern is > uniformity. No heavy concentrations in any portion of the tail. Uniformly > colored biege-buff on white. > L.g. kumlieni tails are similar but the distal portion of the tail has an > accumulation of the darker tear drop patterning forming concentrations that > when viewed at a distance form a light subterminal tail band very narrow and > thin. This tail band is inconsistent in "texture" and "substance". The base > color of this tail is the exact biege-buff on white but the concentrations of > color in the tail become a deeper buff-brown shade. The "band" can have tones > of buff-gray as well. > In Thayer's gull, we find three distinct groups of variation. In first year > birds, these groups are difficult to segregate. However, one of the most > important of the unifiying characteristics is the consistancy of the shape and > quality of the tail band. The tail band on Thayer's gull is distinctly broad > and solid. Some authors have stated in the first batch of papers that Thayers > tail is completely brown. That is Utterly absurd and only show that individual > either never looked at specimens or never lifted the upper tail coverts to > examine the upper 1/3 of the retrices. Why is this important-wear. (remember > this for later)... Ok so on Thayers the base Color of the tail is a Creamy > brown or brownish tinged biege on the light end. This is often very warm but > may have individuals that show frosty or grayer Highlights. The very distal > tip may appear white buff or a slightly warmer brownish cream. This color may > be seen on the tip of the outer web of the outermost rectrices as well. > However, In all 1st year Thayers Gulls, the upper 1/3 (to nearly 40% on some > individuals) is heavily watermarked with creamy buff or grayish buff. On > lighter individuals these tear dropped markings continue distally and invade > (as it were) the Band but never breakup the solidness of the band. This is > very distinct from kumlieni. Usually it takes until late in the first winter > when some individuals will begin to show significant wear and bleaching. I > have seen some Thayer's as early as mid-january which show significant > bleaching. The patterns still hold up no matter how light they become. (Wear > again is another matter.) By Second year, the tail is significantly lighter > and in the very light group (which I estimated in the late 70's and early 80's > to be about 5% of the inland population) this becomes a buff coloration. I > believe this group is the source of the mis-identification of virtually all > reported Iceland gulls for the interior. But the overall patterns hold up- it > is not often easy to see. > Ok I think Ive done a decnet job on the tail patterns and I think i stayed > consistant on my definitions of things, if not jump onm,y case ans let me > know. I'll read it when I get back. > Guys i have to get back to other stuff. hack and hiss spit and cuss me > out...I'm out of here for a week> When I get back if you hold me feet to the > fire I'll get into the wing tips and secondaries. Several authors are right on > target with this already... But you see Roberson and Stallcup alluding to the > lighter kumlieni to just get people looking for it. Rich clearly realizes > about this lighter group of thayeri. I'll also talk about the museums that had > study skins of thayeri, if you want, as of the early 1980's I'd seen every > specimen in the country and most of Canada including Victoria and Ottawa. > > Tim Barksdale > Columbia MO > BirdmanTV3@aol.com > > > ----------------------------------------------- > MOBIRDS Discussion list > mailto:mobirds-l@proteus.mig.missouri.edu
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:28:34 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/17/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 17, 1998 * NEST9811.17 - Birds Mentioned Ferruginous Hawk Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike Northern Harrier Cooper's Hawk Prairie Falcon Rough-legged Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Hooded Merganser Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Siskin Western Grebe American White Pelican Long-billed Dowitcher Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Black Scoter Red-breasted Merganser Bald Eagle - 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 17th. In central Nebraska on the 15th in Buffalo County, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK & a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were spotted near 70th St. & Cottonmill Ave. in Kearney, & a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at 11thStreet west of 30th Ave. Also on the 15th, a NORTHERN HARRIER, a COOPER'S HAWK & a PRAIRIE FALCON were seen at a sand pit south of the I-80 exit. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at the Audubon Rowe sanctuary on the 15th. In Harlan County on the 15th, 200 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 2 HOODED MERGANSERS, 30 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1300 RING-BILLED GULLS, 9 HERRING GULLS, 20 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS & 2 PINE SISKINS were found at Harlan Reservoir. In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 15th, a WESTERN GREBE & an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN were found at Conestoga Lake. Also on the 15th, a WESTERN GREBE, 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS & a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen at Branched Oak Lake. In Sarpy County on the 15th, a WESTERN GREBE & 2 HORNED GREBES were found at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. In Douglas County on the 16th, 3 HORNED GREBES, 8 HOODED MERGANSERS & 15 RING-BILLED GULLS were seen at Cunningham Lake. On the 15th, an EARED GREBE, a female BLACK SCOTER, a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER & 2 BALD EAGLES were found at Cunningham Lake. 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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