![[Return to Physics Department]](/images/Top.jpg){kind=small}
1. thursday's birds
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:27:45 -0600
2. Re: thursday's birds
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:15:05 -0600
3. FW: Bird Research Manager wanted
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 05:44:23 -0600 (CST)
4. [NEBirds]GBBG at Conestoga Lake, 11/20/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:10:43 -0600
5. Nebraska Birdline for 11/20/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:09:29 -0600
6. Panhandle birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:30:53 -0700
7. Bubba Bird Report 11/22/98
murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 16:27:42 -0600
8. Black-legged Kittiwakes
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:02:04 -0600
9. some of the western Rain Water Basin
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:52:52 -0600
10. Names of people on this list
hardingr@unk.edu
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:30:30 -0600
11. Nebraska Birdline for 11/23/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:13:17 -0600
12. Re: Names of people on this list
jkovanda@juno.com (James Kovanda)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:41:39 EST
13. Re: Names of people on this list
jkovanda@juno.com (James Kovanda)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:50:50 EST
14. kinglets in Kearney on Nov 23 and 24
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:23:40 -0600
15. [NeBirds] Gavin's Pt., 11/26/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:57:45 -0600
16. Thanksgiving day
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:32:53 -0600
17. Nebraska Birdline for 11/27/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:48:34 -0600
18. Sightings
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:33:52 -0600 (CST)
19. Gavin's Pt.
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:30:34 -0600 (CST)
20. western Rain Water Basin 11/28/98
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:16:50 -0600
21. Western Nebraska birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 23:34:05 -0700
22. Bubba Bird Report 11/29/98
murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 12:26:33 -0600
23. Chalco Hills recreation area
jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall)
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:16:24 -0600
24. Pine Ridge / McConaughy
johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan)
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:41:11 -0600
25. Birds
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:08:17 -0600
26. No subject given
"kevin poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Mon, 30 Nov 98 13:41:51 -0500
27. Re: Birds
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:43:57 -0600
28. Re: Birds
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Tue, 01 Dec 1998 08:02:31 -0600
29. Lake Manawa and area
jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall)
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:42:16 -0600
30. Re: Birds
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:21:02 -0600
31. Nebraska Birdline for 12/1/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 20:57:17 -0600
32. Nebraska Birdline for 12/4/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:17:19 -0600
33. Black Scoter and Kittiwakes
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 07:06:35 -0600 (CST)
34. Western Nebraska.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:55:43 -0700
35. Sherman County Reservoir
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 06 Dec 1998 21:57:22 -0600
36. Nebraska Birdline for 12/8/98
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:12:48 -0600
37. Fw: [BIRDBAND] FW: News: Darwinian Evolution
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:29:23 -0600
38. [NeBirds] Arctic Tern at Gavin's Point (fwd)
lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:54:06 -0600
39. Re: Fw: [BIRDBAND] FW: News: Darwinian Evolution
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:29:21 -0600 (CST)
40. HCR
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:54:46 -0600
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: thursday's birds Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:27:45 -0600 Hi all. I had thursday off and went out to the eastern Rainwater Basin to look for lingering shorebirds and was pleased to find 6. Also stopped by some eastern lakes and for the most part was dissapointed by the lack of birds present. Highlights are few, but follow. Joel Jorgensen --------------------------- Mallard Haven WPA *1 American Golden-plover 5 Long-billed Dowitchers *1 Ferruginous Hawk Conestoga Lake **1 first-winter Great Black-backed Gull 15 Herring Gulls Pawnee Lake 3 Western Grebe Branched Oak Lake 2 Common Loons 2 Western Grebes 1 John Sullivan 20 Red-breasted Mergansers hardly any gulls Wehrspann Lake 1 Western Grebe Lonegran Lake 1 Western Grebe
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: thursday's birds Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:15:05 -0600 NeBirders: I was in hopes also that today (after a cold front and with northwest winds) would be interesting around the lakes. Because I am a working person, however, I only had about 45 mins, so checked Offutt Base L and Wehrspann L. Best birds were 8 Bufflehead. So much for my theory. Not even a Sullivan. What plumage was the Sullivan in? Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net ---------- > From: Joel Jorgensen <zrtac@genesisnet.net> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: thursday's birds > Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 5:27 PM > > Hi all. > > I had thursday off and went out to the eastern Rainwater Basin to look for > lingering shorebirds and was pleased to find 6. Also stopped by some > eastern lakes and for the most part was dissapointed by the lack of birds > present. Highlights are few, but follow. > > Joel Jorgensen > > --------------------------- > > Mallard Haven WPA > *1 American Golden-plover > 5 Long-billed Dowitchers > *1 Ferruginous Hawk > > Conestoga Lake > **1 first-winter Great Black-backed Gull > 15 Herring Gulls > > Pawnee Lake > 3 Western Grebe > > Branched Oak Lake > 2 Common Loons > 2 Western Grebes > 1 John Sullivan > 20 Red-breasted Mergansers > hardly any gulls > > Wehrspann Lake > 1 Western Grebe > > Lonegran Lake > 1 Western Grebe > > > > > > > >
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 05:44:23 -0600 (CST) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: FW: Bird Research Manager wanted Birders, This crossed my cyberdesk today and I thought I'd pass it along. My apologies if this is a duplicate. Randy ================ > > -----Original Message----- >From: owner-ornith-l >Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:57 AM >To: ORNITH-L >Subject: Bird Research Manager wanted > >For your information and opportunity: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >RESEARCH MANAGER >Birds Australia (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union), Australia s >oldest national environmental organisation and Australia's BirdLife >Partner, is seeking to employ a suitably qualified manager for its >Research portfolio. >This will be a challenging position requiring a self-starter with the >ability to develop and manage the organisation s growing research >portfolio. >We seek someone with a high-level science background, proven program >development experience, sound planning and management skills and >experience with a range of funding options. >The position is currently located at the National Office, Melbourne, >Victoria. >Salary: A$50 000 per annum pro rata. The position is initially four days >per week. >For a detailed position specification please contact Ms Becky Hayward on >+61 3 9882 2622, or email: <raou@raou.com.au>. All applications must be >mailed to the CEO and address the specified key selection criteria. >CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 5pm Friday, 4 December 1998. >Donald Coventry >Chief Executive Officer > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Hugo Phillipps, >Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison, >Australian Bird Research Centre, >415 Riversdale Road, >Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia. >Tel: (03) 9882 2622. Fax: (03) 9882 2677. >O/s: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677. >Email: <conservation@raou.com.au> >Web Homepage: http://www.vicnet.net.au/~birdsaus/ > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:10:43 -0600 Subject: [NEBirds]GBBG at Conestoga Lake, 11/20/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) Hi Nebraska Birders, We saw the 1st winter Great Black-backed Gull again today at Conestoga Lake in Lancaster Co. (first seen by Joel Jorgensen yesterday, 11/19). Also saw a Brewer's Blackbird there today. Babs & Loren Padelford, MRPB (more retired persons birding) 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, 20 Nov 1998 20:09:29 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/20/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 20, 1998 * NEST9811.20 - Birds Mentioned Great Black-backed Gull American White Pelican Herring Gull Brewer's Blackbird Western Grebe Common Loon Red-breasted Merganser Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Killdeer Franklin's Gull Ferruginous Hawk American Golden-Plover Long-billed Dowitcher Bald Eagle Winter Wren Sandhill Crane - 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 20th. In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County, the 1st winter GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL first found on the 19th, was still present on the 20th at Conestoga Lake SRA. Also seen there on the 20th, were an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, 9 HERRING GULLS & a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD. On the 20th, 4 WESTERN GREBES were found at Pawnee Lake. On the 19th, 2 COMMON LOONS, 2 WESTERN GREBES, & 20 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were found at Branched Oak Lake & on the 20th, 400 BUFFLEHEADS, 9 HOODED MERGANSERS, 4 KILLDEER & a FRANKLIN'S GULL were seen at Branched Oak Lake. In Fillmore County on the 19th, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER & 5 LONG- BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Mallard Haven WPA. In Douglas County on the 20th, 2 BALD EAGLES were seen flying over Neale Woods Nature Center & a WINTER WREN was found on the Missouri River Ecology trail. On the 19th, 14 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying over Neale Woods. On the 19th, a WESTERN GREBE was spotted at Lonergan Lake northeast of Cunningham Lake. In Sarpy County on the 20th, a WESTERN GREBE & 3 HOODED MERGANSERS were found at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. 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: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:30:53 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Panhandle birding.
> NEBirders-
I spent the last day and a half in the far western
Panhandle. The birding was not spectacular, but I did see 71
species including a couple of "goodies". Here are the
highlights.
20 November
-----------
Lake Minatare
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
21 November
-----------
Lake Alice
46 Hooded Mergansers
Lake Minatare
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
**1 juvenile Thayer's Gull
2 Clark's Grebe
Canyons NNE of Harrison
**419 Bohemian Waxwings (and only 2 Cedars!)
4 Pinyon Jay
48 Red Crossbills
all 3 nuthatch species
SW Sioux County
**55+ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
8 Rough-legged Hawks
1 Prairie Falcon
Kiowa WMA
**1 male Great-tailed Grackle (roosting with other
blackbirds)
1 Prairie Falcon
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us> Subject: Bubba Bird Report 11/22/98 Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 16:27:42 -0600 Hello Birders, The bird bubbas of Kearney went out for our weekly short bird outing this (Sunday) morning. We saw 41 species. Here are the highlights: 2 Ferruginous Hawks near 70th St. and Cottonmill Rd (East on 70th from Cottonmill) We caught a glimpse of another Shrike near this location, but were unable to speciate it before it flew away. We saw 3 Bald Eagles from the Odessa Bridge of the Platte River. 1 Rough-legged Near Ft Kearny State Recreation Area. 2 Wild Turkeys from the Hike/Bike Trail at Ft Kearny. Funk Lagoon - Several (6 or so) Eared Grebes, 1 Western Grebe, 1 Canvasback, 1 Bufflehead, 2 American White Pelicans 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk at Seven Hills Observatory about 4 miles Northwest of Kearney Good birding to all! Happy Holidays! The Bubbas 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: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Black-legged Kittiwakes Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 18:02:04 -0600 NEBirders: John Sullivan and I checked Gavin's Point Dam today on a hunch that kittiwakes might still be there after a South Dakota report. We found 4!! Two were below the dam (tailrace) and 2 resting with Bonaparte's and Ringbills on the pond to the north of the river. Also 340 Bonaparte's and 120 Ring-billed Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls. A few ducks, incl Common Goldeneye, Common Merg, and Hooded Merg. Also at Cunningham L had 3 Black-crowned Night-Herons and about 250 Ring-billed Gulls. Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: some of the western Rain Water Basin Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 20:52:52 -0600 Hi Nebraska Birders, Sunday, November 22, in Phelps County at Funk Lagoon we saw two Eared Grebes, about twenty Greater White-fronted Geese, about 1100 Snow Geese, about seventy Ross's Geese, a male Bufflehead, a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk, a Prairie Falcon, about thirty Lapland Longspurs and four Yellow-headed Blackbirds. The Geese flew over in three intersecting-V masses. The vast majority were Snow Geese of both white and blue morphs. The white-fronted geese were mixed in one at a time. The Ross's Geese were in three or four tight little bunches stuck on to part of one of the intersecting-V masses. Also in Phelps County at Johnson WPA we saw an immature Northern Shrike and a female Rusty Blackbird. Still in Phelps County at Sacramento Wilcox WMA we saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Pine Siskin. In southeastern Phelps County we saw about 1000 Horned Larks. In southwestern Kearney County we saw about 750 Horned Larks. good birding and goodbye, Lanny Randolph Lanny Randolph southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th rd Gibbon, Ne. 68840 308-468-5057 Marshwren@nctc.net (home) RandolphL@platte.UNK.edu (work)
From: hardingr@unk.edu Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:30:30 -0600 Subject: Names of people on this list Nebraska Birds list members, Just a quick reminder that if you want to know who else is on this list, send a message to autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu. A subject line is not required. In the body of the message write who (or rev or review or recipients) nebirds. You will soon get a message back with a list of everyone who is subscribed to this list. Robin Harding HardingR@UNK.edu (work e-mail) Kearney, Nebraska marshwren@nctc.net (home e-mail) Gibbon, Nebraska
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:13:17 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/23/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 23, 1998 * NEST9811.23 - Bird Mentioned Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Pinyon Jay Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Bohemian Waxwing Red Crossbill Rough-legged Hawk Prairie Falcon Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Pacific Loon Clark's Grebe Thayer's Gull Hooded Merganser Great-tailed Grackle Eared Grebe Western Grebe American White Pelican Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Lapland Longspur Yellow-headed Blackbird Sharp-shinned Hawk Pine Siskin Northern Shrike Rusty Blackbird Horned Lark Ferruginous Hawk Black-crowned Night-Heron White-winged Scoter - 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 23rd. In eastern Nebraska in Cedar County at Gavin's Point Dam on the 22nd, 4 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 340 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 3 HERRING GULLS & 120 RING-BILLED GULLS were seen. Two of the KITTIWAKES were seen below the dam in the tailrace, & 2 were found on the pond north of the Missouri River. In western Nebraska on the 21st in Sioux County, 4 PINYON JAYS, a PYGMY NUTHATCH, a RED- BREASTED NUTHATCH, 419 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS & 48 RED CROSSBILLS were found in canyons northeast of Harrison. In southwest Sioux County on the 21st, 8 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a PRAIRIE FALCON & 55 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES were seen. In Scotts Bluff County on the 21st, a 1st basic PACIFIC LOON, 2 CLARK'S GREBES & a juvenile THAYER'S GULL were found at Lake Minatare, & 46 HOODED MERGANSERS were spotted at Lake Alice. On the 21st, a PRAIRIE FALCON & a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE were found at Kiowa WMA. In central Nebraska on the 22nd in Phelps County the following were seen at Funk Lagoon: 2 - 6 EARED GREBES, a WESTERN GREBE, 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 20 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 1100 SNOW GEESE, about 70 ROSS'S GEESE, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, a PRAIRIE FALCON, 30 LAPLAND LONGSPURS & 4 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. On the 22nd at Sacramento Wilcox WMA, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK & a PINE SISKIN were found. At Johnson WPA on the 22nd, a NORTHERN SHRIKE & a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen. In southeastern Phelps County, about 1,000 HORNED LARKS were seen. In Kearney County on the 22nd, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Ft. Kearney SRA. In Buffalo County on the 22nd, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen near 70th St. & Cottonmill Road in Kearney. In eastern Nebraska in Douglas County on the 22nd, 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS & 200 RING-BILLED GULLS were seen at Cunningham Lake. In Iowa south of Sioux City on the 22nd, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS & a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE were found at the Port Neal Generating Station. South of Council Bluffs on the 23rd, a WESTERN GREBE was 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
Subject: Re: Names of people on this list From: jkovanda@juno.com (James Kovanda) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:41:39 EST Robin, (and other NeBirders) There is a problem with the format of the address "autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu." Has anyone else had this problem? Please advise. Jim Kovanda On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:30:30 -0600 hardingr@unk.edu writes: >Nebraska Birds list members, > >Just a quick reminder that if you want to know who else is on this >list, send a message to autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu. A subject line is >not required. In the body of the message write who (or rev or review or >recipients) nebirds. You will soon get a message back with >a list of everyone who is subscribed to this list. > >Robin Harding >HardingR@UNK.edu (work e-mail) >Kearney, Nebraska >marshwren@nctc.net (home e-mail) >Gibbon, Nebraska ___________________________________________________________________ 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]
Subject: Re: Names of people on this list From: jkovanda@juno.com (James Kovanda) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 14:50:50 EST Robin, (and other NeBirders) Please disregard my request for help concerning the formatting of the "autoshare" address. There is no problem with the address - it was my problem. Thank you for your patience. Jim Kovanda >There is a problem with the format of the address "autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu." >Has anyone else had this problem? Please advise. ___________________________________________________________________ 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: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: kinglets in Kearney on Nov 23 and 24 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:23:40 -0600 Nebraska birders, Monday, November 23, Lanny and I heard and then saw a couple Golden-crowned Kinglets on the Univ. of Nebr. at Kearney campus. Lanny coaxed them out with an Audubon bird call. Tuesday, November 24, I heard another Golden-crowned Kinglet in a residential neighborhood a couple blocks south of the UNK campus. Robin Harding marshwren@nctc.net
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 13:57:45 -0600
Subject: [NeBirds] Gavin's Pt., 11/26/98
From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
To: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Subject: Gavin's Pt.
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 12:01:28 -0600 (CST)
Message-ID:
<Pine.OSF.3.95.981126115504.25558A-100000@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Had two first-winter kittiwakes below the dam this morning (power-plant
side) and a female Black Scoter above the dam. Last saw it above the
gates, just down from the lookout. Had it in both Cedar and Knox
Counties!
Tried to post this with NEbirds but got bounced again.
More later,
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
1609 Redick Ave., Box 10 508 Seeley St., Box 316
Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
(402) 358-3663 (402) 358-5675
FAX (402) 358-3804
mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
--------- End forwarded message ----------
___________________________________________________________________
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: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:32:53 -0600 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Thanksgiving day November 26, 1998 What a beautiful late fall day in north central Nebraska. I drove the 13 miles north from Bassett to the Hall ranch located on the north side of the Niobrara River in Keya Paha county, Nebraska. On the way out I saw a flock (a dozen or so)of American robins in a grove of red cedars which were loaded with lots of blue cedar berries. There was a flock of several hundred American crows on the field of corn stubble 3 miles south of the river (about 1/4 mile from Minnehaha creek). Down on the river bottom I saw a 4 point white-tail buck deer feeding on the neighbor's alfalfa field As I crossed the river bridge, there was an inmature bald eagle lazily flying up river. The sky was clear, no wind and the temperature was 55 degrees. At the ranch my sister-in-law had her bird feeders filled. We watched white-breasted nuthatches and chickadees vie for feeder space as we were eating Thanksgiving dinner. After lunch we drove to the field west of the house to see the Angus calves that they had just weaned from their mothers. They looked very content on the grass in the creek bottom that is still as green as in the spring. As I returned to town about 4PM there were two red-tailed hawks in the trees along the river. When I got to the corn field, the deer were just beginning to come out to feed on the corn that was dropped in the field. It was a wonderful day for a family gathering. Now, everyone is heading home. Carolyn Hall Bassett, NE cjhall@huntel.net In the beautiful Sandhills of north central where a mega hog outfit is attempting to establish a 70,000 head finishing unit.
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:48:34 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 11/27/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * November 27, 1998 * NEST9811.27 - Birds Mentioned Black-legged Kittiwake Black Scoter Oldsquaw Hooded Merganser Western Grebe Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Black-crowned Night-Heron Ring-billed Gull Pinyon Jay Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Bohemian Waxwing Red Crossbill Rough-legged Hawk Prairie Falcon Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Pacific Loon Clark's Grebe Thayer's Gull Great-tailed Grackle Eared Grebe American White Pelican Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross's Goose Lapland Longspur Yellow-headed Blackbird Sharp-shinned Hawk Pine Siskin Northern Shrike Rusty Blackbird Horned Lark Ferruginous Hawk Common Loon Bald Eagle White-winged Scoter - 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 Friday, November 27th. In eastern Nebraska in Cedar County at Gavin's Point Dam on the 26th, 2 first winter BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen below the dam in the tail waters & a female BLACK SCOTER was seen above the dam. In Knox County on the 21st, 14 species of waterfowl were seen in the Niobrara area including a male OLDSQUAW & 20 HOODED MERGANSERS. In Sarpy County on the 25th, a WESTERN GREBE, BUFFLEHEADS & COMMON GOLDENEYES were spotted at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. On the 26th, 6 species of sparrows, including 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS & 2 SWAMP SPARROWS were found along the Papio Bike Trail east of the sewer plant. In Douglas County on the 22nd, 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS & 200 RING-BILLED GULLS were seen at Cunningham Lake. In western Nebraska on the 21st in Sioux County, 4 PINYON JAYS, a PYGMY NUTHATCH, a RED- BREASTED NUTHATCH, 419 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS & 48 RED CROSSBILLS were found in canyons northeast of Harrison. In southwest Sioux County on the 21st, 8 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a PRAIRIE FALCON & 55 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES were seen. In Scotts Bluff County on the 21st, a 1st basic PACIFIC LOON, 2 CLARK'S GREBES & a juvenile THAYER'S GULL were found at Lake Minatare, & 46 HOODED MERGANSERS were spotted at Lake Alice. On the 21st, a PRAIRIE FALCON & a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE were found at Kiowa WMA. In central Nebraska on the 22nd in Phelps County the following were seen at Funk Lagoon: 2 - 6 EARED GREBES, a WESTERN GREBE, 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 20 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 1100 SNOW GEESE, about 70 ROSS'S GEESE, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, a PRAIRIE FALCON, 30 LAPLAND LONGSPURS & 4 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. On the 22nd at Sacramento Wilcox WMA, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK & a PINE SISKIN were found. At Johnson WPA on the 22nd, a NORTHERN SHRIKE & a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen. In southeastern Phelps County, about 1,000 HORNED LARKS were seen. In Kearney County on the 22nd, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen near Ft. Kearney SRA. In Buffalo County on the 22nd, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen near 70th St. & Cottonmill Road in Kearney. In Iowa south of Council Bluffs on the 26th, a WESTERN GREBE & 2 COMMON LOONS were seen at Lake Manawa. At Hitchcock Nature Area north of Crescent on the 25th, 181 hawks were counted including 13 BALD EAGLES and 4 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS making a season total of more than 2,600. South of Sioux City on the 22nd, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS & a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE were found at the Port Neal Generating Station. 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: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:33:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Sightings
On the 27th we found a 1st winter Black-legged Kittiwake below the power
house at Gavin's Point Dam, but could not locate the Black Scoter that was
found there on the 26th.
******************************************************************************
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: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:30:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Gavin's Pt.
Two first winter Black-legged Kittiwakes were present below the powerplant
spillway this morning (Sat.) and the Black Scoter was above the gate
area.Not nearly the number of Bonaparte's present as on Thursday!
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
1609 Redick Ave., Box 10 508 Seeley St., Box 316
Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
(402) 358-3663 (402) 358-5675
FAX (402) 358-3804
mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: western Rain Water Basin 11/28/98 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:16:50 -0600 Hi Nebraska birders, Saturday, November 28, in Buffalo County at our home Robin and I saw 27 Greater White-fronted Geese fly over and we heard Cedar Waxwings. In Kearney County at Jensen WPA we saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk, about 1000 Horned Larks and about 500 Lapland Longspurs. Also in Kearney County about six miles south of Norman we saw two Northern Harriers. In westcentral Kearney County we saw a Rough-legged Hawk. In southern Kearney County we saw approximately 1000 American Tree Sparrows. In Phelps County at Funk Lagoon we saw three Eared Grebes, a Western Grebe, a male and a female Hooded Merganser, a female Ruddy Duck, two more Northern Harriers and a Ferruginous Hawk. Also in Phelps County at Johnson WPA we saw yet two more Northern Harriers. Still in Phelps County two miles north of Johnson WPA we saw a Merlin. We had fun birding and we hope that you do too. good birding and good bye, 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, 28 Nov 1998 23:34:05 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska birding.
> NEBirders-
I spent the last two days birding the Panhandle and
points farther east. Here are some of the highlights.
27 November
-----------
Wildcat Hills Nature Center
**1 Evening Grosbeak
Lake Minatare
**1 first-basic Pacific Loon
3 Clark's Grebe
1 Ross's Goose
Southwest Sioux County
**200+ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches
2 Ferruginous Hawks
1 Golden Eagle
28 November
-----------
Lake McConaughy
**1 American Avocet
800+ Western Grebes (numbers way down from 3 weeks ago)
3 Clark's Grebes
Lake Ogallala/Keystone Lake area
**9 Oldsquaw (I missed a couple-John Sullivan saw 11
the day before)
**4 female/immature Black Scoters (1 found by Sullivan
the day before)
**1 Blue-winged Teal
19 Greater Scaup
19 Golden-crowned Kinglet
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sutherland Reservoir
**1 adult Thayer's Gull
173 Bonaparte's Gulls
Enders Reservoir
1 Clark's Grebe
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us> Subject: Bubba Bird Report 11/29/98 Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 12:26:33 -0600 Hello Nebraska Birders, John Kozak and I (Mark Urwiller) went out for a short time this morning. We had very few species and only a couple of notable birds. 2 Ferruginous Hawks - about 1/2 mile East of Cottonmill Avenue on 70th Street in Kearney 2 Euarasian Collered Doves at the Newcome residence in Kearney. Good Birding! 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
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:16:24 -0600 Subject: Chalco Hills recreation area From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) Spent two hours at Chalco Hills this afternoon. Birds seen include: Brown Creeper Red-breasted Nuthatch Spotted Towhee American Tree Sparrows Wehrspoon Lake: Western Grebe Bufflehead 4 males 13 females Barrow's Goldeneye 2 ( a male in eclipse plummage with a female) bill on the female was orange except for the tip which was black. Male had no discernable white patch on the cheek, but did have the line of squares along the scapular area of the wing. Both birds in flight show two distinct patches of white in the wing vs. 3 distinct patches in Common Goldeneye. John W. Hall Omaha, Nebraska jwhall2@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: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:41:11 -0600 Subject: Pine Ridge / McConaughy From: johnsllvn@juno.com (John C Sulllivan) Hello All, I birded the canyons north of Harrison on Sat. 11-28, with hopes to find some of the birds that Steve Dinsmore found there last weekend. Although not many different species (32 sp. for the day), the canyons were full of birds. Here are the highlites. *Bohemian Waxwing; 254 one flock of 174 near Gilbert-Baker campground & another flock of 80 in Sowbelly Canyon near the Bed & Breakfast. *Evening Grosbeak; one flock of 20 in Sowbelly Canyon near the B&B. Red Crossbill; hundreds! Everywhere in the canyons. Townsends Solitare; not as abundant as Crossbills but, they were everywhere. Pygmy, White-breasted and mostly Red-breasted Nuthatches throughout the canyons Golden Eagle; 3 Bald Eagle; 1 Northern Shrike; 7 Henry Road from hwy. 20 to Scotts Bluff County ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gray-crowned Rosy-finch; 200+ at Steve Dinsmore's GCRF cliffs. Rough-legged Hawk; 6 Ferruginous Hawk; 3 Prairie Falcon; 1 11-29 Keystone Lake ---------------------------- Black Scoter; 3 fem/imm. (down 1 from Steve's 11-28 count) Oldsquaw; 9 on the lake & 2 in the canal Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 3 Lake McConaughy, Clear Creek WMA ------------------------------------------------ Yellow-rumped Warbler; 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker; 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird; 2 Prairie Falcon; 1 Red-tailed Hawk; 1 rufous morph 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: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:08:17 -0600 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Birds This weekend, at my bird feeders, I saw: 2 adult Eurasian-collared Doves 1 immature Eurasian-collared Dove 1 White-winged Dove They were together, but I did see the white-winged dove by itself earlier. I also picked up a pigeon in the street right next to my duplex and it was shaking very badly for about one hour. I brought it in my yard so it would not get run over. About 2 hours later, it flew off. It was a very "friendly" pigeon ( to put it amorphically). Laurel Badura
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 98 13:41:51 -0500
From: "kevin poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Subject: No subject given
Just a note to say you don't have to travel far to find birds. On
Sunday there were 6 golden-crowned kinglets and 3 brown creepers in
the pine trees along the driveway to my residence in Lincoln. I
looked there for kittewakes too, but the foliage was so dense they
might have been hidden.
Kevin Poague
Audubon Nebraska
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Birds Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:43:57 -0600 Laurel: Where are you located? Interesting sightings, unless you live next to Newcombs in Kearney! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Birds > Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 8:08 AM > > This weekend, at my bird feeders, I saw: > 2 adult Eurasian-collared Doves > 1 immature Eurasian-collared Dove > 1 White-winged Dove > > They were together, but I did see the white-winged dove by itself earlier. > I also picked up a pigeon in the street right next to my duplex and it was > shaking very badly for about one hour. I brought it in my yard so it would > not get run over. About 2 hours later, it flew off. It was a very > "friendly" pigeon ( to put it amorphically). > > Laurel Badura >
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 08:02:31 -0600 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Re: Birds Ross, I live about 4 blocks from the Newcombes here in Kearney, but it was still interesting. The white-winged dove always calls on the telephone pole outside my house and I have had one collared dove in my yard at a time, but never all together. At 06:43 PM 11/30/98 -0600, you wrote: >Laurel: >Where are you located? Interesting sightings, unless you live next to >Newcombs in Kearney! >Ross > >Ross Silcock >Tabor, IA >silcock@sidney.heartland.net >New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 > >---------- >> From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> >> To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu >> Subject: Birds >> Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 8:08 AM >> >> This weekend, at my bird feeders, I saw: >> 2 adult Eurasian-collared Doves >> 1 immature Eurasian-collared Dove >> 1 White-winged Dove >> >> They were together, but I did see the white-winged dove by itself >earlier. >> I also picked up a pigeon in the street right next to my duplex and it >was >> shaking very badly for about one hour. I brought it in my yard so it >would >> not get run over. About 2 hours later, it flew off. It was a very >> "friendly" pigeon ( to put it amorphically). >> >> Laurel Badura >> >
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:42:16 -0600 Subject: Lake Manawa and area From: jwhall2@juno.com (John W. Hall) Took some lunch hour time to make a quick tour of Lake Manawa today. Sightings include: Common Loon 1 immature Common Goldeneye ~42 to 50 Bald Eagle 1 adult soaring over the lake. 2 Adults between the lake and I-80 north of hwy 275 and west of the lake. John W. Hall Omaha, Nebraska jwhall2@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: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Birds Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:21:02 -0600 Laurel: Thanks! You're right, it IS an interesting sighting! Amazing that the WW Dove has hung around his long. Must be something about those Eur Collared-Doves! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Birds > Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 8:02 AM > > Ross, > I live about 4 blocks from the Newcombes here in Kearney, but it was still > interesting. The white-winged dove always calls on the telephone pole > outside my house and I have had one collared dove in my yard at a time, but > never all together. > > > At 06:43 PM 11/30/98 -0600, you wrote: > >Laurel: > >Where are you located? Interesting sightings, unless you live next to > >Newcombs in Kearney! > >Ross > > > >Ross Silcock > >Tabor, IA > >silcock@sidney.heartland.net > >New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 > > > >---------- > >> From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> > >> To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > >> Subject: Birds > >> Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 8:08 AM > >> > >> This weekend, at my bird feeders, I saw: > >> 2 adult Eurasian-collared Doves > >> 1 immature Eurasian-collared Dove > >> 1 White-winged Dove > >> > >> They were together, but I did see the white-winged dove by itself > >earlier. > >> I also picked up a pigeon in the street right next to my duplex and it > >was > >> shaking very badly for about one hour. I brought it in my yard so it > >would > >> not get run over. About 2 hours later, it flew off. It was a very > >> "friendly" pigeon ( to put it amorphically). > >> > >> Laurel Badura > >> > > >
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 20:57:17 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 12/1/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * December 1, 1998 * NEST9812.01 - Birds Mentioned Western Grebe Barrow's Goldeneye Red-breasted Nuthatch Spotted Towhee Green-winged Teal Bald Eagle Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black Scoter Gray Partridge Chestnut-collared Longspur Lapland Longspur Horned Lark Bohemian Waxwing Evening Grosbeak Golden Eagle Pygmy Nuthatch Townsend's Solitaire Northern Shrike Red Crossbill Rough-legged Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Prairie Falcon Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Pacific Loon Clark's Grebe Ross's Goose Oldsquaw Greater Scaup Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Avocet Thayer's Gull Eared Grebe Hooded Merganser Northern Harrier Merlin Sharp-shinned Hawk Eurasian Collared-Dove White-winged Dove - 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, December 1st. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 29th, a WESTERN GREBE & a male & female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were seen at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. Also seen there, were a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH & a SPOTTED TOWHEE. On the 27th in Fontenelle Forest, 75 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a BALD EAGLE, a FOX SPARROW & 4 SWAMP SPARROWS were found at Hidden Lake. In Cedar County at Gavin's Point Dam on the 29th, a first winter BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE & 30 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen below the dam & a female BLACK SCOTER was seen above the dam. In Knox County on the 29th, 6 GRAY PARTRIDGES were seen 4 miles north of Creighton. In western Nebraska on the 29th in Kimball County, 2 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were found with mixed flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS & HORNED LARKS north of I-80 exit 1. On the 28th in Sioux County, 174 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were found near Gilbert Baker campground, & 80 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS & 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Sowbelly Canyon. Also seen in the canyons northeast of Harrison were GOLDEN EAGLES, PYGMY NUTHATCHES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES, NORTHERN SHRIKES & hundreds of RED CROSSBILLS. On the 28th on the Henry Road, 6 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 3 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, a PRAIRIE FALCON & more than 200 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES were found & on the 27th, a GOLDEN EAGLE was also seen there. In Scotts Bluff County on the 27th, a 1st basic PACIFIC LOON, 3 CLARK'S GREBES & a ROSS'S GOOSE were found at Lake Minatare. On the 29th, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen at Wildcat Hills Nature Center & on the 27th, an EVENING GROSBEAK was seen there. In Keith County on the 28th & 29th at Lake Ogallala/Keystone Lake area, up to 4 BLACK SCOTERS, 11 OLDSQUAWS, 19 GREATER SCAUP & 4 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were found. On the 28th, 800 WESTERN GREBES, 3 CLARK'S GREBES & an AMERICAN AVOCET were seen at Lake McConaughy. In Lincoln County on the 28th, 173 BONAPARTE'S GULLS & an adult THAYER'S GULL were seen at Sutherland Reservoir. In Chase County on the 28th, a CLARK'S GREBE was found at Enders Reservoir. In central Nebraska on the 28th in Phelps County the following were seen at Funk Lagoon: 3 EARED GREBES, a WESTERN GREBE, 2 HOODED MERGANSERS, 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS & a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. Also on the 28th, a MERLIN was found 2 miles north of Johnson WPA. In Kearney County on the 28th at Jensen WPA, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1,000 HORNED LARKS & 500 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found. In west-central Kearney County, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen. In Buffalo County on the 29th, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen about .5 mi. east of Cottonmill Ave. on 70th St. in Kearney. On the 29th, 2 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen at 402 E 32nd St. in Kearney, & a WHITE-WINGED DOVE & 3 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen at feeders 3 blocks away at 30th St. & Avenue C. 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: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:17:19 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 12/4/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * December 4, 1998 * NEST9812.04 - Birds Mentioned Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black Scoter Western Grebe Killdeer Chestnut-collared Longspur Lapland Longspur Horned Lark Ferruginous Hawk Eurasian Collared-Dove White-winged Dove Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Snow Goose Tundra Swan 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 Friday, December 4th. In eastern Nebraska in Cedar County at Gavin's Point Dam on the 3rd, 2 first winter BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES & 95 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen below the dam. On the 1st, the BLACK SCOTER was seen again above the dam at Lewis & Clark Lake. In Sarpy County on the 1st, a WESTERN GREBE was seen at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. In Lancaster County on the 1st, 13 KILLDEER were spotted at Branched Oak Lake. In western Nebraska on the 29th in Kimball County, 2 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were found with mixed flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS & HORNED LARKS north of I-80 exit 1. In Buffalo County on the 29th, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen about .5 mi. east of Cottonmill Ave. on 70th St. in Kearney. On the 29th, 2 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen at 402 E 32nd St. in Kearney, & a WHITE-WINGED DOVE & 3 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen at feeders 3‡ blocks away at 30th St. & Avenue C. In Iowa west of Missouri Valley on the 3rd, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen with CEDAR WAXWINGS near the De Soto NWR Visitor's Center. On the 2nd, about 630,000 SNOW GEESE were counted at De Soto. Also seen there on the 2nd, were 2 TUNDRA SWANS & 4 ROSS'S GEESE. South of Council Bluffs on the 4th, an immature ROSS's GOOSE was seen at the MidAmerican Power south pond. 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: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 07:06:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Black Scoter and Kittiwakes Tri-State Birders, Thought I'd pass this along from the South Dakota list server. Randy ============= >Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 11:06:11 -0600 >From: "David L. Swanson" <dlswanso@usd.edu> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Organization: Department of Biology, University of South Dakota >Precedence: bulk >Sender: owner-sd-birds@igc.org >Subject: Black Scoter and Kittiwakes >To: sd-birds@igc.org > >2-3 Kittiwakes were still present at Gavin's Point dam as of yesterday >(Tuesday, Dec. 1) afternoon. Also, a Black Scoter was present above the >floodgates of the dam on Lewis & Clark Lake. Mark Brogie reports that >the scoter has been present there since last week. >-- >David L. Swanson >Department of Biology and Avian Performance Laboratory >University of South Dakota >Vermillion, SD 57069-2390 > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:55:43 -0700
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Nebraska.
> NEBirders-
I spent the day birding some of the lakes in western
Nebraska. I saw 74 species for the day including 22 species
of waterfowl and 5 species of shorebirds. Here are the
highlights.
Sutherland Reservoir
1 Common Loon
4 Eared Grebe
21 Red-breasted Merganser
8 Killdeer
**1 Baird's Sandpiper
193 Bonaparte's Gull
Lake Ogallala/Keystone L. area
**9 Oldsquaw
**4 Black Scoter
**1 White-winged Scoter
1 Ferruginous Hawk
3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Lake McConaughy
1 Common Loon
1 Horned Grebe
**1 American Avocet (possibly injured)
2 Greater Yellowlegs
38 California Gull
1 Northern Shrike
Clear Creek marshes
4 Virginia Rail
Oliver Reservoir
1 Northern Shrike
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: Sherman County Reservoir Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 21:57:22 -0600 Hi Nebraska birders, Saturday, December 5, at Sherman County Reservoir I saw a Bald Eagle, three Lesser Scaup, ten Common Mergansers, four possible Sharp-tailed Grouse, a Northern Shrike and a Golden-crowned Kinglet. In Valley County at Davis Creek Reservoir I saw a Rough-legged Hawk and three possible Greater Prairie-Chickens. I saw about 300 American Robins in one flock flyover Davis Creek Reservoir and about 200 more in northeastern Sherman County in many smaller flocks. I also saw about 700 American Tree Sparrows scattered out in northeastern Sherman County and about another 300 in southeastern Valley County. Sorry I didn't get better looks at the grouse. 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: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:12:48 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 12/8/98 From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford) - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * December 8, 2998 * NEST9812.08 - Birds Mentioned Arctic Tern (probable) Black-legged Kittiwake Oldsquaw Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Ferruginous Hawk Ruby-crowned Kinglet Common Loon Horned Grebe American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs California Gull Northern Shrike Virginia Rail Eared Grebe Red-breasted Merganser Killdeer Baird's Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Bald Eagle Common Merganser Golden-crowned Kinglet Rough-legged Hawk Western 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 Tuesday, December 8th. In eastern Nebraska in Cedar County at Gavin's Point Dam on the 6th, a probable first winter ARCTIC TERN was reported below the dam. It was not found on the 7th, but at least one of the first winter BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES was seen again. In western Nebraska on the 5th in Keith County, 9 OLDSQUAWS, 4 BLACK SCOTERS, a WHITE- WINGED SCOTER, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK & 3 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were seen at Lake Ogallala-Keystone Lake area. At Lake McConaughy on the 5th, a COMMON LOON, a HORNED GREBE, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 38 CALIFORNIA GULLS & a NORTHERN SHRIKE were found. In Garden County, 4 VIRGINIA RAILS were found at the Clear Creek marshes. In Lincoln County on the 5th, a COMMON LOON, 4 EARED GREBES, 21 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 8 KILLDEER, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER & 193 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen at Sutherland Reservoir. In Kimball County on the 5th, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Oliver Reservoir. In Sherman County on the 5th, a BALD EAGLE, 10 COMMON MERGANSERS, a NORTHERN SHRIKE & a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET were seen at Sherman Reservoir. In Valley County on the 5, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Davis Creek Reservoir. In Iowa south of Council Bluffs on the 6th, 2 WESTERN GREBES, 4 HORNED GREBES & 5 RED- BREASTED 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
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: [BIRDBAND] FW: News: Darwinian Evolution Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:29:23 -0600 Hi Folks! How about this? Rather interesting. I seem to recall that in humans so-called good-looking individuals tend to be symmetrical ie the left and right sides of their faces are mirror immages of each other; this is apparently not so for most of us (especially me!) Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Libor Michalak <libor@atlas.geomatics.com> > To: BIRDBAND@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Subject: [BIRDBAND] FW: News: Darwinian Evolution > Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 3:04 PM > > Hi all, > > This is a very interesting article, so I thought I would post it. > > Regards > Libor > > > >TU Biologist Sees Darwinian Selection in Action > > > > > > > > > To Charles Darwin, evolution through natural selection occurred > > >over countless generations. To Charles Brown, a University of Tulsa > > >biology professor, natural selection took place literally overnight > > >in 1996 as he witnessed the starvation death of half the cliff > > >swallows he has studied in Nebraska for 17 years. > > > > > >"The population in our study area, which is a region of about 100 > > >miles along the Platte River, fell by 53 percent during a six-day > > >cold spell in May," explains Brown. "Mortality was probably in the > > >vicinity of 30,000 birds, but about 28,000 survived." > > > > > >Basically, Brown found that the survivors were larger and more > > >symmetrical than those that died, and those who lived through the > > >bad weather have apparently passed on the genes for larger size to > > >their offspring. > > > > > >Brown's findings are presented in the October issue of Evolution > > >in the article "Intense Natural Selection on Body Size and Wing and > > >Tail Asymmetry in Cliff Swallows During Severe Weather." > > > > > >"This event is an example of evolution in contemporary time," says > > >Brown. "When we talk about evolution, we're talking about gradual > > >changes that have occurred over millions of years, so it's rare to > > >be able to go out and demonstrate natural selection in the time > > >frame of this study. In this case, essentially overnight." > > > > > >Brown, his wife, Mary, a research associate in TU's biological > > >sciences department, and student assistants spend the summers along > > >the Platte River observing, trapping, and banding swallows to > > >determine life span, migration patterns, sex and health. They have > > >banded more than 100,000 birds. The research represents the longest > > >running study of coloniality in vertebrates. The goal is to uncover > > >the advantages and disadvantages of group living. > > > > > >On May 24, 1996, began six days of cold weather, with highs ranging > > >from 40 to 50 degrees, and some rain daily. As a result, flying > > >insects were not active, which sharply curtailed the food supply > > >of the insect-eating swallows, who normally catch their prey in > > >flight at about 200 feet above the ground. > > > > > >"They can go four days without food, and they can eke out a living > > >if it is in the 50s, but dry. But when you put rain on top of it > > >-- that's what was so bad," Brown says. By the fifth and sixth day, > > >when lack of food took it's toll, the researchers' instincts took > > >over, asking: What traits do the survivors have that are absent in > > >the ones who succumbed? > > > > > >They collected more than 1,800 dead cliff swallows and measured > > >their wings, legs and beaks. They measured the same features on > > >about 1,000 survivors. Many of the birds sampled -- dead or alive > > >-- had been banded. "They were ones that we knew something about; > > >we had their history. We had 10-year-old birds that were dying." > > > > > >The survivors were larger skeletally, including bigger beaks and > > >bigger legs. "They probably were able to hold more fat going into > > >the bad weather, which would help cope with food scarcity. > > >Surviving swallows had shorter wing and tail feathers, but Brown > > >has no clear explanation for that difference. > > > > > >Among the dead birds, the right and left sides did not match in > > >size as closely as those who lived. The difference in lengths was > > >about 5 percent. > > > > > >Brown says some researchers believe that symmetry is a reliable > > >indicator of an individual's "quality" -- meaning overall vigor, > > >including disease resistance. "In addition, there is a great deal > > >of interest now in asymmetry as a cue for mate choice," he says. > > >"It is believed that many wild animals, particularly females, will > > >pick symmetrical males, although the reason is not clear. But this > > >case provides a good example of why a female would want a > > >symmetrical male." > > > > > >Presumably evenly formed individuals are survivors who will pass > > >those symmetry qualities to their young. "Our research actually > > >provides rationale for this widely held view that symmetry is > > >important," says Brown. "This is the first example of natural > > >selection for high symmetry in the wild." > > > > > >"We've looked at the offspring of the 1996 survivors, and they are > > >also big and symmetrical," Brown points out. "So these traits > > >appear to be genetically based." > > > > > >The same patterns were seen among samples of 25 barn swallows that > > >survived and 21 that perished in the study area. > > > > > >They also found that the survivors tended to be younger birds. "We > > >suspect that the older birds had arrived earlier and were probably > > >further into nesting at the time the event occurred, and therefore, > > >they probably had fewer fat reserves; they had used up more energy > > >in laying eggs and incubating eggs. Many birds are real fat when > > >they first arrive on the breeding grounds, and that's believed to > > >be so that they can endure some bad weather. The younger birds > > >probably arrived more recently, and they still had some of these > > >reserves." > > > > > >Temperature and rainfall records since 1875 for the study area show > > >only two similar events, in 1967 and 1996, "and that really > > >indicates to me that we witnessed a very rare event." A similar > > >weather spell occurred in 1992, but relatively few birds were > > >involved. > > > > > >Brown, who has served as a curator of ornithology at Yale's Peabody > > >Museum of Natural History, wrote "Swallow Summer," a journal-type > > >book published this year about his passion for birds and the > > >personal challenges of scientific research. He and his wife wrote > > >the book "Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow: The Effect of Group > > >Size on Social Behavior." > > > > > >The field work is funded by the National Science Foundation and the > > >National Geographic Society. The Browns met when he was in graduate > > >school in Princeton University. She was his first assistant, and > > >the project became his dissertation project. > > > > > ># # # > > > > > >Note to editor: Brown can be reached at TU by calling (918) > > >631-3943 or by e-mail at: charles-brown@utulsa.edu . He can provide > > >slides. > > > > > >Contact: Andrea Sharrer, Office of University Relations, The > > >University of Tulsa Phone at (918) 631-2309 E-mail: > > >LAW_AS@centum.utulsa.edu > >
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:54:06 -0600
Subject: [NeBirds] Arctic Tern at Gavin's Point (fwd)
From: lpdlfrd@juno.com (Loren J. Padelford)
Nebirders,
I received this message yesterday, 12/7, from Mark Brogie. Interesting
sighting by David Swanson!
Loren Padelford
Bellevue, NE
lpdlfrd@juno.com
--------- Begin forwarded message ----------
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
To: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Subject: Arctic Tern at Gavin's Point (fwd)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 20:19:20 -0600 (CST)
Message-ID:
<Pine.OSF.3.95.981207201717.27266A-100000@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Got this message today! Bird was not seen today that I know of! At
least
one kittiwake still there!
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
1609 Redick Ave., Box 10 508 Seeley St., Box 316
Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
(402) 358-3663 (402) 358-5675
FAX (402) 358-3804
mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 18:17:09 -0600
From: "David L. Swanson" <dlswanso@usd.edu>
To: mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
Subject: Arctic Tern at Gavin's Point
Mark,
We had a probable first-winter Arctic Tern below the dam at Gavin's
Point this afternoon (Sunday, Dec. 6). The bird was associating with
Bonaparte's Gulls but often was alone as well. It had the dark cap,
carpal bar, minimal dark on the upperwing - including white secondaries,
white rump, and dark bill and legs consistent with Arctic Tern. Also,
Dec. 6 is over a month-and-a-half later than the latest South Dakota
record for Common Tern.
--
David L. Swanson
Department of Biology and Avian Performance Laboratory
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
--------- End forwarded message ----------
___________________________________________________________________
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: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:29:21 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Re: Fw: [BIRDBAND] FW: News: Darwinian Evolution
Being assymmetrical in many areas I guess that means my life span may be
shorter than you symmetrical people!!
******************************************************************************
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 _"_"_
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Ross Silcock wrote:
> Hi Folks!
> How about this? Rather interesting. I seem to recall that in humans
> so-called good-looking individuals tend to be symmetrical ie the left and
> right sides of their faces are mirror immages of each other; this is
> apparently not so for most of us (especially me!)
> Ross
>
> Ross Silcock
> Tabor, IA
> silcock@sidney.heartland.net
> New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999
>
> ----------
> > From: Libor Michalak <libor@atlas.geomatics.com>
> > To: BIRDBAND@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> > Subject: [BIRDBAND] FW: News: Darwinian Evolution
> > Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 3:04 PM
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is a very interesting article, so I thought I would post it.
> >
> > Regards
> > Libor
> >
> > > >TU Biologist Sees Darwinian Selection in Action
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To Charles Darwin, evolution through natural selection occurred
> > > >over countless generations. To Charles Brown, a University of Tulsa
> > > >biology professor, natural selection took place literally overnight
> > > >in 1996 as he witnessed the starvation death of half the cliff
> > > >swallows he has studied in Nebraska for 17 years.
> > > >
> > > >"The population in our study area, which is a region of about 100
> > > >miles along the Platte River, fell by 53 percent during a six-day
> > > >cold spell in May," explains Brown. "Mortality was probably in the
> > > >vicinity of 30,000 birds, but about 28,000 survived."
> > > >
> > > >Basically, Brown found that the survivors were larger and more
> > > >symmetrical than those that died, and those who lived through the
> > > >bad weather have apparently passed on the genes for larger size to
> > > >their offspring.
> > > >
> > > >Brown's findings are presented in the October issue of Evolution
> > > >in the article "Intense Natural Selection on Body Size and Wing and
> > > >Tail Asymmetry in Cliff Swallows During Severe Weather."
> > > >
> > > >"This event is an example of evolution in contemporary time," says
> > > >Brown. "When we talk about evolution, we're talking about gradual
> > > >changes that have occurred over millions of years, so it's rare to
> > > >be able to go out and demonstrate natural selection in the time
> > > >frame of this study. In this case, essentially overnight."
> > > >
> > > >Brown, his wife, Mary, a research associate in TU's biological
> > > >sciences department, and student assistants spend the summers along
> > > >the Platte River observing, trapping, and banding swallows to
> > > >determine life span, migration patterns, sex and health. They have
> > > >banded more than 100,000 birds. The research represents the longest
> > > >running study of coloniality in vertebrates. The goal is to uncover
> > > >the advantages and disadvantages of group living.
> > > >
> > > >On May 24, 1996, began six days of cold weather, with highs ranging
> > > >from 40 to 50 degrees, and some rain daily. As a result, flying
> > > >insects were not active, which sharply curtailed the food supply
> > > >of the insect-eating swallows, who normally catch their prey in
> > > >flight at about 200 feet above the ground.
> > > >
> > > >"They can go four days without food, and they can eke out a living
> > > >if it is in the 50s, but dry. But when you put rain on top of it
> > > >-- that's what was so bad," Brown says. By the fifth and sixth day,
> > > >when lack of food took it's toll, the researchers' instincts took
> > > >over, asking: What traits do the survivors have that are absent in
> > > >the ones who succumbed?
> > > >
> > > >They collected more than 1,800 dead cliff swallows and measured
> > > >their wings, legs and beaks. They measured the same features on
> > > >about 1,000 survivors. Many of the birds sampled -- dead or alive
> > > >-- had been banded. "They were ones that we knew something about;
> > > >we had their history. We had 10-year-old birds that were dying."
> > > >
> > > >The survivors were larger skeletally, including bigger beaks and
> > > >bigger legs. "They probably were able to hold more fat going into
> > > >the bad weather, which would help cope with food scarcity.
> > > >Surviving swallows had shorter wing and tail feathers, but Brown
> > > >has no clear explanation for that difference.
> > > >
> > > >Among the dead birds, the right and left sides did not match in
> > > >size as closely as those who lived. The difference in lengths was
> > > >about 5 percent.
> > > >
> > > >Brown says some researchers believe that symmetry is a reliable
> > > >indicator of an individual's "quality" -- meaning overall vigor,
> > > >including disease resistance. "In addition, there is a great deal
> > > >of interest now in asymmetry as a cue for mate choice," he says.
> > > >"It is believed that many wild animals, particularly females, will
> > > >pick symmetrical males, although the reason is not clear. But this
> > > >case provides a good example of why a female would want a
> > > >symmetrical male."
> > > >
> > > >Presumably evenly formed individuals are survivors who will pass
> > > >those symmetry qualities to their young. "Our research actually
> > > >provides rationale for this widely held view that symmetry is
> > > >important," says Brown. "This is the first example of natural
> > > >selection for high symmetry in the wild."
> > > >
> > > >"We've looked at the offspring of the 1996 survivors, and they are
> > > >also big and symmetrical," Brown points out. "So these traits
> > > >appear to be genetically based."
> > > >
> > > >The same patterns were seen among samples of 25 barn swallows that
> > > >survived and 21 that perished in the study area.
> > > >
> > > >They also found that the survivors tended to be younger birds. "We
> > > >suspect that the older birds had arrived earlier and were probably
> > > >further into nesting at the time the event occurred, and therefore,
> > > >they probably had fewer fat reserves; they had used up more energy
> > > >in laying eggs and incubating eggs. Many birds are real fat when
> > > >they first arrive on the breeding grounds, and that's believed to
> > > >be so that they can endure some bad weather. The younger birds
> > > >probably arrived more recently, and they still had some of these
> > > >reserves."
> > > >
> > > >Temperature and rainfall records since 1875 for the study area show
> > > >only two similar events, in 1967 and 1996, "and that really
> > > >indicates to me that we witnessed a very rare event." A similar
> > > >weather spell occurred in 1992, but relatively few birds were
> > > >involved.
> > > >
> > > >Brown, who has served as a curator of ornithology at Yale's Peabody
> > > >Museum of Natural History, wrote "Swallow Summer," a journal-type
> > > >book published this year about his passion for birds and the
> > > >personal challenges of scientific research. He and his wife wrote
> > > >the book "Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow: The Effect of Group
> > > >Size on Social Behavior."
> > > >
> > > >The field work is funded by the National Science Foundation and the
> > > >National Geographic Society. The Browns met when he was in graduate
> > > >school in Princeton University. She was his first assistant, and
> > > >the project became his dissertation project.
> > > >
> > > ># # #
> > > >
> > > >Note to editor: Brown can be reached at TU by calling (918)
> > > >631-3943 or by e-mail at: charles-brown@utulsa.edu . He can provide
> > > >slides.
> > > >
> > > >Contact: Andrea Sharrer, Office of University Relations, The
> > > >University of Tulsa Phone at (918) 631-2309 E-mail:
> > > >LAW_AS@centum.utulsa.edu
> > >
>
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: HCR Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:54:46 -0600 Hello NEbirders: I had tuesday, 8 december, off so I birded at Harlan County Reservoir in advance of the CBC there. Nothing rare, but several interesting birds. Also made a couple of stops on the way home. Highlights follow. Joel Jorgensen --------- Harlan County Reservoir area 2 Common Loons 60 Double-creasted Cormarants 2 Greater White-fronted Geese 62 N. Shoveler (all at the Alma Sewage Lagoons) 50 Green-winged Teal 2 Canvasbacks 4 Killdeers 3500 Ring-billed Gulls 100 Bonaparte's Gulls 100 Herring Gulls 1 Townsend's Solitaire 1 Northern Shrike *2 Carolina Wrens (a pair together, one bird was actively singing) 2 Brown Creepers 3 Fox Sparrow Good numbers of Spotted Towhees, Harris, White-crowned, and Song Sparrows Ayr Lake, Adams Co. 250 Snow Geese 7 (at least) Ross's Geese 350 Greater White-fronted Geese 200 Canada Geese (all small forms) 11 Ruddy Ducks 5 miles southwest of Sutton, Clay Co. 1 Prairie Falcon
This web site courtesy of the Department![[UNK Home]](/images/unk_icon.gif){kind=icon}
University of Nebraska at Kearney