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1. another eastern Ferruginous Hawk
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:22:37 -0600
2. Re: Waxwings
HARRYNE@aol.com
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:19:29 EST
3. RE: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:47:41 -0600
4. c. waxwings
"Gregg Hoover" <gregg@kdsi.net>
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:48:37 -0600
5. Re: Waxwings
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:55:56 -0600
6. Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:56:55 -0600
7. Re: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:06:29 -0600
8. Re: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk
Jerry Toll /Carol Schmid <cjs_jwt@radiks.net>
Thu, 01 Apr 1999 19:03:27 -0800
9. RE: more Ferruginous Hawk records
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 07:54:14 -0600
10. DeSoto ferruginous
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Thu, 01 Apr 1999 10:06:49 -0600
11. Ferruginous
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 12:14:23 CDT
12. RE: Ferruginous
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:08:15 -0600
13. RE: Ferruginous
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:43:57 CDT
14. RE: Ferruginous
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:44:19 -0600
15. Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:59:20 -0600
16. Nebraska Birdline for 4/1/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:09:12 -0600
17. SE NE
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:48:05 -0600
18. Oldsquaws in Sarpy Co.
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:20:52 -0600
19. NE Nebraska
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:11:09 -0600 (CST)
20. April 2 Chalco Hills
"John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:19:28 -0600
21. A good day, but I got stuck!
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Sat, 03 Apr 1999 04:28:06 -0600
22. Birding Bubbas Report 4/2/99
murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:40:41 -0600
23. FW: Birding Bubbas Report 4/2/99
murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:50:19 -0600
24. RE: A good day, but I got stuck!
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:55:51 -0600
25. One More Addition!
murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:00:06 -0600
26. Knox County (Friday Morning)
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 19:45:49 -0600 (CST)
27. Nebraska Birdline for 4/2/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 21:58:59 -0600
28. Bassett 4/3/99
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Sat, 03 Apr 1999 08:35:36 -0600
29. Waterfowl near Bassett
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Sat, 03 Apr 1999 14:22:44 -0600
30. Walnut Creek Saturday morning.
"John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com>
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:12:43 -0600
31. [NeBirds] Buffalo County birds
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sat, 03 Apr 1999 16:37:25 -0600
32. Old Squaw
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:10:39 CDT
33. Trumpeter Swan
Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com>
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 20:17:58 -0600
34. Nebraska Birdline for 4/3/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:34:29 -0600
35. 2 Whooping Cranes at Funk
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:44:30 -0600
36. Garganey
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:09:50 -0500 (CDT)
37. Kimball County birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 15:17:00 -0600
38. Fontenelle Forest
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 16:48:58 CDT
39. Garganey (Iowa)
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Sun, 04 Apr 1999 18:29:56 -0500 (CDT)
40. Nebraska Birdline for 4/4/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sun, 4 Apr 1999 21:39:22 -0500
41. [NeBirds] Funk Lagoon Easter
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:00:57 -0500
42. Cinnamon Teal
"Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 05:46:27 -0500 (CDT)
43. Re: [NeBirds] Funk Lagoon Easter
Paul Johnsgard <pjohnsga@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 07:55:12 -0500 (CDT)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:22:37 -0600 From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis) Subject: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk Does anyone remember a Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Bend CBC the year of the bean goose? We did a DeSoto CBC with Ron Cisar (spelling?) some years after that, and Don remembers him telling how he and Ruth Greene found a Ferruginous and thought they had the best bird of the count. It was, however, overshadowed by the bean goose. If I remember correctly, that would have been the winter of 1984-85. I don't remember this story at all, so Don may be hallucinating again. Janis Paseka
From: HARRYNE@aol.com Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:19:29 EST Subject: Re: Waxwings Yes, we had an influx of 6-8 cedar waxwings just last week. They flew in, they all sat around on the birdbath and drank and drank. Then flew away in a group. We saw nothing more of them. That was the first and only time we have seen them in our back yard. Harry Schaeffer Lincoln, Nebraska
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:47:41 -0600 Janis, If true, this account of a Ferruginous Hawk at DeSoto would be quite interesting to me. There are more than a few examples that indicate that birds of prey that stop at DeSoto later migrate past Hitchcock. There was one memorable case of a smallish Osprey last fall-- seen at DeSoto on October 28th and counted migrating past Hitchcock as part of a large and diverse flight on Halloween. I'm pretty sure it was the same bird due to the size and the "lateness". Mark -----Original Message----- From: paseka@tvsonline.net [mailto:paseka@tvsonline.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 9:23 AM To: NeBirds Subject: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk Does anyone remember a Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Bend CBC the year of the bean goose? We did a DeSoto CBC with Ron Cisar (spelling?) some years after that, and Don remembers him telling how he and Ruth Greene found a Ferruginous and thought they had the best bird of the count. It was, however, overshadowed by the bean goose. If I remember correctly, that would have been the winter of 1984-85. I don't remember this story at all, so Don may be hallucinating again. Janis Paseka
From: "Gregg Hoover" <gregg@kdsi.net> Subject: c. waxwings Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:48:37 -0600 The past four days, my little bird pond with free running water, has been enjoyed by about 15 c. waxwings. The little pond is about 15 feet from my window. always have enjoyed these very beautiful birds. In the past, they have enjoyed the dried, crab apples from the tree next to my cabin in the country just about four miles South of North Platte. If anyone is interested in a guided tour of the fantastic, cedar canyons just South of us, please contact me. I am available most weekends. In the Winter, these canyons are the home for Eastern and Mountain blue birds. I haved counted up to 400 mountain blue birds in about three hours. They enjoy the cedar berries and the running water from the windmills. In the Spring, these canyons are full of warblers and many other wonderful birds. Home phone, 308 532-2675. Work, 308-532-2222. gregg hoover
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: Re: Waxwings Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:55:56 -0600 Nebraska birders, I also saw Cedar Waxwings today. There were about eight of them on the Univ. of Nebr. at Kearney main campus. I also heard many Pine Siskins on campus today. It will be interesting to see how long they stay. Robin Harding 50370 24th Road Gibbon, NE 68840 308-468-5057 (home), 308-865-8647 (work) marshwren@nctc.net (home), HardingR@UNK.edu (work)
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:56:55 -0600 Mark et al: Kent and Dinsmore (Birds in Iowa, 1996) classify Ferrug Hk as accidental and list 5 acceptable records in the period 2 Sep-22 Mar, surprisingly, scattered statewide. There has been at least one additional accepted record since Kent and Dinsmore, this is northwest Iowa in winter. You are quite right; this species could easily appear at a fall hawkwatch in eastern NE or western IA. I saw what I am pretty sure was a Ferrug (Large buteo sitting on high spot in winter wheat field, flew away from me and over hill when I stopped my car, but brief look showed long wings, 3 prominent spots of light (wings, uppertail area)) in extreme southeast Nebraska (Nemaha Co) this winter. I felt my ID based on this quick look was correct when one appeared soon after and stayed a while at Squaw Creek NWR in northest Missouri! It was seen by many there, and I believe it was the first accepted Ferrug in Missouri in 40 years or so. Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: 'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu' > Subject: RE: more Ferruginous Hawk records > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:29 AM > > Ross, Dave, Jim and all > > Thanks for all the help. I have a much clearer picture of the bird's range > now in Nebraska and Kansas. The July date on that older specimen tells you > that they almost certainly were residents in eastern Nebraska in the 19th > century. My one remaining question would be to Ross about any recent Iowa > records. Buteo regalis is listed as accidental or casual in Iowa? I know > that FHs have turned up very rarely at some of the Great Lakes fall > hawkwatches such as SMRR (formerly Lake Erie Metropark) near Detroit where > an immature bird was seen at some point in the early 90s and the record > (from SMRR's official hawk-counter Jeff Schultz) was accepted in Michigan; I > believe this added the FH to the Michigan state list but am not certain. > > Mark O > > -----Original Message----- > From: jim meyer [mailto:jimmeyer50@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 7:45 PM > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records > > > I know that Grand Island has recorded several on CBCs in the last > fifteen years or so. During the same period, I have seen at least one > individual a year in the Hall, Hamilton, Merrick County area without > looking very hard. Jim Meyer > > > >From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> > >Reply-To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > >To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > >Subject: more Ferruginous Hawk records > >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:33:47 -0600 > > > >The museum also has specimens from these counties: Harlan, Kearney, > >Buffalo, Sherman, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Garfield, Cherry, and Sioux as > >well as the records I mentioned from Adams, Holt, and Lancaster > >counties. The bulk of these coming to UNSM via the Raptor Recovery > >Center. One might want to check the RRC records to see where > additional > >Fergies have come in from. I used to count on seeing Fergies just > >northwest of Kearney, Buffalo County just about any time I looked > during > >late fall, early spring, and sometimes mid-winter. They hung around > the > >large prairie dog towns that were poisoned out in 1997 and 1998. > > Thomas Labedz tlabedz@unl.edu > > Collections Manager - Division of Zoology > > University of Nebraska State Museum > >Dave Rintoul wrote: > >> > >> FWIW, last week (Tuesday, March 23, 1999) we watched an adult Buteo > regalis > >> southwest of Overton, about 2 mi south of the river and 2 miles west > of > >> whatever the road is that goes south from the Overton exit (exit > 248). I > >> presume that this is still in Phelps County, and I KNOW that it is 25 > or so > >> mi west of Kearney, but I guess I didn't know that this was on the > eastern > >> edge of the bird's range in that part of Nebraska. Gorgeous birds. > Wish we > >> had them around here! > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> Dave Rintoul, Ph.D. mailto:drintoul@ksu.edu > >> Biology Division - KSU ICBM: 39.18N, 96.34W > >> Manhattan KS 66506-4901 VOX: 785-532-6663 > >> http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~drintoul/ FAX: 785-532-6653 > >> > >> "If Al Gore invented the internet, then I invented the > spell-checker." > >> Dan Quayle, 3/17/1999 > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:06:29 -0600 Janis: I am obligated to reply to your question about a Ferrug Hawk at a DeSoto CBC as I was the compiler for Iowa CBCs at the time. A Ferrug was indeed reported, but no documentation was provided and the bird was listed as "Buteo sp." In the CBC writeup it (actually, me) says "This bird was described to me personally as a typical light phase bird, but other observers mentioned a dark bird, so in the absence of any written description, I had to leave it out." Not to say, of course, that it wasn't a Ferrug. Just another potentially good record lost through lack of documentation! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Paseka, Janis <paseka@tvsonline.net> > To: NeBirds <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 9:22 AM > > Does anyone remember a Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Bend CBC the year > of the bean goose? We did a DeSoto CBC with Ron Cisar (spelling?) some > years after that, and Don remembers him telling how he and Ruth Greene > found a Ferruginous and thought they had the best bird of the count. It > was, however, overshadowed by the bean goose. If I remember correctly, > that would have been the winter of 1984-85. I don't remember this story > at all, so Don may be hallucinating again. > > Janis Paseka >
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 19:03:27 -0800 From: Jerry Toll /Carol Schmid <cjs_jwt@radiks.net> Subject: Re: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk Ross Silcock wrote: > > Janis: > I am obligated to reply to your question about a Ferrug Hawk at a DeSoto > CBC as I was the compiler for Iowa CBCs at the time. A Ferrug was indeed > reported, but no documentation was provided and the bird was listed as > "Buteo sp." In the CBC writeup it (actually, me) says "This bird was > described to me personally as a typical light phase bird, but other > observers mentioned a dark bird, so in the absence of any written > description, I had to leave it out." Not to say, of course, that it wasn't > a Ferrug. Just another potentially good record lost through lack of > documentation! > > Ross > > Ross Silcock > Tabor, IA > silcock@sidney.heartland.net > New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 > > ---------- > > From: Paseka, Janis <paseka@tvsonline.net> > > To: NeBirds <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > > Subject: another eastern Ferruginous Hawk > > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 9:22 AM > > > > Does anyone remember a Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Bend CBC the year > > of the bean goose? We did a DeSoto CBC with Ron Cisar (spelling?) some > > years after that, and Don remembers him telling how he and Ruth Greene > > found a Ferruginous and thought they had the best bird of the count. It > > was, however, overshadowed by the bean goose. If I remember correctly, > > that would have been the winter of 1984-85. I don't remember this story > > at all, so Don may be hallucinating again. > > > > Janis Paseka > > I'll have to ditto Ross on the Ferruginous at the DeSoto CBC. I have a copy of all counts done at DeSoto and It lists one for 1984. I am afraid to say that is all I know about it except to say that 1984 was my very first CBC at DeSoto, in fact I recall I did it with you (Ross). I don't think we were the ones who saw it! Jerry Toll
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: more Ferruginous Hawk records Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 07:54:14 -0600 Ross and Jerry, Thanks for the helpful information. I grow more and more hopeful about adding a 19th raptor and/or New World Vulture species to the Hitchcock list at some point in the future. The Squaw Creek Ferruginous Hawk sighting again is very interesting as I suspect that many of the Bald Eagles and Harlan's Red-tailed Hawks that we see at Hitchcock are headed there. I'd ditto your glance id on the Ferruginous Ross. In my experience, an immature light morph RT can approximate two of the FH's three points of light (i.e. in the wings) but never the third "point of light" in the tail. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Ross Silcock [mailto:silcock@sidney.heartland.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:57 PM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records Mark et al: Kent and Dinsmore (Birds in Iowa, 1996) classify Ferrug Hk as accidental and list 5 acceptable records in the period 2 Sep-22 Mar, surprisingly, scattered statewide. There has been at least one additional accepted record since Kent and Dinsmore, this is northwest Iowa in winter. You are quite right; this species could easily appear at a fall hawkwatch in eastern NE or western IA. I saw what I am pretty sure was a Ferrug (Large buteo sitting on high spot in winter wheat field, flew away from me and over hill when I stopped my car, but brief look showed long wings, 3 prominent spots of light (wings, uppertail area)) in extreme southeast Nebraska (Nemaha Co) this winter. I felt my ID based on this quick look was correct when one appeared soon after and stayed a while at Squaw Creek NWR in northest Missouri! It was seen by many there, and I believe it was the first accepted Ferrug in Missouri in 40 years or so. Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: 'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu' > Subject: RE: more Ferruginous Hawk records > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:29 AM > > Ross, Dave, Jim and all > > Thanks for all the help. I have a much clearer picture of the bird's range > now in Nebraska and Kansas. The July date on that older specimen tells you > that they almost certainly were residents in eastern Nebraska in the 19th > century. My one remaining question would be to Ross about any recent Iowa > records. Buteo regalis is listed as accidental or casual in Iowa? I know > that FHs have turned up very rarely at some of the Great Lakes fall > hawkwatches such as SMRR (formerly Lake Erie Metropark) near Detroit where > an immature bird was seen at some point in the early 90s and the record > (from SMRR's official hawk-counter Jeff Schultz) was accepted in Michigan; I > believe this added the FH to the Michigan state list but am not certain. > > Mark O > > -----Original Message----- > From: jim meyer [mailto:jimmeyer50@hotmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 7:45 PM > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records > > > I know that Grand Island has recorded several on CBCs in the last > fifteen years or so. During the same period, I have seen at least one > individual a year in the Hall, Hamilton, Merrick County area without > looking very hard. Jim Meyer > > > >From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> > >Reply-To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > >To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > >Subject: more Ferruginous Hawk records > >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:33:47 -0600 > > > >The museum also has specimens from these counties: Harlan, Kearney, > >Buffalo, Sherman, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Garfield, Cherry, and Sioux as > >well as the records I mentioned from Adams, Holt, and Lancaster > >counties. The bulk of these coming to UNSM via the Raptor Recovery > >Center. One might want to check the RRC records to see where > additional > >Fergies have come in from. I used to count on seeing Fergies just > >northwest of Kearney, Buffalo County just about any time I looked > during > >late fall, early spring, and sometimes mid-winter. They hung around > the > >large prairie dog towns that were poisoned out in 1997 and 1998. > > Thomas Labedz tlabedz@unl.edu > > Collections Manager - Division of Zoology > > University of Nebraska State Museum > >Dave Rintoul wrote: > >> > >> FWIW, last week (Tuesday, March 23, 1999) we watched an adult Buteo > regalis > >> southwest of Overton, about 2 mi south of the river and 2 miles west > of > >> whatever the road is that goes south from the Overton exit (exit > 248). I > >> presume that this is still in Phelps County, and I KNOW that it is 25 > or so > >> mi west of Kearney, but I guess I didn't know that this was on the > eastern > >> edge of the bird's range in that part of Nebraska. Gorgeous birds. > Wish we > >> had them around here! > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> Dave Rintoul, Ph.D. mailto:drintoul@ksu.edu > >> Biology Division - KSU ICBM: 39.18N, 96.34W > >> Manhattan KS 66506-4901 VOX: 785-532-6663 > >> http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~drintoul/ FAX: 785-532-6653 > >> > >> "If Al Gore invented the internet, then I invented the > spell-checker." > >> Dan Quayle, 3/17/1999 > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 10:06:49 -0600
From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Subject: DeSoto ferruginous
Ross and Jerry:
Thanks for your posts about the DeSoto CBC. Ray Korpi emailed the
following to us:
Janis,
My mother told me about your post to NebBirds, so pass this along if you
would like to.
I was with Ruth and Ron for that CBC, and we did have a
Ferruginous Hawk on the eastern edge of the refuge the same day as the
Bean Goose was discovered. I think it was rejected at the editorial
level
of the CBC because our details were not good (a good example of needing
to document better--lessons learned).
Good birding,
Ray Korpi
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 12:14:23 CDT Subject: Ferruginous Birders, I also checked with Ruth Green and she agrees there was a Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Count the year of the Bean Goose. She also said she has seen one here in Bellevue out at Offutt Air Force Base where it was flying very low and she got a real good look at it. Clem Klaphake cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Ferruginous Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:08:15 -0600 Clem, Thanks. Offutt Air Force Base. This gets better and better. Hope to see you at Hitchcock sometime this spring! Mark -----Original Message----- From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 11:14 AM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Ferruginous Birders, I also checked with Ruth Green and she agrees there was a Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Count the year of the Bean Goose. She also said she has seen one here in Bellevue out at Offutt Air Force Base where it was flying very low and she got a real good look at it. Clem Klaphake cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:43:57 CDT Subject: RE: Ferruginous > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: "'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu'" <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Ferruginous > Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:08:15 -0600 > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Mark, I was at Hitchcock last Sunday for about 2 hours, but the wind was out of the northwest and nothing was moving except two resident RTs that were doing a lot of acrobatics with each other. Clem > Clem, > > Thanks. Offutt Air Force Base. This gets better and better. Hope to see you > at Hitchcock sometime this spring! > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 11:14 AM > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Ferruginous > > > Birders, > I also checked with Ruth Green and she agrees there was a > Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Count the year of the Bean Goose. She > also said she has seen one here in Bellevue out at Offutt Air Force > Base where it was flying very low and she got a real good look at it. > Clem Klaphake > cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu >
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Ferruginous Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:44:19 -0600 Clem, The resident pair. We found the nest from last year, but I think they are using another site this year. Like November in the fall, there seems to be practically no movement at HNA in March if the wind is wrong. 3/23 started out that way and then the wind shifted... Mark O -----Original Message----- From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 1:44 PM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: RE: Ferruginous > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: "'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu'" <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Ferruginous > Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:08:15 -0600 > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Mark, I was at Hitchcock last Sunday for about 2 hours, but the wind was out of the northwest and nothing was moving except two resident RTs that were doing a lot of acrobatics with each other. Clem > Clem, > > Thanks. Offutt Air Force Base. This gets better and better. Hope to see you > at Hitchcock sometime this spring! > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 11:14 AM > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Ferruginous > > > Birders, > I also checked with Ruth Green and she agrees there was a > Ferruginous Hawk on the DeSoto Count the year of the Bean Goose. She > also said she has seen one here in Bellevue out at Offutt Air Force > Base where it was flying very low and she got a real good look at it. > Clem Klaphake > cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu >
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:59:20 -0600 Thanks Mark. I didn't submit the record as it would have been pretty unusual. Even though out west I'd have no hesitation, I would have liked a longer look. Felt somewhat vindicated by the Squaw Creek record a short time later! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: 'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu' > Subject: RE: more Ferruginous Hawk records > Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 7:54 AM > > Ross and Jerry, > > Thanks for the helpful information. I grow more and more hopeful about > adding a 19th raptor and/or New World Vulture species to the Hitchcock list > at some point in the future. The Squaw Creek Ferruginous Hawk sighting again > is very interesting as I suspect that many of the Bald Eagles and Harlan's > Red-tailed Hawks that we see at Hitchcock are headed there. > > I'd ditto your glance id on the Ferruginous Ross. In my experience, an > immature light morph RT can approximate two of the FH's three points of > light (i.e. in the wings) but never the third "point of light" in the tail. > > Mark O > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Silcock [mailto:silcock@sidney.heartland.net] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:57 PM > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records > > > Mark et al: > Kent and Dinsmore (Birds in Iowa, 1996) classify Ferrug Hk as accidental > and list 5 acceptable records in the period 2 Sep-22 Mar, surprisingly, > scattered statewide. There has been at least one additional accepted record > since Kent and Dinsmore, this is northwest Iowa in winter. > You are quite right; this species could easily appear at a fall hawkwatch > in eastern NE or western IA. > I saw what I am pretty sure was a Ferrug (Large buteo sitting on high spot > in winter wheat field, flew away from me and over hill when I stopped my > car, but brief look showed long wings, 3 prominent spots of light (wings, > uppertail area)) in extreme southeast Nebraska (Nemaha Co) this winter. I > felt my ID based on this quick look was correct when one appeared soon > after and stayed a while at Squaw Creek NWR in northest Missouri! It was > seen by many there, and I believe it was the first accepted Ferrug in > Missouri in 40 years or so. > > Ross Silcock > Tabor, IA > silcock@sidney.heartland.net > New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 > > ---------- > > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > > To: 'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu' > > Subject: RE: more Ferruginous Hawk records > > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:29 AM > > > > Ross, Dave, Jim and all > > > > Thanks for all the help. I have a much clearer picture of the bird's > range > > now in Nebraska and Kansas. The July date on that older specimen tells > you > > that they almost certainly were residents in eastern Nebraska in the 19th > > century. My one remaining question would be to Ross about any recent Iowa > > records. Buteo regalis is listed as accidental or casual in Iowa? I know > > that FHs have turned up very rarely at some of the Great Lakes fall > > hawkwatches such as SMRR (formerly Lake Erie Metropark) near Detroit > where > > an immature bird was seen at some point in the early 90s and the record > > (from SMRR's official hawk-counter Jeff Schultz) was accepted in > Michigan; I > > believe this added the FH to the Michigan state list but am not certain. > > > > Mark O > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jim meyer [mailto:jimmeyer50@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 7:45 PM > > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Subject: Re: more Ferruginous Hawk records > > > > > > I know that Grand Island has recorded several on CBCs in the last > > fifteen years or so. During the same period, I have seen at least one > > individual a year in the Hall, Hamilton, Merrick County area without > > looking very hard. Jim Meyer > > > > > > >From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> > > >Reply-To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > >To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > >Subject: more Ferruginous Hawk records > > >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:33:47 -0600 > > > > > >The museum also has specimens from these counties: Harlan, Kearney, > > >Buffalo, Sherman, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Garfield, Cherry, and Sioux as > > >well as the records I mentioned from Adams, Holt, and Lancaster > > >counties. The bulk of these coming to UNSM via the Raptor Recovery > > >Center. One might want to check the RRC records to see where > > additional > > >Fergies have come in from. I used to count on seeing Fergies just > > >northwest of Kearney, Buffalo County just about any time I looked > > during > > >late fall, early spring, and sometimes mid-winter. They hung around > > the > > >large prairie dog towns that were poisoned out in 1997 and 1998. > > > Thomas Labedz tlabedz@unl.edu > > > Collections Manager - Division of Zoology > > > University of Nebraska State Museum > > >Dave Rintoul wrote: > > >> > > >> FWIW, last week (Tuesday, March 23, 1999) we watched an adult Buteo > > regalis > > >> southwest of Overton, about 2 mi south of the river and 2 miles west > > of > > >> whatever the road is that goes south from the Overton exit (exit > > 248). I > > >> presume that this is still in Phelps County, and I KNOW that it is 25 > > or so > > >> mi west of Kearney, but I guess I didn't know that this was on the > > eastern > > >> edge of the bird's range in that part of Nebraska. Gorgeous birds. > > Wish we > > >> had them around here! > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> > > >> Dave > > >> > > >> Dave Rintoul, Ph.D. mailto:drintoul@ksu.edu > > >> Biology Division - KSU ICBM: 39.18N, 96.34W > > >> Manhattan KS 66506-4901 VOX: 785-532-6663 > > >> http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~drintoul/ FAX: 785-532-6653 > > >> > > >> "If Al Gore invented the internet, then I invented the > > spell-checker." > > >> Dan Quayle, 3/17/1999 > > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:09:12 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/1/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 1, 1999 * NEST9904.01 - Birds Mentioned COMMON CRANE Great Blue Heron American White Pelican Ross's Goose Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Eurasian Collared-Dove Cinnamon Teal Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Common Snipe Eastern Phoebe Golden-crowned Kinglet Fox Sparrow - 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 Thursday, April 1st. In central Nebraska in Kearney County on Sunday, the 28th, the COMMON CRANE was spotted again between 2:30 & 3:30 about ‡ mile south of Rowe Sanctuary headquarters. In Phelps County on the 28th, 5 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 3 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 15 species of waterfowl, including 2 ROSS'S GEESE, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS & 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were found at Funk Lagoon. In Buffalo County on the 31st, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen at a feeder at 30th St. & Avenue C in Kearney. In eastern Nebraska in Fillmore County on the 28th, a CINNAMON TEAL was seen at Griess WPA. Other birds seen in the eastern Rainwater Basin area on the 28th were: 76 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 106 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 11 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 20 LONG- BILLED DOWITCHERS & 26 COMMON SNIPES. In Lancaster County on the 29th, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES were seen at Audubon Spring Creek Prairie south of Denton & on the 30th, 3 COMMON SNIPES were found there. In Douglas County on the 30th at Hummel Park, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET & 3 FOX SPARROWS were seen along Ponca Creek. In Washington County on the 31st, a COMMON SNIPE was found at Nathan's Lake north of Neale Woods. In Sarpy County on the 31st, a FOX SPARROW was seen at Elbow Bend south of Offutt Air Force Base. 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: SE NE
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:48:05 -0600
NeBirders:
Poked around extreme se Neb this morning Apr 2. Was mainly checking
airfields and grassy areas such as Burchard Lake area for Smith's Longspurs
and wooded junkpiles (surprisingly common habitat in se Nebraska!) for
Bewick's Wren and sewage lagoons etc for waterfowl. No Henslow's at usual
spots at Burchard yet. Nothing surprising, but the following of interest:
Gr Prairie-Chicken: 11 at Burchard booming ground. According to cards at
blinds, max 18 so far this
spring (on 28 Mar).
Ducks: 225 N Shovelers, 124 BW Teal, 143 Lesser Scaup, 64 Ruddy Ducks, a
few GW Teal, Am
Wigeon, Ring-necked Ducks, Mallards, Can Geese.
Am Coot: 120 at Burchard L.
Eastern Phoebe: 3
Tree Swallow: 25 at Burchard L, 6 at Tecumseh Sewage Lagoons.
Carolina Wren: 2 in stream bottom woods in Pawnee Co near Iron Horse Trail
Lake.
As I said, not much!
Ross Silcock
Tabor, IA
silcock@sidney.heartland.net
New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:20:52 -0600 Subject: Oldsquaws in Sarpy Co. From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Nebraska Birders: We saw a pair of Oldsquaws at noon today, 4/2, at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. They were diving together near the dam. They appeared to be moulting into alternate plumage. The male had a short, spiky tail. We also saw 2 Pectorals, 2 Greater Yellowlegs & a Lesser Yellowlegs. At Chalco Hills there were 2 Horned Grebes and a lot of ducks, mostly Lesser Scaup. 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]
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:11:09 -0600 (CST)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: NE Nebraska
Finally got a day off to go out and look for something up here!
At Fahrenholz Ponds west of Allen there were 3 Northern Shovellers, 1 Pied
Billed Grebe, one Goldeneye and a Great Blue Heron. In the hills around
the ponds there were 3 Northern Harriers.
By the sewage lagoons and a pond a mile west of Allen saw an American
Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, a Loggerhead Shrike, 5 Greater Yellowlegs and a
Lesser Yellowlegs.
3 Miles north of Wakefield and just off the highway to the east I found a
Great Horned Owl's nest with Mom and two Owlets. A half mile east on the
same road there were 10 Wood Ducks, a Northern Sh, 4 Song Sparrows,
approx. 30 Blue-winged Teal and 4 Baird's Sandpipers.
At the Wayne Sewage Lagoons there were 175+ Northern Shovellers, about 50
Lesser Scaup, 50 Coots and 4 Ruddy Ducks.
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Jan Johnson ___ Children are a message
Wakefield Community Schools <*,*> we send to a time we
Wakefield, NE 68784 ['-'] will not see.
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:19:28 -0600 Subject: April 2 Chalco Hills From: "John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com> Lots of birds acting spring like today at Chalco Hills, immense sound. Numerous Lesser Scalp and American Coots Less numerous, but plentiful Ruddy Ducks Bufflehead 12 Blue-winged Teal 10 Green-winged Teal 4 Gadwall 4 Shovelers 18 Wood Duck 8 Horned Grebe 2 Song Sparrow 16 Fox Sparrow 6 Harris Sparrow 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Great Blue Heron 2 (flying out of tree about 60 feet off the ground.) Tree Swallow 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Where are the Eastern Bluebirds? Plus, every Meadowlark heard today was an Eastern. 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: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 04:28:06 -0600 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: A good day, but I got stuck! Hello, today I went birding in south-central Nebraska, 1st to Funk Lagoon and then to Harlan County. On the way to these areas, I saw Belted Kingfisher--1 Blue-wing Teal--30 Western Meadowlark--11 Sandhill Crane--100 Red-tail Hawk--5 Common Grackles--numerous Red-winged Blackbirds--numerous Wood Duck--1 Tree Sparrows--35 Robins--numerous Northern Shrike--1 Flicker--15 Great Blue Heron--1 Sharp-shinned Hawk--1 FUNK LAGOON Tree Sparrow--30 Green-wing Teal--54 Northern Shoveler--62 Bufflehead--10 Northern Pintail--1 Mallard--16 Ring-necked Duck--16 American Coot--45 Ruddy Duck--64 Song Sparrow--23 Red-tail Hawk--1 Snow Goose--150 Canada Goose--10 White-fronted Goose--5 Blue-wing Teal--50 American White Pelican--32 Killdeer--2 Great Blue Heron--3 American Wigeon--16 Great-tailed Grackle--2 Yellow-headed Blackbird--3 Lesser Scaup--10 Double-crested Cormorant SACRAMENTO-WILCOX TRUMPETER SWAN BAIRD'S SANDPIPER--3 COMMON SNIPE Many of the same birds as Funk Lagoon HARLAN COUNTY RESEVOIR FRANKLIN'S GULL--1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER--5 CEDAR WAXWING--125 REDHEAD--2 MOURNING DOVE--5 EASTERN BLUEBIRD--3 DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT--6 HARRIS' SPARROW--1 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH--2 PIED-BILLED GREBE--2 BUFFLEHEAD--3 EARED GREBE--11 HERRING GULL--2 And.... most of the same ducks as Funk Lagoon
From: murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us> Subject: Birding Bubbas Report 4/2/99 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:40:41 -0600 Hello Nebraska Birders, John Kozak and I (Mark Urwiller) went out for a short birding trip this morning in the Kearney area. We concentrated mostly on looking for shorebirds and waterfowl, but still saw 52 species in about 4 hours. Here are some highlights: Cinnamon Teal (1) and a pair of Wood Ducks - 1 mile North of the Emmaus Church turnoff on the Funk - Odessa Road then about 1.5 Miles West. There are two small ponds there. They can be seen on page 62 of the Nebraska Atlas and Gazetteer. They are about 1 mile South and 3 miles East of Johnson Federal WPA. The Cinnamon Teal was especially "chummy" with two other Blue-winged Teal Drakes. At Funk WPA we saw SEVERAL Greater Yellowlegs and at least 2 Lesser Yellowlegs. We also saw American Avocets and 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On the way back up to Kearney we saw, among the Sandhill Cranes, one Partial Albino Sandhill Crane (White on the neck and shoulder - normal below). The cold wind wasn't the nicest today, but we still had a good time! 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: 204.234.2.2/~murwille/7hills.htm 162.127.10.1/~murwille/resume.htm 204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm
From: murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us> Subject: FW: Birding Bubbas Report 4/2/99 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:50:19 -0600 Sorry Everyone, I realized after sending the message I hadn't specified where we saw the partial albino Sandhill Crane! Mark Urwiller -----Original Message----- From: murwille [SMTP:murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us] Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 4:41 PM To: NeBirds (E-mail) Cc: Loren Padelford (E-mail) Subject: Birding Bubbas Report 4/2/99 Hello Nebraska Birders, John Kozak and I (Mark Urwiller) went out for a short birding trip this morning in the Kearney area. We concentrated mostly on looking for shorebirds and waterfowl, but still saw 52 species in about 4 hours. Here are some highlights: Cinnamon Teal (1) and a pair of Wood Ducks - 1 mile North of the Emmaus Church turnoff on the Funk - Odessa Road then about 1.5 Miles West. There are two small ponds there. They can be seen on page 62 of the Nebraska Atlas and Gazetteer. They are about 1 mile South and 3 miles East of Johnson Federal WPA. The Cinnamon Teal was especially "chummy" with two other Blue-winged Teal Drakes. At Funk WPA we saw SEVERAL Greater Yellowlegs and at least 2 Lesser Yellowlegs. We also saw American Avocets and 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On the way back up to Kearney we saw, among the Sandhill Cranes, one Partial Albino Sandhill Crane (White on the neck and shoulder - normal below). This was about 1/2 to 3/4 mile South of the Kearney Bridge. The cold wind wasn't the nicest today, but we still had a good time! 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: 204.234.2.2/~murwille/7hills.htm 162.127.10.1/~murwille/resume.htm 204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: A good day, but I got stuck! Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:55:51 -0600 Laurel, Thanks for the update. I'm leading a field trip out to the RWB tomorrow. I'll have a van and NOT my 4wd truck! Where did you get stuck? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Laurel Badura [mailto:lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us] Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 4:28 AM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: A good day, but I got stuck! Hello, today I went birding in south-central Nebraska, 1st to Funk Lagoon and then to Harlan County. On the way to these areas, I saw Belted Kingfisher--1 Blue-wing Teal--30 Western Meadowlark--11 Sandhill Crane--100 Red-tail Hawk--5 Common Grackles--numerous Red-winged Blackbirds--numerous Wood Duck--1 Tree Sparrows--35 Robins--numerous Northern Shrike--1 Flicker--15 Great Blue Heron--1 Sharp-shinned Hawk--1 FUNK LAGOON Tree Sparrow--30 Green-wing Teal--54 Northern Shoveler--62 Bufflehead--10 Northern Pintail--1 Mallard--16 Ring-necked Duck--16 American Coot--45 Ruddy Duck--64 Song Sparrow--23 Red-tail Hawk--1 Snow Goose--150 Canada Goose--10 White-fronted Goose--5 Blue-wing Teal--50 American White Pelican--32 Killdeer--2 Great Blue Heron--3 American Wigeon--16 Great-tailed Grackle--2 Yellow-headed Blackbird--3 Lesser Scaup--10 Double-crested Cormorant SACRAMENTO-WILCOX TRUMPETER SWAN BAIRD'S SANDPIPER--3 COMMON SNIPE Many of the same birds as Funk Lagoon HARLAN COUNTY RESEVOIR FRANKLIN'S GULL--1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER--5 CEDAR WAXWING--125 REDHEAD--2 MOURNING DOVE--5 EASTERN BLUEBIRD--3 DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANT--6 HARRIS' SPARROW--1 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH--2 PIED-BILLED GREBE--2 BUFFLEHEAD--3 EARED GREBE--11 HERRING GULL--2 And.... most of the same ducks as Funk Lagoon
From: murwille <murwille@genie.esu10.k12.ne.us> Subject: One More Addition! Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 17:00:06 -0600 Nebraska Birders, I beg your indulgence for one more addition I forgot to mention on our morning Birding Bubba trip today. A Swamp Sparrow near the Kiosk at Funk WPA. 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: 204.234.2.2/~murwille/7hills.htm 162.127.10.1/~murwille/resume.htm 204.234.2.2/~murwille/birding.htm
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 19:45:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Knox County (Friday Morning)
Birded Niobrara Marsh and around Creighton for a couple of hours this
morning! Had 63 species!
Highlighs included:
Greater Prairie-Chicken (15 birds on lek near 14-59 Intersection.
16 species of waterfowl:
1 female Greater Scaup Niobrara Sewage Lagoon
Sandhill Crane - 130 over Creighton
Lesser Yellowlegs - 10 west of Niobrara State Park
Eastern Phoebe - 1 Bazile Creek Boat Landing
Tree Swallow - 10 West of Niobrara State Park
still a few Harris's Sparrows (5 in 3 locations)
3 Fox Sparrows Niobrara River Trail + 1more 3 miles west of Creighton
1 Yellow-headed Blackbird - Niobrara
also found a new Great Blue Heron rookery along Hwy 13 near Niobrara
with 7 nests and 9 birds (just built this year). The old rookery near
Niobrara had over birds present this morning!
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
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 21:58:59 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/2/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 2, 1999 * NEST9904.02 - Birds Mentioned Oldsquaw Pectoral Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Cooper's Hawk Eastern Phoebe Ruby-crowned Kinglet Fox Sparrow Greater Prairie Chicken Greater Scaup Yellow-headed Blackbird Loggerhead Shrike Baird's Sandpiper Northern Shrike Carolina Wren Vesper Sparrow Gray Partridge Common Crane Cinnamon Teal American White Pelican American Avocet Semipalmated Sandpiper Swamp Sparrow Trumpeter Swan Eared Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Franklin's Gull Herring Gull Eurasian Collared-Dove GARGANEY (Iowa) Blue-winged Teal White-faced Ibis - 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, April 2nd. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 2nd, a pair of OLDSQUAWS, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS & a LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. At Chalco Hills Recreation Area on the 2nd, 2 HORNED GREBES, 8 species of ducks, a COOPER'S HAWK, an EASTERN PHOEBE, 2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS & 6 FOX SPARROWS were found. In Knox County on the 2nd, 15 GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS were seen on a lek near Highways 14 & 59 west of Creighton. Also on the 2nd, a female GREATER SCAUP was found at the Niobrara Sewage Lagoon, & a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen in Niobrara. On the 2nd, 3 FOX SPARROWS were seen on the Niobrara River Trail. In Dixon County on the 2nd, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS & a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were found at sewage lagoons a mile west of Allen. Also on the 2nd 3 miles north & ‡ mile east of Wakefield, 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS & a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen. In Pawnee County on the 2nd, 11 GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS were seen at the Burchard Lake booming ground. Also on the 2nd, 2 CAROLINA WRENS were seen in stream bottom woods near the Iron Horse Trail. In Dodge County on the 2nd, a VESPER SPARROW was seen 5 miles north & a mile west of Ames. On Mar. 29th, 2 GRAY PARTRIDGES were spotted at the intersection of County Roads 19 & P. In central Nebraska in Kearney County on Sunday, the 28th, the COMMON CRANE was spotted again between 2:30 & 3:30 about ‡ mile south of Rowe Sanctuary headquarters. In Phelps County on the 2nd, a CINNAMON TEAL was seen 1 mile north of the Emmaus Church turnoff on the Funk-Odessa Road. On the 2nd at Funk lagoon the following species were seen: 32 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 13 species of waterfowl, AMERICAN AVOCETS, 4 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a SWAMP SPARROW & 3 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. On the 2nd at Sacramento-Wilcox WMA, a TRUMPETER SWAN & 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were found. In Harlan County on the 2nd, 11 EARED GREBES, 6 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, a FRANKLIN'S GULL & 2 HERRING GULLS were found at Harlan Reservoir. In Buffalo County on the 31st, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen at a feeder at 30th St. & Avenue C in Kearney. In Iowa on the 2nd, a male GARGANEY was spotted at Forney Lake south of Bartlett. It was seen with a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1 mile east of Western Ave. on 135th St. near the first open parking area on the south side of the lake. Also on the 2nd, a WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Waubonsie Wildlife Area north of Highway 2 east of Nebraska City. 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, 03 Apr 1999 08:35:36 -0600 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Bassett 4/3/99 Hi, Loren & all, 29*, 7mph NW wind, very light snow Lots of goldfinches, pine siskins, house finches, one female downy and one female hairy woodpeckers at my thistle/sunflowerhearts feeder this morning. One tree sparrow foraging under the feeder. Yesterday Karl Menzel, District NGPC, called. Three whooping cranes were on the meadow 3 miles east and 3 miles north of Bassett. They left as the game commission officer was watching them. With only north winds in this area, they are still around somewhere close, they flew north so may be somewhere on the Niobrara River. Two days ago a rancher from south east of Bassett reported two Whistling Swans on a private lake. Eastern bluebirds have been seen in 6 areas of the county in close proximity to nestboxes. Spring is coming to the Sandhills. Carolyn Hall Sandhills Bluebird Lady Bassett, NE
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 14:22:44 -0600 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Waterfowl near Bassett Saturday April 3, 2 PM, Bassett, NE 42*, partly sunny, cool NW breeze 7mph 50 Sandhill cranes on a cornfield 8 miles NE of Bassett. On the sewage lagoon 3 pairs of Northern Shovelers, 2 pairs Ring-necked, 1 pair red head ducks and a lone male cinnamon teal although early this morning the rancher who lives north of there saw a pair of cinnamon teal. Also one pie-billed grebe. On the pond north of town were numerous ducks but the light was bad and could not identify any but mallards and a pair of Canada geese who would appear to have a nest on top of a muskrat house.
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:12:43 -0600 Subject: Walnut Creek Saturday morning. From: "John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com> The Oldsquaw pair were still present at Walnut Creek Lake Saturday morning. At least five birders came in response to the RBA listing. Also present were 3 Redheads, 10 Bufflehead, Shovelers, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Ducks, and American Coots. The little pond south of the south entry also had a Canvasback and 3 Ring-necked ducks on it. Lake Zorinsky was hosting 4 Greater Yellowlegs, a Lesser Yellowlegs, and about 20 Bonaparte's Gulls. 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: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Buffalo County birds Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 16:37:25 -0600 Hi Nebraska birders, Friday, April 2, we heard at least one Eastern Bluebird in our yard 3 1/2 miles southeast of Gibbon. At the UNK campus in Kearney we heard Pine Siskins. Saturday, April 3, we saw at least one Cedar Waxwing and heard at least one Eastern Bluebird in our yard. 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)
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:10:39 CDT Subject: Old Squaw Anyone looking for the Old Squaw ducks at Walnut Creek Lake should also look in the dead trees in the far northern part of the lake near the dam. Saturday afternoon I was surprised to find them diving among the dead trees. Later they moved out amongst all the other waterfowl (Ruddy, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Gadwall, A. Widgeon, Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Ring-necked, and Green-winged teal). I did also get to see the Garganey and Forney Lake, IA. Beautiful little duck! Clem Klaphake cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 20:17:58 -0600 Subject: Trumpeter Swan From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> Found what I think is a Trumpeter Swan, possibly a juvenile, on Saturday. At Pawnee Lake, west of Lincoln at NW126th St. and W. Superior. In campground on east side of 126th St. - on north side along creek where it runs into the lake. I got a good look at it with the scope as it preened and preened. It had a white body but the top half of the neck and head were grayish). It had a black bill, black legs and feet. Black facial skin appeared to taper to a broad point at the eye. Hope someone else finds it and either confirms or corrects my id. ___________________________________________________________________ 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: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:34:29 -0600 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/3/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 3, 1999 * NEST9904.03 - Birds Mentioned Oldsquaw Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Cinnamon Teal Sandhill Crane Whooping Crane GARGANEY (Iowa) Blue-winged Teal Double-crested Cormorant Common Snipe Franklin's Gull Purple Martin Barn Swallow - Transcript Tape Number: 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha , for Saturday, April 3rd. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 3rd, a pair of OLDSQUAWS was still present at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. In Douglas County on the 3rd, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS & 20 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen at Zorinsky Lake in southwest Omaha. In Rock County on the 3rd, a male CINNAMON TEAL was found at the Bassett sewage lagoon. Also on the 3rd, 50 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a cornfield 8 miles northeast of Basset. On the 2nd, 3 WHOOPING CRANES were seen briefly in a meadow 3 miles east & 3 miles north of Bassett. In Iowa on the 3rd, the male GARGANEY was seen all day at Forney Lake south of Bartlett. It was seen with a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL about 1 mile east of Western Ave. on 135th St. It has consistently been seen close to the shore near the road. Also seen at Forney Lake were DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 6 COMMON SNIPES, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 FRANKLIN'S GULLS, PURPLE MARTINS & a BARN SWALLOW. 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: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: 2 Whooping Cranes at Funk Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:44:30 -0600 Hi all, Along with numerous other birders, we saw two adult WHOOPING CRANES at = Funk WPA today (April 3), which we were visiting as part of Doane College's Rainwater Basin/Platte River field trip. Funk, indeed, provided most of = the day's highlights. In addition to the Whoopers, we had two ROUGH-LEGGED = HAWKS (one immature and one adult female)and an early GREAT EGRET at Funk = WPA. Evening Sandhill Crane viewing from one of the Rowe Sanctuary blinds, however, was still impressive despite being past peak. We saw an adult = BALD EAGLE harry incoming cranes; a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS were heard = near the blind and one was briefly seen. An EASTERN PHOEBE was observed doing = some early flycatching. Mark Orsag -----Original Message----- From: Loren J. Padelford [mailto:lpdlfrd@juno.com] Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 9:59 PM To: birdcntr@listserv.arizona.edu Cc: hologrambirds@worldnet.att.net; NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/2/99 - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 2, 1999 * NEST9904.02 - Birds Mentioned Oldsquaw Pectoral Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Cooper's Hawk Eastern Phoebe Ruby-crowned Kinglet Fox Sparrow Greater Prairie Chicken Greater Scaup Yellow-headed Blackbird Loggerhead Shrike Baird's Sandpiper Northern Shrike Carolina Wren Vesper Sparrow Gray Partridge Common Crane Cinnamon Teal American White Pelican American Avocet Semipalmated Sandpiper Swamp Sparrow Trumpeter Swan Eared Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Franklin's Gull Herring Gull Eurasian Collared-Dove GARGANEY (Iowa) Blue-winged Teal White-faced Ibis - 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, April 2nd. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 2nd, a pair of OLDSQUAWS, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS & a LESSER YELLOWLEGS were = seen at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. At Chalco Hills Recreation = Area on the 2nd, 2 HORNED GREBES, 8 species of ducks, a COOPER'S HAWK, an EASTERN PHOEBE, 2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS & 6 FOX SPARROWS were found. In Knox County on the 2nd, 15 GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS were seen on a = lek near Highways 14 & 59 west of Creighton. Also on the 2nd, a female GREATER SCAUP was found at the Niobrara Sewage Lagoon, & a = YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen in Niobrara. On the 2nd, 3 FOX SPARROWS were seen = on the Niobrara River Trail. In Dixon County on the 2nd, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS & = a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were found at sewage lagoons a mile west of Allen. Also on the 2nd 3 miles north & ½ mile east of Wakefield, 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS & a NORTHERN SHRIKE were seen. In Pawnee County on the 2nd, 11 GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKENS were seen at = the Burchard Lake booming ground. Also on the 2nd, 2 CAROLINA WRENS were seen in stream bottom woods near the Iron Horse Trail. In Dodge County on the 2nd, a VESPER SPARROW was seen 5 miles north & a mile west of Ames. On Mar. 29th, 2 GRAY PARTRIDGES were spotted at the intersection of County Roads 19 & P. In central Nebraska in Kearney County on Sunday, the 28th, the COMMON CRANE was spotted again between 2:30 & 3:30 about ½ mile south of = Rowe Sanctuary headquarters. In Phelps County on the 2nd, a CINNAMON TEAL was seen 1 mile north of = the Emmaus Church turnoff on the Funk-Odessa Road. On the 2nd at Funk = lagoon the following species were seen: 32 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 13 species of waterfowl, AMERICAN AVOCETS, 4 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a SWAMP SPARROW & 3 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. On the 2nd at Sacramento-Wilcox WMA, a TRUMPETER SWAN & 3 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were found. In Harlan County on the 2nd, 11 EARED GREBES, 6 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, a FRANKLIN'S GULL & 2 HERRING GULLS were found at Harlan Reservoir. In Buffalo County on the 31st, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen at a feeder at 30th St. & Avenue C in Kearney. In Iowa on the 2nd, a male GARGANEY was spotted at Forney Lake south of Bartlett. It was seen with a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1 mile east of Western Ave. on 135th St. near the first open parking area on the south side of the lake. Also on the 2nd, a WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen at Waubonsie Wildlife Area north of Highway 2 east of Nebraska City. For more information on this week's sightings, you may call = 402-292-5556. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number = and your report after the tone at the end of this message. Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding! - End transcript
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 08:09:50 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Garganey Nebraska birders, This was on the Iowa list and I thought I'd pass it along. Randy =============== >From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@JUNO.COM> >Subject: Garganey >To: IA-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG > >Iowa Birders, > >We received a call this afternoon, 4/2, just before 4 p.m. from Rick >Schmid reporting a male Garganey at Forney Lake. Babs and I went to see >it this evening and found it where he had seen it, 1 mile east of Western >Ave. on 135th St. It was feeding east and west of the first open parking >area east of Western Ave. on the shore right along the road. It was with >a male and female Blue-winged Teal. We watched it from about 5:35 to >6:25 p.m. > >Rick also reported seeing an ibis at Waubonsie Wildlife Area north of >Highway 2. > >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 the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 15:17:00 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Kimball County birding.
> NEBirders-
Dave Ely and I spent the morning birding Kimball
County. We saw about 55 species, including a few that were
interesting. Here are the highlights:
Oliver Reservoir
2 Virginia Rails
1 Lincoln's Sparrow
SW Kimball County
**6 Mountain Plovers
**3 Sage Thrashers
10 N. Harriers
8 Rough-legged Hawks
38 Mountain Bluebirds
hundreds of McCown's and a few Chestnut-coll. Longspurs
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 16:48:58 CDT Subject: Fontenelle Forest Birders, Just a brief listing of birds from April 3 in Fontenelle Forest 2 Great Egrets 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Belted Kingfisher 20+ Blue-winged Teal 15+ Northern Shovelers 20+ Lesser Scaups 12 Wood Ducks 10 Canada Geese 5 Tree Swallows 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 3 Song Sparrows 4 American Goldfinch 7 Downy Woodpeckers 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers Clem Klaphake cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 18:29:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Garganey (Iowa) This afternoon (April 4) at approximately 4:30 PM, the garganey was still present at Forney Lake in Iowa on the south side of the lake approximately 1 mi east of Western Ave. and 135th St. The garganey still hangs out with 2 blue-winged teal and stays close to the shore. It is really a great look at the bird. Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 21:39:22 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/4/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 4, 1999 * NEST9904.04 - Birds Mentioned Virginia Rail Lincoln's Sparrow Rough-legged Hawk Mountain Plover Sage Thrasher Mountain Bluebird McCown's Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Great Egret Rough-legged Hawk Whooping Crane Cinnamon Teal Sandhill Crane Oldsquaw Tree Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull GARGANEY (Iowa) Blue-winged Teal White-fronted Goose White-faced Ibis - 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 Sunday, April 4th. In western Nebraska on the 4th in Kimball County, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS & a LINCOLN'S SPARROW were found at Oliver Reservoir. In southwest Kimball County on the 4th, 8 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 6 MOUNTAIN PLOVERS, 3 SAGE THRASHERS, 38 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, hundreds of MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS & a few CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were seen. In central Nebraska in Phelps County on the 3rd, a GREAT EGRET, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS & 2 adult WHOOPING CRANES were seen at Funk Lagoon. In Rock County on the 3rd, a male CINNAMON TEAL was found at the Bassett sewage lagoon. Also on the 3rd, 50 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a cornfield 8 miles northeast of Basset. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 4th, a pair of OLDSQUAWS was still present at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. Also on the 4th, 2 GREAT EGRETS, 5 TREE SWALLOWS & a RUBY- CROWNED KINGLET were seen in Fontenelle Forest. On the 4th, a HERMIT THRUSH was seen in a yard in Papillion. In Douglas County on the 3rd, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS & 20 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen at Zorinsky Lake in southwest Omaha. In Iowa on the 4th, the male GARGANEY was seen again at Forney Lake south of Bartlett. It was seen with a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL about 1 mile east of Western Ave. on 135th St. It has consistently been seen close to the shore near the road. Also seen at Forney Lake on the 4th were 15 species of waterfowl, including 200 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. A WHITE-FACED IBIS was seen on the 4th, at Waubonsie Wildlife Area south of Old Highway 2, east of Nebraska City. 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: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Funk Lagoon Easter Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 23:00:57 -0500 Hi Nebraska birders, Sunday, April 4, in Buffalo County, Robin and I saw a female and a male Eastern Bluebird and a Cedar Waxwing from our yard 3 1/2 miles southeast of Gibbon. In Kearney County, two miles east of Funk Lagoon, we saw a Lesser Yellowlegs. In Phelps County, at Funk Lagoon, we saw among other birds two Eared Grebes, 120 American White Pelicans, nineteen Double-crested Cormorants, a Great Egret, two female and two male Cinnamon Teal, 200 Ruddy Ducks, three Northern Harriers, an American Avocet, six Greater Yellowlegs, four Long-billed Dowitchers, a Common Snipe, 22 Song Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, two Yellow-headed Blackbirds and fifteen Great-tailed Grackles. Richard Luehrs was with us today. We may have seen some birds that Richard did not. Richard more than likely identified some birds that we may not have. We identified the Long-billed Dowitchers by flight calls. Also at Funk Lagoon we saw an exotic goose that we could not find in any of our field guides. It was much larger than the Greater White-fronted Geese that it was with. In ways it resembled the White-fronteds that it was with. After looking in the field guides we realized that it more resembled a Bean Goose, but with bright reddish orange legs and bill. The orange on the bill covered the entire bill and was reddish and brighter than that of the Bean Goose. We'll try to find some books with exotic waterfowl Monday and try to identify it again. Does anyone have any ideas? good birding and goodbye, Lanny
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 05:46:27 -0500 (CDT) From: "Randall D. Williams" <yiams@avalon.net> Subject: Cinnamon Teal Birders, This arrived in this morning's email and I thought I'd pass it along. Randy ================= >From: "Patricia Williams" <lucy1i@pionet.net> >To: <beehive@pionet.net> >Cc: <yiams@avalon.net> >Subject: Cinnamon Teal >Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 20:21:31 -0500 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Priority: 3 >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Perhaps not as exciting as a Garganey, but I wanted to let folks know that >I saw a lone male Cinnamon Teal at about 11:00 this morning (4/4/99). It >was on the slough just south of Sgt. Bluff (I'm not sure of the name, but >it is right behind the Rest Area on the west side of the interstate). It >was with a mixed group of dabblers - mostly Blue-winged Teal, but also >Shovelers, Gadwalls and others. I watched it for about 20 mintes, in >excellent light, while it displayed from several angles, and even put its >foot up once so I could see that it was bright yellow. At about 4:00 I >went back, and couldn't find it again, but this time I was looking directly >into the sun, so it could well have been there. > >Pat > = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = * From the (former) Home Office in Sioux City, Iowa Randall D. Williams MT(ASCP)BB Loess Hills Audubon Society newsletter editor & web-spinner http://www.avalon.net/~yiams/ yiams@avalon.net Requisite signature file quote: "This calls for hyperspeed!" -Space Ghost = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = + = *
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 07:55:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Paul Johnsgard <pjohnsga@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: Re: [NeBirds] Funk Lagoon Easter All forms of bean geese have some black on the bill. This is most likely a variant of the graylag goose, most likely a domesticated type. _ ( )==> If I had to choose between never | hearing an angelic chorus or never | again hearing cranes, I would ___________|___________ most certainly choose the (---------/ \---------) cranes. (_------| |------_) Crane Music, P. Johnsgard (_---| |---_) (_-< >-_) |---| |-| | | | | __/______/______^ ^_______/________/_____
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