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1. RE: Garganey (Iowa)
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:59:15 -0500
2. Birding the Big Blue by Canoe!
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:30:40 -0500
3. [NeBirds] mystery goose at Funk
"Lanny Randolph" <randolphl@unk.edu>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:05:22 -0500
4. Re: Garganey (Iowa)
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:35:21 -0500
5. Re: Trumpeter Swan
John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com>
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:52:51 -0500
6. RE: Garganey (Iowa)
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:36:05 -0500
7. RE: Trumpeter Swan
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:01:45 -0500
8. Fw: West River Bird Hotline for April 6,1999
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:05:41 -0500
9. Walnut Creek Lake
"John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:58:25 -0500
10. Nebraska Birdline for 4/6/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:12:00 -0500
11. Branched Oak Lake
John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com>
Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:58:54 -0500
12. No subject given
"Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Wed, 07 Apr 99 11:07:29 -0500
13. Mixed Bag
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:16:13 -0500
14. Nebraska Birdline for 4/7/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:12:14 -0500
15. Re: Mixed Bag
NevaLCP@aol.com
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:54:56 EDT
16. Fontenelle Forest Birds for 4/7
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:52:08 -0500
17. [NeBirds]chippies and martins
"Lanny Randolph" <randolphl@unk.edu>
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:36:58 -0500
18. Re: [NeBirds]chippies and martins
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:02:14 -0500
19. [NeBirds] Eastern Phoebe
"Lanny Randolph" <randolphl@unk.edu>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:33:34 -0500
20. RE: [NeBirds] Eastern Phoebe
"Dave Rintoul" <drintoul@ksu.edu>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:27:24 -0500
21. Whooping Cranes
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:25:53 -0500
22. Whooping Cranes
James Kovanda <jkovanda@juno.com>
Fri, 09 Apr 1999 14:57:33 EDT
23. Nebraska Birdline for 4/9/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:35:16 -0500
24. Re: [NeBirds]chippies and martins
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:45:58 -0500
25. Whooping Cranes
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:11 CDT
26. Scotts Bluff County
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:57:52 -0600
27. Re: [NeBirds]chippies and martins
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:41:39 -0500
28. Fontenelle
John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com>
Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:02:58 -0500
29. Re: BB gunners/chickadees
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 08:24:52 -0500
30. birds
"Susan J. Herrick" <th41814@mail.navix.net>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:32:33 -0500
31. Garganey Refound sw Iowa
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:10:25 -0500
32. Fw: Whooping Cranes near Essex, IA
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:37:08 -0500
33. Bald Eagles
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:41:16 -0600
34. Base Lake
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:47:32 CDT
35. [NeBirds] Buffalo Co. birds
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:25:18 -0500
36. Whoopers Easier Than Common
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:31:31 -0500
37. Loup Park, Columbus, Platte Co. Ne.
"John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:46:35 -0500
38. Nebraska Birdline for 4/10/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:11:53 -0500
39. [NeBirds] Fwd. from Hoges at Alma
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:38:23 -0500
40. Spring Migration at Hitchcock
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:18:21 -0500
41. Sunday FF
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:17:30 -0500
42. Re: Sunday FF
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:46:07 +0000
43. [NeBirds] fwd. Hoges in Harlan County
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:43:31 -0500
44. nature center
"Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Mon, 12 Apr 99 09:15:51 -0400
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Garganey (Iowa) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 11:59:15 -0500 Joe and all, Where is Lake Forney? Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Joe Gubanyi [mailto:JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 6:30 PM To: NEBIRDS@RIP.PHYSICS.UNK.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
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Birding the Big Blue by Canoe! Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:30:40 -0500 Hi all, Ned McPartland, my division chair at Doane and a skilled canoeist, and I took an afternoon trip down the Big Blue River near Crete on 4/4. We covered about 5 miles and saw or heard 46 species of birds as well as a number of mammals. This is a fun and different way to bird. Highlights: 9 waterfowl species (including a late-lingering female Common Goldeneye) We had great looks at Wood Ducks. There seems to be quite a healthy population of Woodies nesting on the Big Blue. 4 Raptor species Red-tailed Hawk 4 Great Horned Owl 3* American Kestrel 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1* We witnessed quite a tussle between the harassing Sharpie and a Great Horned Owl. Another Great Horned Owl was being bothered by a pair of Belted Kingfishers. Early arrivals Tree Swallow 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Unidentified Sparrow 4 (As with gulls, I'm not too good on sparrows) Late lingerers Common Goldeneye 1 Dark-eyed Junco 10 American Tree Sparrow 2 Harris's Sparrow 1 Mammals Eastern Cottontail Woodchuck Fox Squirrel Muskrat (heard-- lodge seen) Beaver (heard-- cuttings seen) Coyote ? Ned wasn't totally sure. I didn't see it. We also found and photo'd a large unusual skull buried but visible in the high riverbank. I'll show the photo to the biology people here at Doane. I have no idea what it was. Mark O
From: "Lanny Randolph" <randolphl@unk.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:05:22 -0500 Subject: [NeBirds] mystery goose at Funk Robin Harding 04/05/99 03:05 PM To: Lanny Randolph cc: Subject: [NeBirds] mystery goose at Funk Lanny, Please forward the following to NeBirds. Our mystery goose at Funk Lagoon was very large, twice the size of the Greater White-fronted Geese that it was with. Its entire bill was a bright reddish-orange which extended up onto its forehead. Its legs were the same bright reddish-orange. Its cap and nape were a dark gray, its throat and neck were almost white. There was not a sharp line between the dark nape and light throat. It rose up and flapped its wings once and I noticed that it was not pinioned noor clipped. Its underwings were gray. Its back was dark gray with white bars across, like a Bean Goose. There was a white line along the edge of the folded wings. Could a Bean Goose appear to be so much larger than the other geese? Its bill was definitely entirely reddish-orange. I am tending to think that this was an escaped captive. Just the weekend before last, we saw some goldfish in the road ditch at Funk Lagoon. People release domestic fish at Funk Lagoon, why not domestic waterfowl. Someone could have just turned this goose loose or maybe its been hanging out with these wild geese since its last molt. What do you think? Robin Harding marshwren@nctc.net
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Garganey (Iowa) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 18:35:21 -0500 Mark et al: Forney Lake is in sunny, subtropical Fremont County, Iowa. On a map, find the small community of Bartlett in northwest Fremont County (the southwesternmost county in Iowa). Exit I-29 at Bartlett, go east into "town", take the paved road south out of town (Western Road), about 3 miles and turn left (east) on 135th. As has been described by Loren Padelford in Birdline updates, the Garganey has been with a pair of BW Teal off the end of the 3rd pullout from the west. (I saw it there at 5.20 pm Monday, today). 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' <NEBIRDS@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Garganey (Iowa) > Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:59 AM > > Joe and all, > > Where is Lake Forney? > > Mark O > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Gubanyi [mailto:JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu] > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 6:30 PM > To: NEBIRDS@RIP.PHYSICS.UNK.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: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:52:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Trumpeter Swan From: John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com> Hi Moni and all, I was at Pawnee Lake yesterday afternoon (Sunday) I saw the swan still in the nw corner of the lake where Moni found it on Saturday. After a long study and several changes of mind, I decided that I think it is a Tundra Swan. Being the only swan there makes it a really tough call. All of the field marks; overall size, straight or concave bill, how sharp of a point the facial skin tapers to in front of the eye, whether or not the neck is held straight or kinked back at the body, are really tough to tell as the bird moves around and it is seen at different angles. The one mark that I think makes it a Tundra is the yellow spot in front of the eye. After I got the bird in good light and saw that, all the other marks seemed to fit Tundra better. I'm not sure about the brownish head and neck, because it has the black bill of an adult. Maybe it is just stained brownish from dirty water? Has anyone else see this bird? John Sullivan Lincoln, NE On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 20:17:58 -0600 Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> writes: >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] ___________________________________________________________________ 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: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Garganey (Iowa) Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:36:05 -0500 Ross, Thanks. I'll try for it on Thursday. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Ross Silcock [mailto:silcock@sidney.heartland.net] Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 6:35 PM To: NEBIRDS@rip.physics.unk.edu Cc: Loren Padelford Subject: Re: Garganey (Iowa) Mark et al: Forney Lake is in sunny, subtropical Fremont County, Iowa. On a map, find the small community of Bartlett in northwest Fremont County (the southwesternmost county in Iowa). Exit I-29 at Bartlett, go east into "town", take the paved road south out of town (Western Road), about 3 miles and turn left (east) on 135th. As has been described by Loren Padelford in Birdline updates, the Garganey has been with a pair of BW Teal off the end of the 3rd pullout from the west. (I saw it there at 5.20 pm Monday, today). 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' <NEBIRDS@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Garganey (Iowa) > Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:59 AM > > Joe and all, > > Where is Lake Forney? > > Mark O > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Gubanyi [mailto:JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu] > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 6:30 PM > To: NEBIRDS@RIP.PHYSICS.UNK.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
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Trumpeter Swan Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 12:01:45 -0500 John and Moni, I also saw it yesterday and had a fit trying to call it particularly as it was fairly far out. I also came to the conclusion that it is a Tundra Swan. The size difference with a nearby Canada Goose, albeit a large one, wasn't that noticeable. I also, after nearly getting eye-strain found the definitive yellow spot. Swans often get stains (brownish or orange) from iron oxides or other sorts of deposits in the water. I think that accounts for the neck. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: John C Sulllivan [mailto:johnsllvn@juno.com] Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 9:53 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Re: Trumpeter Swan Hi Moni and all, I was at Pawnee Lake yesterday afternoon (Sunday) I saw the swan still in the nw corner of the lake where Moni found it on Saturday. After a long study and several changes of mind, I decided that I think it is a Tundra Swan. Being the only swan there makes it a really tough call. All of the field marks; overall size, straight or concave bill, how sharp of a point the facial skin tapers to in front of the eye, whether or not the neck is held straight or kinked back at the body, are really tough to tell as the bird moves around and it is seen at different angles. The one mark that I think makes it a Tundra is the yellow spot in front of the eye. After I got the bird in good light and saw that, all the other marks seemed to fit Tundra better. I'm not sure about the brownish head and neck, because it has the black bill of an adult. Maybe it is just stained brownish from dirty water? Has anyone else see this bird? John Sullivan Lincoln, NE On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 20:17:58 -0600 Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> writes: >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] ___________________________________________________________________ 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: Fw: West River Bird Hotline for April 6,1999 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:05:41 -0500 Hi folks: Thought you might be interested in the BRAMBLING at a feeder in Sturgis. Fire up the hog and lets go! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Kim Schultz <kschultz@wharfmine.com> > To: Multiple recipients of sd-birds <sd-birds@science.northern.edu> > Subject: West River Bird Hotline for April 6,1999 > Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 9:44 AM > > > These are the bird sightings reported for the West River Area on April 6, > 1999. > > Addison & Patricia Ball visited CV Lake, about 10 miles east of Piedmont, on > Sat 4/3 and Sun 4/4. Bird sightings at CV Lake included: Canada Geese, > Blue-winged Teal, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Canvasback, > Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, > Killdeer and 2 Greater Yellowlegs. Birds seen in the vicinity included: > Great Blue Heron and thousands of Sandhill Cranes (on the ground near Elk > Vale Road as well as in the air). Addison may be reached at 787-4311. > > Nora Kelly of Rapid City reports a flock of 100+ sandhill cranes over Rapid > City on April 4th. Also on the 4th, Nora and Fred traveled east on Lower > Spring Creek Road where they saw a large great blue heron rookery. Fred and > Nora estimate about 50 nests, most of them with herons on them. Also > observed along this road were many Western Meadowlarks; many hawks--mostly > red tails, a pair of Northern Harriers, a couple of unidentifiable dark > hawks, 3 American Kestrels, including a pair that was trying to mate; a male > mountain blue bird; approximately 20 horned larks; crows and starlings. > Directions to the heron rookery from Rapid City are as follows: at the > intersection of E. St. Patrick & Highway 79, turn south on 79 for 8 miles; > turn east on Lower Spring Creek Road; travel one mile; the rookery is on the > south side of the road. Lower Spring Creek Road is paved for 11 miles east > of 79. For further information please call Nora at 343-7014. > > On Sunday, April 4, 1999, Ernie Miller of Sturgis was watching his feeders > when a different bird came into his yard. He observed the bird for a time > and took notes. After church, he went to his notes and decided the bird was > a Brambling. On Monday morning (4-05-99) it appeared in his yard again only > to be frightened away by a blue jay. Ernie is sure of the id, so all should > watch their feeders for this bird. We would like a photo or secondary id. > This would be the second reported sighting in South Dakota. For further > information contact Ernie Miller at 347-3354. > > Kim Schultz of rural Lead observed gray-crowned rosy finches, juncos and > evening grosbeaks at her feeders on Sunday, April 4th. For further > information please call Kim at 584-1426. > > The next Northern Hills Bird Club meeting has been rescheduled for April 8th > at 7:00 at the Sturgis Library. For further information please call John > Yuill at 347-6379. > > If you'd like to listen to the bird sighting for the entire state of South > Dakota please call (605) 773-6460. > > > > > ************************************ > * To post message, email to: > * sd-birds@science.northern.edu > * > * To subscribe to "sd-birds" discussion group, > * email at: majordomo@science.northern.edu with > * message body "subscribe sd-birds <your name>" > * making certain not to use a subject heading or > * signature file. (Leave quotes "" out of text...) > * > * To unsubscribe to "sd-birds" email at: > * majordomo@science.northern.edu with message > * body "unsubscribe sd-birds" making certain not to > * use subject headings or signature files. > * > * Report any problems to: > * birdman@science.northern.edu > ************************************ > >
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 20:58:25 -0500 Subject: Walnut Creek Lake From: "John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com> Quick picnic trip to Walnut Creek lake this evening with the family. All got to see 2 Greater Yellowlegs and 2 Oldsquaw. 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: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:12:00 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/6/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 6, 1999 * NEST9904.06 - Birds Mentioned Oldsquaw Hermit Thrush Fox Sparrow American Woodcock Prairie Falcon Field Sparrow Tundra Swan American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret Cinnamon Teal Ruddy Duck American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher Yellow-headed Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Virginia Rail Lincoln's Sparrow Rough-legged Hawk Mountain Plover Sage Thrasher Mountain Bluebird McCown's Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Eared Grebe Sandhill Crane Greater Scaup Marbled Godwit Osprey - Transcript Tape Number: 402-292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Loren Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha , for Tuesday, April 6th. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 6th, the 2 OLDSQUAWS were seen again at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. Also on the 6th, a HERMIT THRUSH & a FOX SPARROW were found on the nature trail at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. In Douglas County on the 5th, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK was found north of Cunningham Lake north of Highway 36 on the west side of the water area. On the 4th, a PRAIRIE FALCON & a FIELD SPARROW were seen in Hummel Park north of Omaha. In Lancaster County on the 5th, a TUNDRA SWAN was seen at Pawnee Lake. In central Nebraska in Phelps County on the 4th, 120 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 19 DOUBLE- CRESTED CORMORANTS, a GREAT EGRET, 2 male & 2 female CINNAMON TEAL, 200 RUDDY DUCKS, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS & 15 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES w ere seen at Funk Lagoon. 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 Iowa on the 6th, the GARGANEY at Forney Lake south of Bartlett, was reported early in the morning, but could not be relocated the rest of the day. Other species seen at Forney Lake on the 6th were: an EARED GREBE, a GREAT EGRET, a SANDHILL CRANE, a GREATER SCAUP & a MARBLED GODWIT. An OSPREY was seen on the 6th north of Forney Lake at the I-29 Bartlett exit. 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: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:58:54 -0500 Subject: Branched Oak Lake From: John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com> Hello all, The mud flats in the west end of BOL continue to look awesome for shorebirds. I got out there around 5:30 tonight, there were just a few Baird's Sandpipers in the nw branch. By 7:00 pm there were quite a few more; 4 Marbled Godwit 1 American Avocet 1 Dunlin 6 American Golden Plover 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Greater Yellowlegs 45 Baird's Sandpipers 10 Killdeer also at Pawnee Lake there was 1 Osprey. I didn't see the swan there tonight. John Sullivan Lincoln, NE ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 99 11:07:29 -0500
From: "Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Subject: No subject given
Folks,
Took a quick walk at Spring Creek this morning and got 35 species.
Nothing out of the ordinary. Did have a Lincoln's sparrow,
double-crested cormorant, scaup spp., many field sparrows, two
bobwhite, and several bluebirds. A turkey vulture soared overhead
yesterday, and last Friday (4/2) I saw two over southwest Lincoln.
That's all.
Kevin Poague
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:16:13 -0500
From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Subject: Mixed Bag
Howdy from Ames,
Every day seems to bring a couple of new birds around the farm.
Yesterday brought the first golden-crowned kinglet. While doing chores
this morning, I saw the first chipping sparrow and cow bird. Later in
the morning, three different bunches of Franklin's gulls flew over along
with a TV and five tree swallows.
For the two other people in the state who read this and care, I
also saw the first ode of the season in the form of some sort of red
Sympetrum.
Don
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:12:14 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/7/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 7, 1999 * NEST9904.07 - Birds Mentioned Pileated Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk Fox Sparrow Louisiana Waterthrush Oldsquaw Hermit Thrush American Woodcock Prairie Falcon Field Sparrow Osprey American Golden-Plover American Avocet Marbled Godwit Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret Cinnamon Teal Greater Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher Yellow-headed Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Virginia Rail Lincoln's Sparrow Rough-legged Hawk Mountain Plover Sage Thrasher Mountain Bluebird McCown's Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur - Transcript Tape Number 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha , for Wednesday, April 7th. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 7th in Bellevue, a PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen late afternoon in Fontenelle Forest from the new blind on the marsh. Also seen in Fontenelle on the 7th, were a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 2 FOX SPARROWS & 2 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, one near Mormon Hollow & one at Gifford Rd. & the railroad tracks. On the 6th, the 2 OLDSQUAWS were seen again at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion. Also on the 6th, a HERMIT THRUSH & a FOX SPARROW were found on the nature trail at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. In Douglas County on the 5th, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK was found north of Cunningham Lake north of Highway 36 on the west side of the water area. On the 4th, a PRAIRIE FALCON & a FIELD SPARROW were seen in Hummel Park north of Omaha. In Lancaster County on the 6th, an OSPREY was seen at Pawnee Lake. Also on the 6th at Branched Oak Lake the following species were seen: 6 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 4 MARBLED GODWITS, a DUNLIN, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS & 45 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. In central Nebraska in Phelps County on the 4th, 120 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 19 DOUBLE- CRESTED CORMORANTS, a GREAT EGRET, 2 male & 2 female CINNAMON TEAL, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS & 15 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were seen at Funk Lagoon. 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. 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: NevaLCP@aol.com Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:54:56 EDT Subject: Re: Mixed Bag In a message dated 4/7/99 8:14:27 PM CST, paseka@tvsonline.net writes: > > For the two other people in the state who read this and care, I > also saw the first ode of the season in the form of some sort of red > Sympetrum. > Anax junius (Green Darner) and Tarnetrum corruptum were out in force at Forney Lake on Tuesday. Unfortunately the Garganey was nowhere to be found. Neva Pruess Lincoln, NE
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:52:08 -0500 Subject: Fontenelle Forest Birds for 4/7 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Nebraska Birders, We received a report tonight from Patrice Wallace of her sighting of a Pileated Woodpecker this afternoon in Fontenelle. She was sitting in the new observation blind at the marsh, and saw it across the marsh. It then flew toward Mormon Hollow. We were in Fontenelle this morning and found 2 singing Louisiana Waterthrushes, one at Mormon Hollow & one at Gifford Rd. and the railroad tracks. Babs & Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
From: "Lanny Randolph" <randolphl@unk.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:36:58 -0500 Subject: [NeBirds]chippies and martins Hi Nebraska birders, Wednesday, April 7, I heard two Chipping Sparrows and Robin and I saw two Pine Siskins on the UNK campus. Thursday, April 8, I saw a Purple Martin in Kearney. Lanny
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:02:14 -0500 From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: Re: [NeBirds]chippies and martins Lanny, Are you certain they were chippies? Juncos singing can sound very similar to chipping sparrows. Also, I was in the Kearney area April 1-3. Eagles (bald) near few remaining prairie dog towns north west of Kearney. A flock of 250-300 cedar waxwings was in one tree in the Cedar Hills subdivision northwest of Kearney and several eastern bluebirds. Had Ring-necked Ducks at Ft. Kearny Rec. Area. Dozens of siskins in Pleasanton. Thomas Labedz, Lincoln Lanny Randolph wrote: > > Hi Nebraska birders, > > Wednesday, April 7, I heard two Chipping Sparrows and Robin and I saw two Pine > Siskins on the UNK campus. Thursday, April 8, I saw a Purple Martin in Kearney. > > Lanny
From: "Lanny Randolph" <randolphl@unk.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 10:33:34 -0500 Subject: [NeBirds] Eastern Phoebe Hi Nebraska birders, Thursday, April 8, in Buffalo County I saw 35 Cedar Waxwings on the UNK campus. On our way to work Friday, April 9, Robin and I heard an Eastern Phoebe at the small bridge that is just south of the Gibbon I-80 exit. We also saw seven Double-crested Cormorants at the sandpit that is at the northwest corner of the Gibbon I-80 exit. Thank you for the concern about the early Chipping Sparrows, Tom. April 7th seemed like a reasonable enough date for Chipping Sparrows to me, so I looked it up. In Dr. Johnsgard's Birds of Nebraska and Adjacent Plains States in discussing observers' first spring sitings it says this, "Half of the records fall within the period April 6 - May 2." Many species have shown up early this year, and April 7 is not such an unusually early date anyway. Lanny Lanny Randolph southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th rd. Gibbon Ne. 68840 308-468-5057 MarshWren@nctc.net (home) RandolphL@UNK.edu (work)
From: "Dave Rintoul" <drintoul@ksu.edu> Subject: RE: [NeBirds] Eastern Phoebe Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:27:24 -0500 > Thank you for the concern about the early Chipping Sparrows, > Tom. April 7th > seemed like a reasonable enough date for Chipping Sparrows to > me, so I looked it > up. In Dr. Johnsgard's Birds of Nebraska and Adjacent Plains > States in > discussing observers' first spring sitings it says this, > "Half of the records > fall within the period April 6 - May 2." Many species have > shown up early this > year, and April 7 is not such an unusually early date anyway. > Also for the record, Jim Mayhew and I SAW a chipping sparrow at one of the feeders at Rowe Sanctuary on Wed., March 24 this year. I don't know if it was an early migrant, or if it was able to overwinter during this mild winter. But when we pointed it out to the Sanctuary staff, no one mentioned that they had been seeing it all winter... 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
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 13:25:53 -0500 Subject: Whooping Cranes From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> We just received word that six adult Whooping Cranes have been sighted east of DeSoto NWR in Harrison County, Iowa. To find them go south on L-16 (Wilson Island Road) 2 miles to 335th St. Turn east and go 1/2 mile. The birds are feeding in a field south of the road. 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]
Subject: Whooping Cranes From: James Kovanda <jkovanda@juno.com> Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 14:57:33 EDT NeBirders, Mindy Sheets from Desoto Refuge called today, Friday 9, at 1:45 p.m. There are six whooping cranes near the refuge. Take I-29 to the Highway 30 exit. Follow Highway 30 west toward the refuge. Turn south on L-16 for 2 miles Go east on gravel road (335th St.) for one-half mile. Look south in open field. They are far from the road and it may take some searching. They've been there all morning. Good Luck Jim Kovanda ___________________________________________________________________ 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, 9 Apr 1999 16:35:16 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/9/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 9, 1999 * NEST9904.09 - Birds Mentioned Whooping Crane (Iowa) Black-crowned Night-Heron American White Pelican Tree Swallow Fox Sparrow Pileated Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk Louisiana Waterthrush Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow American Woodcock American Robin (albino) Osprey American Golden-Plover American Avocet Marbled Godwit Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper - 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 9th. In Iowa east of DeSoto NWR on the 9th, 6 WHOOPING CRANES were feeding in a field south of U.S. Highway 30. From Highway 30, go south on County Road L-16 two miles; turn east on a gravel road, 335th Street for one mile. The birds are 1/4 -1/2 mile south of the road. In eastern Nebraska in Stanton County on the 8th, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, TREE SWALLOWS & a FOX SPARROW were found at Wood Duck WMA. In Sarpy County on the 7th in Bellevue, a PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen late afternoon in Fontenelle Forest from the new blind on the marsh. Also seen in Fontenelle on the 7th, were a RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, 2 FOX SPARROWS & 2 singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, one near Mormon Hollow & one at Gifford Rd. & the railroad tracks. On the 9th at Walnut Creek, ROUGH- WINGED SWALLOWS & a BARN SWALLOW were seen. In Douglas County on the 7th, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK was found again north of Cunningham Lake north of Highway 36 on the west side of the water area. On the 8th & 9th, an albino AMERICAN ROBIN was seen in a yard at 129th & Eagle Run Drive between Maple & Blondo Streets in Omaha. In Lancaster County on the 6th, an OSPREY was seen at Pawnee Lake. Also on the 6th at Branched Oak Lake the following species were seen: 6 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 4 MARBLED GODWITS, a DUNLIN, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS & 45 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. 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, 9 Apr 1999 16:45:58 -0500 Subject: Re: [NeBirds]chippies and martins From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Regarding Chipping Sparrows, Babs and I had one singing on territory near Fontenelle Forest on 7 Apr. We saw and heard it. Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 08:02:14 -0500 "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> writes: >Lanny, > Are you certain they were chippies? Juncos singing can sound very >similar to chipping sparrows. > Also, I was in the Kearney area April 1-3. Eagles (bald) near few >remaining prairie dog towns north west of Kearney. A flock of 250-300 >cedar waxwings was in one tree in the Cedar Hills subdivision northwest >of Kearney and several eastern bluebirds. Had Ring-necked Ducks at Ft. >Kearny Rec. Area. Dozens of siskins in Pleasanton. > Thomas Labedz, Lincoln > >Lanny Randolph wrote: >> >> Hi Nebraska birders, >> >> Wednesday, April 7, I heard two Chipping Sparrows and Robin and I >saw two Pine >> Siskins on the UNK campus. Thursday, April 8, I saw a Purple Martin >in Kearney. >> >> Lanny > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:11 CDT Subject: Whooping Cranes Birders, I drove to DeSoto Wildlife Refuge (east and south) in western Harrison County, Iowa to find the Whooping Cranes Friday afternoon. Arrived at the location at about 2:00pm and immediately spotted the 6 Whoopers. Beautiful sight. Never seen more than 3 in a group before. Was able to get a relatively close look and watched them for about 2 hours. They were doing lots of dancing which appeared much more animated than the Sandhill Crane dancing. Maybe it is because they are taller and more conspicuous in color. At times one would put its head near the ground and jump up and down, and then raise its head straight up in the air and flap its huge black and white wings while 3 to 4 feet off the ground. Fantastic to watch. They appeared to be catching frogs along one of the field drainage ditches. From their 'stabbing' motion it did not appear that they were eating corn even though they were on the edge of a corn field. I would guess that the heavy thunder storms (and tornadoes) that moved through this area from west to east probably blew them off course by some 150 miles. The same may be true for those seen in Page County, Iowa reported by Ross Silcock also on the 9th . Clem Klaphake cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Bellevue, NE
From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Scotts Bluff County Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:57:52 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01BE82C3.40A8F200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nebraska Birders, Earlier in the week I had my first Say's Phoebe at home. I also had 3 = N. Flickers at one time--a very yellow Yellow-shafted, a pale = Red-shafted, and the brightest Orange-shafted I have ever seen. Today I drove by Cochran Lake southwest of Melbeta. Out among the = white-caps were 8 Am. White Pelicans and lots of N. Shovelers. Last night I counted 23 T. Vultures at a usual roosting site in = residential west Gering. Alice Kenitz Gering ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01BE82C3.40A8F200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi Nebraska Birders,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Earlier in the week I had my first = Say's Phoebe at home. I also had 3 N. Flickers at one time--a very yellow Yellow-shafted, a pale Red-shafted, and the brightest = Orange-shafted I have ever seen. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Today I drove by Cochran Lake = southwest of Melbeta. Out among the white-caps were 8 Am. White Pelicans and = lots of N. Shovelers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Last night I counted 23 T. Vultures = at a usual roosting site in residential west Gering.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>Alice = Kenitz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Gering</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01BE82C3.40A8F200--
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: Re: [NeBirds]chippies and martins Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 21:41:39 -0500 Nebraska birders, I also heard Chipping Sparrows singing. I heard them from two parts of the UNK campus on April 9. Chippies have traditionally spent summers on the campus. They do seem a little early but everything seems early this year. I also heard many Pine Siskins on campus today. Robin Harding Gibbon, NE marshwren@nctc.net
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 22:02:58 -0500 Subject: Fontenelle From: John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com> Hello all, I hiked around Gifford Point at Fontenelle Forest for a couple of hours tonight. Despite the wind and cold there was still a few active birds. Here are the highlites; 1 Winter Wren in Handsome Hollow 1 Louisiana Waterthrush in Mormon Hollow 1 Coopers Hawk calling from the north rim of Handsome Hollow 2 Osprey at the Great Marsh 2 Swamp Sparrows 2 White-crowned Sparrows 12+ Ruby Crowned Kinglets 2 Eastern Towhees 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: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 08:24:52 -0500 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Re: BB gunners/chickadees This came over Bluebird-L in case you are not subscribed to it. Carolyn Hall, The Sandhills Bluebird Lady at Bassett where it is 37* and raining. Monsoon in the Sandhills! Put up 3 nestboxes yesterday. One for a widow up on the hill here in Bassett and two for the Gurnsey's who live 3 miles south of town. She is 88 and he is 91. Still farming 3 quarters of corn, raising hogs and peacocks. > kridler@1Starnet.com > Keith Kridler Texas > Kevin and all, > Nintendo has probably saved more birds from BB's than an other invention > of mankind. I just caught my 11 year old son Shawn and a friend still > quietly playing (6AM) after I told them to go to bed at 11PM. They won't > kill anything this Saturday! > Education is the key with the kids! I want to know Darlene's thoughts on > handling this type situation since she works with soooo many kids! I found > very early that the NABS slide program doesn't work for school kids. Get > down on their level wheter you are talking to one or a 100! For them I don't > show a slide of bluebirds and say, "This is Sialia sialis but rather this is > the "bluebird of happiness" which is mentioned in more songs and poetry than > any other bird!" Tell them when you see the little blue birds in your > cartoons this is the one they are copying! Quote them the line from Wizard > of Oz, "Somewhere over the rainbow, Bluebirds fly." ETC. > I show lots of slides of kids building nestboxes during my programs now > and some are the parents of the kids now watching! Make it "cool, neat or > awesome" to be a bluebirder! They are not adult bluebirds, they are Mama, > Papa and the young are brothers and sisters make it personal. Bluebirds are > a family and will mourn when a mama or daddy is missing. If you shoot one > with your BB gun or your cat kills one it will be hard for just the mama or > daddy to raise the family by themselves and take care of all of their > children. If this happens they will try to get another mate to help them > raise their children. If both the parents die then the babies will die if > they don't have older brothers or sisters to take care of them since Aunts > and Uncles don't have time! (With divorce so common the above lines work the > best! Sad isn't it.) > I tell them there will be an important test after the program so they > better listen! At the end of the program I like to give out NABS brochures > with my name and phone number on them and have the kids go home and teach > their parents and siblings about bluebirds. We often build bluebird "houses" > at the end of the program "since bluebirds are just like people, they want > to live in a nice house" or I will go back to the next meeting and build > them. We build a simple Dick Tuttle style nestbox with all square cuts and I > encourage the kids to get "Daddy" to copy it and build them for all of the > other kids. Keeping it simple will raise more bluebirds! "If they have > problems" they can call me! I do not hardly mention sparrows or snakes to > kids. Why mention something bad that they may never have a problem with in > their back yard? But show the slides and tell them I can help them if these > "problems" show up at their house! > Use some of the above with kids with BB guns but most importantly get > permission to take them along on the trail! Let them help count. Teach them > to whistle to just hatched birds so they can count the open mouths begging > for food. Tell them about all of the miracles contained in a single egg! If > it is kept warm and turned regularly in a couple of weeks it will grow and > hatch and in just 30 days from the time it was laid it will blossom into a > beautiful bird. Point out that the blue prints for every feather every color > and beautiful voice is contained inside that egg! All it takes is for loving > parents to bring it to life! > > By all means leave the Chickadee nest and add another board over the box > front with a smaller hole drilled to 1&1/8" lined up with the first entrance > hole to protect the chickadees from house sparrows. Add another nestbox near > that one with the 1&1/2" or 1&9/16" hole for bluebirds, titmice, great > crested flycatcher ETC. See how many different native cavity nesters you can > attract to your yard! KK
From: "Susan J. Herrick" <th41814@mail.navix.net> Subject: birds Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:32:33 -0500 Saturday April 10th. John Sullivan and I were at Branched Oak Lake from 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and saw an Avocet and 2 Marbled Godwits. We also saw Pied-billed Grebes, Eared Grebes, White Pelicans (25), Cormorants, White-fronted, Snow, and Canada Geese, Blue-winged Teal, Shoveler, Bufflehead, RuddyDucks, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Coots, Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Baird's Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, and Ring-billed Gull, and some wind. Susan Herrick
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Garganey Refound sw Iowa Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:10:25 -0500 Loren and Babs Padelford refound the male Garganey at Forney Lake in its usual spot (3rd pullout from the west) Sat morning Apr 10. It has been hiding for a few days. Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 16:37:08 -0500 Subject: Fw: Whooping Cranes near Essex, IA From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Birders, The three Whooping Cranes were still at the same spot north of Essex, IA today, 4/10, at about 3:00 p.m. Thanks to Don Priebe and Ross Silcock for getting the word out on these beauties. Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> To: "Loren Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Cc: "IA-BIRD" <IA-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:13:09 -0500 Subject: Whooping Cranes near Essex, IA Message-ID: <199904100155.UAA20007@news.heartland.net> Folks: Just got back from seeing the 3 Whooping Cranes north of Essex, Iowa. Looks like a pair with a yearling, but about 400 yards away and dusk! Thanks to Don Priebe who called me with the info. These birds have been there 2 days, presumably after the storm on Weds. Directions: From Essex there are 2 roads going north: one is Hiway 48 which is east of the railroad tracks, the other is west of the tracks. You want the latter. If you are on highway 48, cross the tracks west just south of the elevator at Essex. Across the tracks go north on county road M41. Going north you soon (just over a mile) cross the East Nishnabotna River bridge. From there, go north another 1.2 miles and turn east on a Dead End Road. You will see the birds off to the south. They are using rainwater puddles to loaf. Come to sunny, subtropical southwest Iowa!! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ___________________________________________________________________ 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: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Bald Eagles Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:41:16 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BE8368.927178A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Bald Eagle nest at Lake Alice has at least 2 chicks. There is also a Bald Eagle nest south of Bayard (between Bayard and = highway 92). The adults are 'at' the nest, but don't appear to be 'on' = the nest, i.e. they don't appear to be sitting on eggs. This nest has = existed for the last couple of years at least, but nothing has been = hatched as far as we know. Alice Kenitz, Gering ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BE8368.927178A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The Bald Eagle nest at Lake Alice = has at least 2 chicks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>There is also a Bald Eagle nest = south of Bayard (between Bayard and highway 92). The adults are 'at' the nest, but = don't appear to be 'on' the nest, i.e. they don't appear to be sitting on = eggs. This nest has existed for the last couple of years at least, but nothing = has been hatched as far as we know.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Alice Kenitz, = Gering</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01BE8368.927178A0--
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 19:47:32 CDT Subject: Base Lake Birders, Got up this morning (April 10th) and found 3 Harris' Sparrows at my feeder in Bellevue, just south of Bellevue University. Then drove over to the Base Lake near Offutt AFB and saw: 12 Pied-billed Grebes 32 Lesser Scaups 2 Buffleheads 4 N. Shovelers 2 Red-breasted Mergansers (male and female) 8 Double-crested Cormorants 4 Ring-billed Gulls 1 Osprey Clem Klaphake cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Buffalo Co. birds Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:25:18 -0500 Nebraska birders, On Saturday, April 10, in and around our yard which is about three miles southeast of Gibbon, Lanny and I saw one lonely Cedar Waxwing, about twenty Harris's Sparrows and two Field Sparrows. These are the first Field Sparrows that we have seen this year. We saw only two Dark-eyed Juncos today after a winter with many of them. There are still lots of Sandhill Cranes around although far below peak numbers. What have you seeing lately? Robin
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:31:31 -0500
From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Subject: Whoopers Easier Than Common
Hello All,
Janis and I drove over to DeSoto this Saturday afternoon. At 3 P.M.
the six whooping cranes were still in the same area as yesterday. The
section they were in is bounded by Grover, Hull, York, and 335th roads.
They seemed to be about a half a mile away from whichever side one
approached. They were easy to spot compared to the common crane since
they are the only large white things in an otherwise barren landscape.
It's amazing to think that with the three down by Essex that there
are nine of these birds at once in western Iowa!
We stopped at the refuge on the way home and saw the following:
DC Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Hawk (Immature, Light Phase)
Eastern Phoebe
Anax Junius, male
Sympetrum Corruptum ( Pair in tandem)
Dozens of large Bullfrogs
The phoebe was extremely yellow underneath and even showed some
yellow in the outer edges of the tail.
The Swainson's must be on the move as we also saw one when we got
home.
Don Paseka
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:46:35 -0500 Subject: Loup Park, Columbus, Platte Co. Ne. From: "John W. Hall" <jwhall2@juno.com> Took a strool around Loup Park around noon Saturday. Birds seen include: 85 American White Pelicans 14 Double-crested Cormorants Hairy Woodpecker Downey Woodpecker 3 Red-breasted Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 8 Shovelers 18 Lesser Scaup 1 Canvasback 7 Ruddy Duck ~ AMerican Coots 2 Canada Geese 5 Gadwall 12 Blue-winged Teal 8 Cedar Waxwings (24 seen later in Columbus also) 2 Song Sparrows 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 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, 10 Apr 1999 22:11:53 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 4/10/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * April 10, 1999 * NEST9904.10 - Birds Mentioned Whooping Crane Swainson's Hawk Eared Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron American White Pelican Tree Swallow Fox Sparrow Red-breasted Merganser Osprey Winter Wren Louisiana Waterthrush Cooper's Hawk Swamp Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Eastern Towhee Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow American Avocet Marbled Godwit Lesser Yellowlegs Baird's Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Field Sparrow Harris's 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 Saturday, April 10th. In Iowa east of DeSoto NWR on the 10th, the 6 WHOOPING CRANES were seen again from early morning to mid-afternoon in the same area as on the 9th south of U.S. Highway 30. From I-29 go west on Highway 30 to Italy St. & go south about 3 miles to York St. & check the fields. On DeSoto NWR on the 10th, a SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen & an EARED GREBE was found on the Bertrand pond. The three WHOOPING CRANES found in Page County on the 9th , were also seen mid-afternoon on the 10thnorth of Essex. Go north of Essex on M41 1.2 miles beyond the bridge over the East Nishnabotna River, then turn east on a dead end road. The cranes were in the field to the south. Also on the 10th, the GARGANEY was found again at Forney Lake south of Bartlett, & was seen in the morning and afternoon. In eastern Nebraska in Stanton County on the 8th, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, TREE SWALLOWS & a FOX SPARROW were found at Wood Duck WMA. In Sarpy County on the 10th south of Bellevue, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS & an OSPREY were seen at Offutt Lake. On the 9th in Fontenelle Forest, an OSPREY was seen at the marsh; a WINTER WREN was found at Handsome Hollow & a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was seen in Mormon Hollow. Also seen there on the 9th, were a COOPER'S HAWK, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS & 2 EASTERN TOWHEES. On the 9th at Walnut Creek Lake west of Papillion, ROUGH- WINGED SWALLOWS & a BARN SWALLOW were seen. In Lancaster County on the 10th at Branched Oak Lake the following species were seen: EARED GREBES, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 2 MARBLED GODWITS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS & BONAPARTE'S GULLS. In Dodge County on the 10th, a SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen 5 miles north & a mile west of Ames. In central Nebraska in Buffalo County on the 10th, 2 FIELD SPARROWS & 20 HARRIS'S SPARROWS were seen 3 miles southeast of Gibbon. 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] Fwd. from Hoges at Alma Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:38:23 -0500 Nebraska birders, Wanda Hoge sent this to us today from Harlan County, thought you would be interested. Robin Sat, Apr 10, 1999 >From: "Wanda Hoge" >To: "Robin" <marshwren@nctc.net> >Robin > Tonight at 7 p.m. on bridge over Republican River on the mud we saw > l Snipe, 3 semipalmated Sandpipers, 10 Amer Avocets, 8 Baird's Sandpipers, > Killdeer, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Tree Swallow. Then at the boat launch >in town > we saw 1 Eared Grebe. Not bad for a 20 min look on the way home from eating > out. Today we also had a male Purple Martin flying over home. > How was the Crane night? When are you going to be down are way. Whets >new up your way Good Birding Wanda and Glen >
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Spring Migration at Hitchcock Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:18:21 -0500 Hi all, I got up to Hitchcock for about 4.5 hours yesterday as part of our last spring field trip. A high spotty flight with birds being pushed ahead of cloud fronts that threatened rain but brought only wind. The resident Turkey Vultures are back in force; so, counting them was a real chore. I hope I got it close to right: Migrant raptors and New World vultures: Turkey Vulture 35 Northern Harrier 1(immature) Bald Eagle 1 (adult) very late! Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper's Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 11 (mostly immatures other than the residents [which I didn't count]) American Kestrel 3 Other migrants: 11 Canada Goose 4 duck (unidentified) 42 Franklin's Gull 10 White Pelican 23 Double-crested Cormorant 8 American Crow 11 Tree Swallow 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 14 Dark-eyed Junco Very little small bird activity around the feeders or watch due to the wind. I did hear three of the ground-walkers (Wild Turkey, Ring-necked Pheasant and Northern Bobwhite). Disappointed not to see any Broad-wings or Swainson's yet. -----Original Message----- From: marshwren@nctc.net [mailto:marshwren@nctc.net] Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 10:38 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: [NeBirds] Fwd. from Hoges at Alma Nebraska birders, Wanda Hoge sent this to us today from Harlan County, thought you would be interested. Robin Sat, Apr 10, 1999 >From: "Wanda Hoge" >To: "Robin" <marshwren@nctc.net> >Robin > Tonight at 7 p.m. on bridge over Republican River on the mud we saw > l Snipe, 3 semipalmated Sandpipers, 10 Amer Avocets, 8 Baird's Sandpipers, > Killdeer, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Tree Swallow. Then at the boat launch >in town > we saw 1 Eared Grebe. Not bad for a 20 min look on the way home from eating > out. Today we also had a male Purple Martin flying over home. > How was the Crane night? When are you going to be down are way. Whets >new up your way Good Birding Wanda and Glen >
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Sunday FF Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:17:30 -0500 Hi folks: Walked the Hidden Lake Trail at Fontenelle Forest from Mormon Hollow to the new blind (south of Great Marsh). Nice walk but few birds. Highlights (if they can be so called): Pied-billed Grebe 9 Osprey 1 Rough-winged Swallow 75 Tree Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 47 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 4 White-throated Sparrow 2 Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:46:07 +0000 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Re: Sunday FF Hi All, I definetly had a Chipping Sparrow in near the brush pile in the garden today. Linda R. Brown Lincoln, NE lb14735@navix.net
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] fwd. Hoges in Harlan County Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:43:31 -0500 Nebraska birders, This from Wanda Hoge in Alma, Harlan County: >>From jacana@swnebr.net Sun Apr 11 16:57:19 1999 >From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> >To: "Robin" <marshwren@nctc.net> >Subject: >Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 16:58:06 -0000 > >Robin > You must of not gotten my second letter Had Semipalmented Plovers. Not >Sandpipers. > To day the Eared Grebe's were all over the lake. We also had 3 Tree >Swallows . and We drove around co. we also found Barn and Rough-winged >Swallows. And saw 4 Loggerhead Shrike's We ended up with 62 species. >All in Co. and we were only out about 4 hr. Glen said we should tell >you we had 3 Say's Phoebe's Vesper and Chipping and Savannah Swallows >We don't care who you give are address too if we don't want to answer >back we will not . > When you coming down this way? >
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 99 09:15:51 -0400
From: "Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Subject: nature center
Howdy!
First of all, we went an entire weekend without one mention of a
Ferruginous Hawk. What's wrong with you people?
Secondly, I guess I'll put in my two cents about chipping sparrows. I
saw and heard the first one out here at Spring Creek on Thursday,
April 8.
Finally, on Saturday, April 10, the Wachiska Audubon/Pioneers Park
Nature Center bird watching class took a field trip around the nature
center, and recorded 42 species, some of which follow:
pied-billed grebe
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron (2)
northern rough-winged swallows
tree swallows
ruby-crowned kinglets (lots)
yellow-rumped warblers
eastern towhee
Carolina wren (this is the first one I have seen there in 11 years of
birding the place, and Irene Alexander, who has been there longer,
can't remember seeing one before either. But they are regular birds
in Wilderness Park just a few miles to the east. Hmmmmm.)
white-crowned sparrow
fox sparrow
Harris's sparrow
brown creeper
Kevin Poague
kpoague@audubon.org
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