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1. eastern rainwater basin
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:02:06 -0500
2. Scissor-tail
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:32:56 -0500
3. more scissortail
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu>
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:34:04 -0500
4. Fw: Rufus-crowned Sparrow in Riley County on July 6
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:57:34 -0500
5. Crescent Lake
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:44:26 -0600
6. Nebraska Birdline for 6/8/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:14:40 -0500
7. [NeBirds] June 8 Dawson Co
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 19:37:57 -0500
8.
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:05:54 -0500
9. Birding thanks and results
Paul Bedell <pbedell@vcu.org>
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:39:01 -0400
10. summer tanager?
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:49:17 -0500
11. Re: summer tanager?
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:05:26 -0500
12. NOU
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:56:05 -0500 (CDT)
13. Re: [NeBirds] June 8 Dawson Co
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:20:21 -0500 (CDT)
14. Nebraska Birdline for 6/12/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:18:32 -0500
15. [NeBirds] an early summer funk
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:39:08 -0500
16. e. RWB
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 06:46:51 -0500
17. Chase and Dundy Co. Birding
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:44:19 -0500 (CDT)
18. Pine Ridge
Janece Mollhoff <wm14915@navix.net>
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:14:27 -0700
19. Re: Need Birder Contact in Lexington, NE area
"Mike Mnich" <mmnich@eurekaherald.com>
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:01:10 -0500
20. Nebraska Birdline for 6/15/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:52:49 -0500
21. Gering area
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:45:22 -0600
22. Administrivia
"Robert I. Price" <price@rip.physics.unk.edu>
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:41:47 +0100
23. Fw: birding-aus colour perception
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:27:24 -0500
24. Re: Gering area
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:13:33 CDT
25. John Dinan's address
Sue Amiotte <samiotte@bbc.net>
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:50:41 +0000
26. Re: John Dinan's address
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:09:50 -0500 (CDT)
27. Nebraska Birdline for 6/20/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 09:12:41 -0500
28. Re: Nesting data needed
Janece Mollhoff <wm14915@navix.net>
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:50:15 -0700
29. [NeBirds] Baby bird day
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:34:03 -0500
30. Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99
pkaufman@sccm.cc.ne.us
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:14:49 -0500
31. Re: Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:40:38 -0500 (CDT)
32. Re: Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99
pkaufman@sccm.cc.ne.us
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:17:43 -0500
33. Great-tailed Grackles
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:03:20 -0600
34. [NeBirds] bluebird trails
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:29:19 -0500
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: eastern rainwater basin Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:02:06 -0500 Hi folks, This will be last time for this Spring that I have post shorebird totals from the eastern Rainwater Basin, as the migration is winding down and doing so quickly. It was a good Spring in regards of species diversity (34 total shorb species), but overall numbers were depressed (roughly, about 30% lower overall numbers than the 2 previous years, biggest drops were Semipalmated Sandpipers and White-rumped Sandpipers). The numbers are below. Joel Jorgensen ----------------------------------------- Eastern RWB Shorebird totals, 6 June Non-Killdeer Plovers, Avocets, Willets, Yellowlegs, Phalaropes, Dowitchers, etc 0 Hudsonian Godwit 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 White-rumped Sandpiper 182 (down from 2816 one week ago) Baird's Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Other birds ------------------------ Kissinger WMA 1 Least Bittern 1 Lesser Scaup Theesen WPA 2 Lesser Scaup Harvard WPA 1 adult Little Blue Heron 2 Greater White-fronted Geese Hultine WPA 1 Greater White-fronted Geese (several Snow Geese are scattered around as well) 2 female/immature Hooded Mergansers
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:32:56 -0500 From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: Scissor-tail Hey NE birders, While doing my Breeding Bird Survey route (Sumner, Dawson Co. south across the Platte at Overton and into Phelps Co., I think my 13th year on this route) my wife and I found two new route species. One, Wild Turkey, is no big surprise. The other, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, was. It was seen briefly during the 3 minutes of counting at stop 6 (right about dawn). Stop six is about 3 miles south of Sumner at the T intersection between sections 20, 21, 28, 29 of T11N, R19W. We noted it on the power line as we approached the stop, it stayed as I started the 3 minute count but could not be found when we searched for it after the 3 minute count. How are you others doing on their BBS routes? Contact Loren Padelford if you'd like to hear more about running one. Thomas Labedz, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:34:04 -0500 From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlinfo.unl.edu> Subject: more scissortail Forgot to mention that this was on Saturday, 5 June 1999.
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: Rufus-crowned Sparrow in Riley County on July 6 Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:57:34 -0500 Hi Folks! Something to think about! How about those rocky hillsides in southcentral NE? Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Lowell Johnson <ljohnson@PLANTPATH.KSU.EDU> > To: KSBIRD-L@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU > Subject: Rufus-crowned Sparrow in Riley County on July 6 > Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 10:36 AM > > First a note of thanks to Dave Rintoul and that Nebraska birder who > reported the presence of a Rufous-crowned Sparrow at that south-west > overlook parking lot just before you cross over the Tuttle Creek > dam. Having unsuccessfully looked for this species several times in > Morton County, as well as in southern Arizona, I must admit I was not > overly optimistic about the likelihood of spotting one so close to > home, but decided to pursue it anyway. I went out to the site both > Saturday and Sunday mornings between 7 and 8 a.m., and probably spent > an hour there, mostly thinking that I should be somewhere else > (pruning the shrubs in our yard, for example). I probably saw about > 20 species while I was there, but the sparrow assortment was > restricted to Field and Chipping Sparrows. Some rufous on the crown, > but not what I was hoping for. > > Then on Sunday afternoon Wanda and I decided to take a picnic out to > Tuttle Creek. The venture initially looked like a mistake, as it > started to rain while I was fixing the high-nitrite hot dogs, and I > had to finish the job under an umbrella. Fortunately, we had > selected a table under a shelter. At any rate, after eating, we > decided to make one last stop at the overlook on the way home. We > simply sat in the car with the windows down listening for something > unusual. We were joking a bit about a couple down by the water that > were fishing and at the same time entertaining their dogs by having > them fetch sticks from the water, when a bird flew into a > conveniently dead shrub about 10-12 feet in front of our car. The > bird was facing us and in full view. It was a classic Rufous-crowned > Sparrow. The showy rufous crown, the white over the eye with a rusty > line extending back from the eye, the black malar stripes surrounding > a white throat, an obvious but not highly conspicuous eye-ring, the > relatively greyish body and wings, the absence of wing bars, and the > longish tail, quite different from any Spizella sparrow left > absolutely no doubt in my mind what we were seeing, even though I had > never seen one before. The bird remained there for between 1-2 > minutes, as we alternately checked our National Geographic Field > Guide and looked at the bird. It ultimately flew up the hillside, > giving us a few additional brief looks, and then disappeared. It > never vocalized. > > Upon returning home, I discovered that a Rufous-crowned Sparrow had > been reported once in neighboring Geary County during the winter (a > Christmas Count report, I presume), but I am unaware of any other > summertime reports. Other birders on the list may be able to provide > further information. > > I never saw a second bird, but wouldn't it be neat if there was a > nesting pair in Riley County. If so, can Curve-billed Thrasher, > Scaled Quail and Roadrunner be that far behind? Dream on. > > Lowell > Lowell B. Johnson > Department of Plant Pathology > Kansas State University > Manhattan, KS 66506-5502 > 913-532-1360
From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Crescent Lake Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 19:44:26 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01BEB11E.26D54980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Nebraska Birders, On Saturday, June 5, we had a field trip to Crescent Lake. We went into = the refuge from Oshkosh & out through Lakeside. We identified 76 = species from Gering and back. Highlights were watching Western Grebes do their courtship 'dance', = watching a Double-crested Cormorant swallow a fish that appeared to be = much to big to go down that throat, and seeing 2 Black-necked Stilts = just east of Lakeside. We also saw a nice patch of Penstemon Haydeni = (blowout penstemon). Other species identified are-- Eared Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, White Pelican, Great Blue = Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, American Bittern, Canada Goose, = Mallard, Gadwall, Pintail, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Wood = Duck, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson's = Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Ring-necked Pheasant, American = Coot, Killdeer (with young), Common Snipe, Long-billed Curlew (with = young), Upland Sandpiper, Willet, American Avocet, Franklin's Gull, = Forster's Tern, Black Tern, Mourning Dove, Rock Dove, Burrowing Owl, = Common Nighthawk, Belted Kingfisher, Common flicker, Eastern Kingbird, = Western Kingbird, Say's Phoebe, Western Wood-Pewee, Horned Lark, Tree = Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Blue Jay, Black-billed Magpie, = American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, House Wren, March Wren, Northern = Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, European = Starling, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, House = Sparrow, Bobolink, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, = Red-winged Blackbird, Orchard Oriole, Common Grackle, Brown-headed = Cowbird, American Goldfinch, Lark Bunting, Grasshopped Sparrow, and Lark = Sparrow. It was a great day!!! ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01BEB11E.26D54980 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>On Saturday, June 5, we had a field = trip to Crescent Lake. We went into the refuge from Oshkosh & out = through Lakeside. We identified 76 species from Gering and = back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Highlights were watching Western = Grebes do their courtship 'dance', watching a Double-crested Cormorant swallow a fish = that appeared to be much to big to go down that throat, and seeing 2 = Black-necked Stilts just east of Lakeside. We also saw a nice patch of = Penstemon Haydeni (blowout penstemon).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Other species identified = are--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Eared Grebe, Clark's Grebe, = Pied-billed Grebe, White Pelican, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, American = Bittern, Canada Goose, Mallard, Gadwall, Pintail, Blue-winged Teal, Northern = Shoveler, Wood Duck, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, = Swainson's Hawk, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrel, Ring-necked Pheasant, American Coot, = Killdeer (with young), Common Snipe, Long-billed Curlew (with young), = Upland Sandpiper, Willet, American Avocet, Franklin's Gull, Forster's Tern, = Black Tern, Mourning Dove, Rock Dove, Burrowing Owl, Common Nighthawk, Belted = Kingfisher, Common flicker, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Say's Phoebe, = Western Wood-Pewee, Horned Lark, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Blue = Jay, Black-billed Magpie, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, House Wren, = March Wren, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Swainson's = Thrush, European Starling, Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, = House Sparrow, Bobolink, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, = Red-winged Blackbird, Orchard Oriole, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, = American Goldfinch, Lark Bunting, Grasshopped Sparrow, and Lark = Sparrow.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>It was a great = day!!!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01BEB11E.26D54980--
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:14:40 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 6/8/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * June 8, 1999 * NEST9906.08 - Birds Mentioned Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Least Bittern Lesser Scaup Little Blue Heron Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Hooded Merganser Hudsonian Godwit Semipalmated Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Cattle Egret Bufflehead Bell's Vireo Bewick's Wren Black-necked Stilt Clark's Grebe Ferruginous Hawk Long-billed Curlew Burrowing Owl Say's Phoebe Western Wood-Pewee Northern Mockingbird Swainson's Thrush Grasshopper Sparrow Dickcissel Piping Plover Least Tern - Transcript Tape Number: 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha, for Tuesday, June 8th. In central Nebraska in Dawson County on the 5th, a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen briefly sitting on a powerline 3 miles south of Sumner. In Clay County on the 6th, a LEAST BITTERN & a LESSER SCAUP were seen at Kissinger WMA. At Harvard WPA on the 6th, an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON & 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were found. At Hultine WPA, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, several SNOW GEESE & 2 HOODED MERGANSERS were seen on the 6th. Shorebirds seen in the Eastern Rainwater Basin on the 6th include: 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 182 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER & 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. In Kearney County on the 6th, a CATTLE EGRET & a BUFFLEHEAD were seen at Youngson WPA. At Jensen WPA on the 6th, 2 BELL'S VIREOS were heard singing. In Antelope County on the 2nd, the BEWICK'S WREN was still being seen and heard below the visitor's center at Ashfall State Historical Park. From the Visitor's Center, walk towards the Rhino Barn, stop at the Discovery Sign with the yellow flag & look in the trees to the west. If you see the Bewick's Wren, please notify the Birdline. In western Nebraska in Sheridan County on the 5th, 2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS were spotted along Highway 2 just east of Lakeside. Other species seen from Crescent Lake NWR in Garden County north to Sheridan County were: CLARK'S GREBE, FERRUGINOUS HAWK, LONG-BILLED CURLEW (with young), BURROWING OWL, SAY'S PHOEBE, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD & SWAINSON'S THRUSH. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County, 2 LEAST BITTERNS were found at La Platte Bottoms last week. In Bellevue on the 7th, a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW & a DICKCISSELS were heard singing south of the K-Mart store. In Iowa on the 7th south of Council Bluffs, a SNOW GOOSE, a PIPING PLOVER, 17 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a LEAST TERN & a BELL'S VIREO were found at the Mid-American south pond. For more information on this week's sightings, you may call 402-292-5556. To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and your report after the tone at the end of this message. Be sure to include the date of the sighting. Thank you and good birding! - End transcript
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] June 8 Dawson Co Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 19:37:57 -0500 NeBirders, Lanny and I spent the evening of June 08 driving around in some beautiful country south of Sumner hoping to be lucky enough to see a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. We saw five or six Upland Sandpipers and we heard several Grasshopper Sparrows but unfortunatly no Scissor-tail. Thanks to Labedz for the tip. Maybe next time we'll see one. We just got our June 1999 issue of NEBRASKAland magazine and noticed that the cover photo looks familiar. It's one that our friend Bub Blake took of a Western Meadowlark. Upon flipping through the pages, we saw a photo essay of Bub's photos, a little information about Bub and a few quotes. He is an excellent photographer and he loves to work in the Sandhills of Nebraska. Robin Harding 50370 24th Road Gibbon, NE 68840 308-468-5057 (home), 308-865-8647 (work) marshwren@nctc.net (home), HardingR@UNK.edu (work)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:05:54 -0500 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: One Eurasian collared dove has been in my yard for the past 2 days now and was there this morning. Laurel Badura Kearney, NE
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:39:01 -0400 From: Paul Bedell <pbedell@vcu.org> Subject: Birding thanks and results <HTML> <FONT SIZE=-1>I want to thank everyone who helped with my requests for birding sites etc. I had a great visit and saw 159 species during my trip. Some highlights were a 3-rail day in Lincoln when I saw Sora and Virginia at Chet Ager (in those back marshes along the Harrington trail) and a King Rail at the Saline Wetlands nature area. At Arbor L. I had a Least Bittern flush up from the cattails right near the viewing platform and fly across the marsh pursued by a Great-tailed Grackle. I had a Henslow's Sparrow singing and in my spotting scope south Denton north of the gravel pile where they had previously been reported.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>At Fontenelle Forest I added the Pileated to my NE list which I think now stands at 296 or thereabouts. I missed Summer Tanager at Schramm. The tanager I saw there was a Scarlet.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>I also added to my state list Brewer's Sparrow and Chestnut-collared Longspur at the state line road west of Harrison.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>At the head of Monroe Canyon I had a Townsends Solitaire. Are there breeding records for this species in NE?</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>I saw a single Mountain Plover SW of the Kimball airport, a lone bird moving around in an enormous bare plowed field. About an hour later I was in Long Canyon west of Harrisburg where I saw three Cassin's Kingbirds and a pair of Golden Eagles.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>Red Crossbills are abundant in the Pine Ridge and Wildcat Hills, they were everywhere in flocks and sitting in the trees. Wet weather kept me off of dirt roads like in Sowbelly Canyon so I only got in there once briefly.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>I had Black-necked Stilt on June 6 at three locations in the Sandhills on my drive back to Lincoln. I can give the specifics if anyone is interested in these spots because it seems they are becoming more widespread in the area.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>A Bufflehead on 6 June in the sandhills seems a bit late.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT> <P><FONT SIZE=-1>Thanks again!! Paul Bedell</FONT></HTML>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:49:17 -0500 From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis) Subject: summer tanager? NEBirders: We are going to be at Platte River State Park over the weekend and wonder if anyone has seen or heard the summer tanager at Schramm lately. Ifso, where in the park is it? Thanks. Don & Janis Paseka
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: summer tanager? Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:05:26 -0500 Don and Janis: No news recently (haven't been there), but the Summer Tanagers are usually on the oak ridges at the west edge of the park. Best is to go in on the trail which starts in the parking lot west of the old hatchery building and follows the valley north. This trail heads northwestward to the good tanager areas. Good luck! (Thanks for the report). 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: summer tanager? > Date: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:49 PM > > NEBirders: > > We are going to be at Platte River State Park over the weekend and > wonder if anyone has seen or heard the summer tanager at Schramm > lately. Ifso, where in the park is it? > > Thanks. > > Don & Janis Paseka >
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:56:05 -0500 (CDT) Subject: NOU As per request, the Dates for the fall NOU meeting are October 8,9,10 at Halsey. For those of you who have never been to one of our meetings you can bird , bird bird till you drop ! The group is congenial, The meetings are few only two per year and it only costs $ 15 dollars for a full year of membership. Why not Join us in Halsey at the 4 H camp this fall. ??? fom your past president ..... Betty Allen Omaha, NE
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 00:20:21 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [NeBirds] June 8 Dawson Co Robin, if you have Bub Blakes's email address would you send it to me. He should be congratulated for his entries into the Nebraska land Magazine. All of us from NOU should be proud of him ! Betty Allen Omaha, NE
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:18:32 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 6/12/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * June 12, 1999 * NEST9906.12 - Birds Mentioned Eurasian Collared-Dove Mountain Plover Golden Eagle Cassin's Kingbird Least Bittern Great-tailed Grackle King Rail Sora Virginia Rail Northern Mockingbird Pileated Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk Double-crested Cormorant Ring-necked Duck Common Merganser Piping Plover Least Tern White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated 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 Saturday, June 12th. In central Nebraska in Buffalo County on the 9th, 5 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen at 402 E. 32nd Street in Kearney. In western Nebraska in Kimball County on the 4th, a MOUNTAIN PLOVER was found southwest of the Kimball airport in a bare plowed field. Also on the 4th in Banner County, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES & 3 CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS were found in Long Canyon west of Harrisburg. In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 7th, a LEAST BITTERN & a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE were seen at Arbor Lake Wildlife Area. On the 2nd, a KING RAIL was found at the Saline Wetlands Nature Area in Lincoln. Also on the 2nd, a SORA & a VIRGINIA RAIL were seen at Chet Ager Nature Center in Lincoln. In Douglas County on the 11th, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen south of Pawnee Road at Cunningham Lake. In Sarpy County on the 12th in Bellevue, the PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen in Fontenelle Forest along the railroad tracks. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was also seen in Fontenelle Forest on the 12th. In Iowa on the 9th south of Council Bluffs, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a RING-NECKED DUCK, a female COMMON MERGANSER, 8 PIPING PLOVERS & 15 LEAST TERNS were found at the Mid-American north pond. Two PIPING PLOVERS were seen at the Mid-American south pond. Other birds seen at the ponds on the 9th were a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER & 5 SEMIPALMATED 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. Be sure to include the date of the sighting. Thank you and good birding! - End transcript
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] an early summer funk Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:39:08 -0500 Hi NeBirders, Saturday, June 12, in Buffalo County at our home three miles southeast of Gibbon Robin and I heard a Sedge Wren and saw a Cedar Waxwing. In Kearney County in the sandhill-like habitat south of the Platte River south of Gibbon we saw two Lark Sparrows and five Grasshopper Sparrows. In Phelps County at Funk Lagoon we saw a Western Grebe, two Least Bitterns, an immature Black-crowned Night-Heron, a Greater White-fronted Goose, a Snow Goose, five Redhead, a pair of Northern Pintail, an American Avocet in alternate plumage, 52 White-rumped Sandpipers, a Baird's Sandpiper, three Pectoral Sandpipers, a Franklin's Gull in basic plumage, four Black Terns, two Great Horned Owls, eleven singing Willow Flycatchers, a Marsh Wren, three Swamp Sparrows, a singing Eastern Meadowlark and five Great-tailed Grackles. A mile north of Funk Lagoon we heard an Upland Sandpiper. In Kearney County 5 1/2 miles north of Minden or five miles west of Heartwell we saw a Turkey Vulture. At Funk Lagoon in a spot where we found a Marsh Wren and two Swamp Sparrows I walked about sixty yards of dike to try to determine what was wren and what was sparrow and how many and what else was singing out there. While doing this I could seperate about a hundred Common Yellowthroats. If there are a hundred yellowthroats in one small stretch of cattails at Funk Lagoon, how many are there in the whole marsh? good birding and goodbye, Lanny Lanny Randolph southcentral Nebraska 50370 24th rd Gibbon, Ne. 68840 308-468-5057 Marshwren@nctc.net (home) RandolphL@UNK.edu (work)
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: e. RWB Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 06:46:51 -0500 Hello all. Birded the eastern Rainwater Basin on Sunday (13 June) and below are the few things I found. Joel Jorgensen ------------ Sinninger WPA 4 Redheads Hansen WPA *1 Trumpeter Swan (unbanded, perhaps a wanderer from the sandhills) Harvard WPA 55 White Pelicans 22 Snow Geese 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Lesser Scaup 37 White-rumped Sandpipers East Harvard Basin 1 "small form" Canada Goose 2 Snow Geese
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:44:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Chase and Dundy Co. Birding
Spent this last week teaching Science Camp in Imperial. Did get out Sat.
morning (06/12/99 to Dundy Co. and birded for a couple of hours before the
rain!
Highlights:
Cassin's Sparrow (2 singing males and one non-calling bird) 4 miles west
1/2 south of Benkelman
Green Heron Rock Creek SRA
Virginia Rail (2 calling birds) Rock Creek SRA
Great Crested Flycatcher Rock Creek SRA and Rock Creek Fish Hatchery
Red-bellied Woodpecker Rock Creek SRA (2 birds)
Least Tern (pair present for over a week at Champion Lake-Chase Co.
according to local residents) Friday 06/11/99
Long-eared Owl south Side of Enders Res. (Chase Co.) Friday 06/11/99
Was less then 20 yards away. Great view of it sitting on a fence post
and hunting!
Wilson's Warbler - Singing male-south side of Enders on Sunday 06/13/99
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
1609 Redick Ave., Box 10 508 Seeley St., Box 316
Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
(402) 358-3663 (402) 358-5675
FAX (402) 358-3804
mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:14:27 -0700 From: Janece Mollhoff <wm14915@navix.net> Subject: Pine Ridge To NeBirders Had a great weedend, 11-13 June, doing field work in the Pine Ridge with John Dinan. Saw the expected specialties and got to witness some interesting behavior. Highlights for us included: Monroe Canyon/Gilbert-Baker WMA pinyon jays, violet green swallows, western tanagers, pygmy nuthatches, brewer's blackbirds and loads of crossbills with young. The dawn chorus, that started just after we crawled into the tent to sleep for a couple of hours upon arrival at 0400, was just about deafening. In West Ash Canyon we found: white-throated swifts, poorwills, lewis woodpeckers, juncos, "audubon's" warblers, redstarts, black-headed grosbeaks, violet -green swallows, swainson's thrushes, plumbeous and red-eyed vireos, nuthatches, western tanagers, yellow-billed cuckoo, at least a truckload of crossbills, and a pair of extremely irate hairy woodpeckers that considered us invaders, and yelled at us for an hour while we worked in the vicinity of their turf. Lots of rain up there recently, including while we were there, thus rendering the unpaved roads occasionally impassable at times. May all your birding expeditions be as successful and with such good company. Wayne Mollhoff
From: "Mike Mnich" <mmnich@eurekaherald.com> Subject: Re: Need Birder Contact in Lexington, NE area Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:01:10 -0500 Dear Laurel, You may have not been able to reach me. My email has been erratic. I'm not sure if I'll be able to take the kids on any longer outings, but I'd like to have a couple of places in mind if I can, and they are interested. Even if they don't want to give up their recreation time, I might want to check a couple of spots. Do you have any directions, especially to any mud flat areas, where I could put a scope on some waders etc.? I'll have 1-4, 75 min. periods for the kids in the mornings and afternoons, depending on interest.. Do you wish to come, and can you get off? Thanks, Mike ---------- > From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Need Birder Contact in Lexington, NE area > Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:25 AM > > Mike, > I live in the Kearney area, but go birding near Lexington often enough to > show you some good spots to hit if you'd like. > You can e-mail me at > lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us > 308-237-1496--Home > My name is Laurel Badura > > > At 10:37 PM 5/13/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Dear Friends, > > I'm teaching a birding class to 5th.-9th. graders at Lexington, NE June > >20-24. > >I'm unfamiliar with the area and could use a good contact to give > >directions to nearby birding sites, and to perhaps share a little with the > >kids. > >Any contacts? Names, phone, email... > >Thanks, > >Mike Mnich > >
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:52:49 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 6/15/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * June 15, 1999 * NEST9906.15 - Birds Mentioned Cassin's Sparrow Virginia Rail Least Tern Long-eared Owl Wilson's Warbler Common Poorwill Lewis's Woodpecker Violet-green Swallow Swainson's Thrush Plumbeous Vireo Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Bewick's Wren American White Pelican Snow Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Lesser Scaup White-rumped Sandpiper Trumpeter Swan Western Grebe Least Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron American Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Franklin's Gull Black Tern Willow Flycatcher Marsh Wren Swamp Sparrow Great-tailed Grackle Northern Mockingbird Pileated Woodpecker Red-shouldered Hawk Brown Creeper Northern Parula Sedge Wren Bell's Vireo - 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, June 15th. In western Nebraska in Dundy County on the 12th, 3 CASSIN'S SPARROWS were found 4 miles west & ‡ mile south of Benkelman. Also on the 12th, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS were heard calling at Rock Creek SRA. In Chase County on the 12th, 2 LEAST TERNS were seen at Champion Lake. On the 11th, a LONG- EARED OWL was found on the south side of Enders Reservoir. On the 13th, a singing WILSON'S WARBLER was seen on the south side of Enders Reservoir. In Dawes County from the 11th through the 13th, COMMON POORWILLS, LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, PLUMBEOUS VIREO, WESTERN TANAGERS & BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS were found in West Ash Canyon. In central Nebraska in Antelope County on the 13th, the BEWICK'S WREN was seen at Ashfall State Historical Park. It was seen singing on top of the Rhino Barn at 6:45 a.m. It is usually seen from the trail to the Rhino Barn in the trees to the west of the Discovery Sign. Note that people entering the park outside regular park hours may set off the electronic surveillance system. In Clay County on the 13th the following species were found at Harvard WPA: 55 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 22 SNOW GEESE, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, a LESSER SCAUP & 37 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Also on the 13th, a TRUMPETER SWAN was seen at Hansen WPA. In Phelps County on the 12th at Funk Lagoon the following species were found: a WESTERN GREBE, 2 LEAST BITTERNS, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 52 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a FRANKLIN'S GULL, 4 BLACK TERNS, 11 singing WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, a MARSH WREN, 3 SWAMP SPARROWS & 5 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES. In eastern Nebraska in Douglas County on the 11th, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen south of Pawnee Road at Cunningham Lake. In Sarpy County on the 12th in Bellevue, the PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen in Fontenelle Forest along the railroad tracks. A pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, a BROWN CREEPER & a NORTHERN PARULA were also seen in Fontenelle Forest on the 12th. On the 13th, many SEDGE WRENS were found along the Papio Creek on the Keystone hike-bike trail between 25th & 36th Streets in west Bellevue. Also on the 13th on the Keystone Trail, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER & a BELL'S VIREO were heard singing half way between 25th & 36th Streets. 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. Be sure to include the date of the sighting. Thank you and good birding! - End transcript
From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Gering area Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:45:22 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01BEB74E.75EF4620 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nebraska Birders, Today, June 15, I had a Northern Mockingbird and at least 10 Red = Crossbills in my yard south of Gering. It had just decided to take my = feeders down, but now that the crossbills have rediscovered it, I may = change my mind. The Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, and Say's Phoebes are really = enjoying the zillions of miller moths we have. Good birding, Alice Kenitz ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01BEB74E.75EF4620 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>Nebraska Birders,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Today, June 15, I had a Northern = Mockingbird and at least 10 Red Crossbills in my yard south of Gering. It had just = decided to take my feeders down, but now that the crossbills have rediscovered = it, I may change my mind.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The Western Kingbirds, Eastern = Kingbirds, and Say's Phoebes are really enjoying the zillions of miller moths we have.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Good birding, Alice Kenitz</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01BEB74E.75EF4620--
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:41:47 +0100
From: "Robert I. Price" <price@rip.physics.unk.edu>
Subject: Administrivia
Wild Bird Observers of Nebraska,
This is a note to point out why this list exists, or at least
why I helped to create it.
<Articles of Interest>
Science News, June 12,1999 Vol. 155, No. 24, Page 383
Research Notes: Biology
<Research Note #1>
British birds are nesting earlier...
Humphrey Q.P. Crick, British Trust for Ornithology, Norfolk
and Timothy H. Sparks, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology,
Cambridgeshire report that 57 years of data on egg-laying
shows that birds in the United Kingdom are laying eggs
earlier as the climate warms. They predict that by 2080
27 bird species will be laying eggs from 8 to 18 days earlier
based upon projected climate changes.
</Research Note #1>
<Research Note #2>
...and moving a bit north
Chris D. Thomas and Jack J. Lennon, University of Leeds, in
a May 20 Nature article:
Comparing the outer edges of nesting ranges from two atlases
of bird breeding grounds in Great Britain (1968-1972 and
1988-1991) they found the northern edge has moved about 19
kilometers in 20 years. "The most parsimonious explanation
is climate"
</Research Note #2>
<Research Note #3>
Family life heats up for Mexican jays
Jerram L. Brown, et alli, State University of New York.
Mexican jays in southeastern Arizona are starting families
about 10 days earlier than they did in 1971.
"Biologists have long predicted that climatic warming could
fast-forward animal reproduction. Yet, Brown and his colleagues
observe that there hasn't been much documentation for that trend
in North America."
</Research Note #3>
</Articles of Interest>
Your observations help form part of the data-base that may be used
someday to prove the relationships discussed in these articles.
RIP
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: birding-aus colour perception Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:27:24 -0500 Thought this might be of interest. Let me know if it's an intrusion! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Ross Silcock <rsilcoc@sidney.heartland.net> > To: Ross Silcock <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> > Subject: Fw: birding-aus colour perception > Date: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 7:50 AM > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Leonard <jleonard@spirit.com.au> > To: <birding-aus@deakin.edu.au> > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 6:02 PM > Subject: birding-aus colour perception > > > > As I understand it there is no reason to think other than that everyone, > > everywhere who has normal eyesight sees exactly the same the colours as > > everyone else. BUT different langauages divide the spectrum up > differently, > > so what is green in one language is classed under blue in another. > > Interestingly languages the world over seem in recent times to be > converging > > on the spectrum as divided up in English, for example in Medieval Welsh > most > > of the dull blue colours were called either grey or green, in Modern Welsh > > the word for blue has been extending its range to include those colours > > which in English are classed as blue. Another consideration is that some > > langauges have distinctions that are not found in English, Latin, for > > example, had two words for white, candidus, meaning bright, shining white, > > and albus, meaning ordinary dull white. (Conversely in some languages > there > > are few colour terms, and colours are expressed by saying that something > is > > 'ash-coloured', or 'ochre-coloured' and so on). > > > > And then there is individual preference within a language: I am always > > having arguments with people about colours, because I prefer to call a lot > > of the duller blues, green or turquoise (perhaps my Welsh descent!). > > > > But there is another consideration too: when we look at a bird, depending > on > > the time of the day and the atmospheric conditions, we see different > > colours, for example a Golden Whistler at dawn is actually reflecting > light > > at a different wavelength from its belly-feathers than it does at midday. > > However if we are familar with the bird, our brain forms a mental image of > > the bird, with the yellow at a kind of average value, and that's what we > > 'see'. (This applies to everything we commonly see, and a mental image of > a > > new object or class of objects is very soon produced by the brain). Of > > course the brain can't manipulate the data it recieves from the optic > nerves > > when conditions become too extreme, which is why you can't 'see' a Golden > > Whistler's colours when there not enough light to see any colour. But this > > explains why when you're out in the early morning there is certain point > at > > which suddenly you can begin to see colours, or conversely suddenly you > > can't see colours at night-it's not that at a certain point there is > enough > > light, or not enough light, but at a certian point the brain receives just > > enough data to make it think that it wouldn't be too disorienting to > switch > > on the images, or with the evening example there comes a point at which > > there is too little data for it to make sense to keep on 'seeing' the > mental > > image any longer. > > > > This explains that strange feeling people get soemtimes, when, in poor > > light, you see a bird you can't identify and you are completely mystified > as > > to what it is, and then suddenly you recognise it and it 'turns into' a > > familalr species. It also explains why beginning bird-watchers have so > much > > difficulty 'seeing' birds that, to us, are really obvious-they have not > yet > > formed a mental image of that species, and don't know what to look for. > > > > Which brings us on to colour charts. What I"ve been talking about so far > has > > to do with birds in the bush, rather than in the hand, and I suspect that > > those of us who are not experienced bird-banders, as I am not, would find > it > > quite disconcerting at first to see birds in the hand, they would not > 'look > > right'. However experienced banders would have assimilated the look of the > > bird in the hand to their mental image of one in the bush and would find > > little incongruity, I suspect. The difficulty would be, as Ros Laudon > > pointed out, that the colours on the cards are printed on a material that > is > > quite different in texture from feathers, and as such personal preference, > > and the light at the time of the comparison would tend to have an effect, > > and this, I would suspect, would make such colour comparisons subjective, > as > > you are not comparing like with like, you are trying to compare a > > well-established mental image with a recent perception. > > > > John Leonard > > > > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > John Leonard (Dr), > > PO Box 243, > > Woden, ACT 2606, > > Australia > > > > jleonard@spirit.com.au > > http://www.spirit.net.au/~jleonard > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to > > majordomo@deakin.edu.au > > Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus" in the message body (without the > > quotes) > > >
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:13:33 CDT Subject: Re: Gering area > From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> > To: "Nebraska Birds" <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: Gering area > Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:45:22 -0600 > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Alice, I'm working on the NOU Newsletter and would like to know if you want to send me any information about birds, birding, etc. this past 4 months in your neck of the woods, buttes, etc.? Anything a little different, unusual, numbers, species type, etc. Doesn't have to be great detail. Clem Klaphake Pres. NOU > Nebraska Birders, > Today, June 15, I had a Northern Mockingbird and at least 10 Red Crossbills in my yard south of Gering. It had just decided to take my feeders down, but now that the crossbills have rediscovered it,> The Western Kingbirds, Eastern Kingbirds, and Phoebes are really enjoying the zillions of miller moths we have. > Good birding, Alice Kenitz > >
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:50:41 +0000 From: Sue Amiotte <samiotte@bbc.net> Subject: John Dinan's address Good Morning, John Dinan wrote a check for dues for NOU and I cashed the check without getting his addess and phone number for our records. I thought there would be something on record, but there wasn't. Would you please have him e-mail that to me or get it for me? Thanks, Sue
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:09:50 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: John Dinan's address --WebTV-Mail-1504443730-7888 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Sue , John's address is Nebraska Game and Parks Commission P.O. Box 30370 Lincoln, NE 68503-0370 402-471-5440 (W) or 402-665-6361 (H) I do not have his home address. Betty Allen Omaha, NE --WebTV-Mail-1504443730-7888 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by postoffice-111.bryant.webtv.net; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 07:52:21 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <price@rip.physics.unk.edu> Received: from RIP.physics.UNK.edu (RIP.physics.UNK.edu [144.216.17.101]) by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id HAA25725 for <lizprints@webtv.net>; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 07:52:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.bbc.net (207.91.18.34) by RIP.physics.UNK.edu with SMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2); Sat, 19 Jun 1999 09:49:18 +0100 Received: from [207.91.18.171] by mail.bbc.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-57318U2000L200S0V35) with SMTP id net for <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu>; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:51:01 -0600 Message-ID: <376B59E0.212E@bbc.net> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 08:50:41 +0000 Reply-To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Errors-To: price@rip.physics.unk.edu Precedence: bulk X-List-Subscribe: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=subscribe%20NeBirds> X-List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=unsubscribe%20NeBirds> X-List-Digest: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=set%20NeBirds%20digest> X-List-Archive: <mailto:autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu?body=index%20NeBirds> X-List-Post: <mailto:nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> X-List-Admin: price@rip.physics.unk.edu X-List-Software: AutoShare 1.4 by Mikael Hansen X-To-Unsubscribe: autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu, body: unsub NeBirds From: Sue Amiotte <samiotte@bbc.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.02 (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mollhoff, Wayne" <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> Subject: John Dinan's address Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good Morning, John Dinan wrote a check for dues for NOU and I cashed the check without getting his addess and phone number for our records. I thought there would be something on record, but there wasn't. Would you please have him e-mail that to me or get it for me? Thanks, Sue --WebTV-Mail-1504443730-7888--
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 09:12:41 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 6/20/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * June 20, 1999 * NEST9906.20 - Birds Mentioned Bewick's Wren Cooper's Hawk Northern Harrier Louisiana Waterthrush Blue Grosbeak Pileated Woodpecker Northern Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird Double-crested Cormorant Bell's Vireo Black-billed Magpie Piping Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Tern - 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, June 20th. In central Nebraska in Antelope County on the 19th, the BEWICK'S WREN was seen at Ashfall State Historical Park. It was seen & heard between the Visitor's Center & the Rhino Barn. In eastern Nebraska in northern Thurston County on the 18th, a COOPER'S HAWK, 2 male NORTHERN HARRIERS, a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH & 5 singing male BLUE GROSBEAKS were found. In Sarpy County on the 18th in Bellevue in Fontenelle Forest, 2 young PILEATED WOODPECKERS were seen north of the deer exclosure on North Stream Trail. Also seen in Fontenelle Forest on the 18th were 2 NORTHERN PARULAS on North Stream Trail & a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the junction of North Stream Trail & Missouri Trail. On the 16th, a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was seen in a yard in Papillion. On the 17th, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT was seen at Wehrspann Lake, & a BELL'S VIREO was heard singing on the east side of Chalco Hills Recreation Area east of the fishing pier. In Pierce County on the 19th, a BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE was spotted at Willow Creek WMA. In Iowa in Woodbury County at the Port Neal power plant ponds on the 19th, 5 PIPING PLOVERS, a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER & a LEAST TERN were found. 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. Be sure to include the date of the sighting. Thank you and good birding! - End transcript
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:50:15 -0700 From: Janece Mollhoff <wm14915@navix.net> Subject: Re: Nesting data needed > > NEST RECORD CARD PROGRAM > I volunteered to coordinate the state's participation in the Cornell > University Nest Record Card Program, and am looking for birders who are > willing to contribute their observations. > The program is geared toward obtaining very specific, detailed > information about breeding activity. Data required includes: species, > exact location, habitat type, nest location/description, date, type of > activity noted (nest-building, eggs/young in the nest, feeding young, > etc). Skills required: the ability to make correct identification, > accurately describe habitat, and a willingness to take notes. > Once collected, the data will be used to make an annual report on > nesting activity in the state, and the cards will be forwarded to the > national database maintained at Cornell in the Laboratory of > Ornithology. Data on selected species on the Nebraska Natural Heritage > Program list of species of concern, will also be forwarded to the NE > Natural Heritage Program. > The annual nesting report will contain specific dates and activity > noted but precise locations will not be published. Also, for some > sensitive/protected species, access to the records will be restricted to > protect the species from undue attention. This is already done to > protect some raptors and other species of special concern. In addition, > at the request of the observer, certain restrictions may be placed on > the record when added to the database at the Heritage Program, and I > would expect that publication of a separate note/article, if warranted, > about special events in nesting (sandhill cranes, clark's nutcrackers, > etc.) would be published by the observer before inclusion in the annual > nesting report. However, for a report to be accepted and used in the > program, full information will have to be submitted. > The NOU participated in the program for decades, from its inception in > the 1950's until Dr. Esther Bennett, the last coordinator, moved away > from the state about 10 years ago. Thus, this will be the reinstatement > of the program after the lapse of a decade. > While data will be accepted and forwarded on all species for which > adequate documentation is provided, guidance will be given in the future > in an attempt to concentrate our efforts on species of special concern. > Watch this space for updates and further details. > Anyone who finds evidence of breeding activities, who is also willing > to take part in this important project, is invited to contact me for > further details, instructions, nest record cards, etc., either by > e-mail, or via snail mail at the following address: > Wayne Mollhoff > 1817 Boyd St. > Ashland, NE 68003
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Baby bird day Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:34:03 -0500 NeBirders, On Father's Day, Lanny and I went birding with Glen and Wanda Hoge of Alma. We saw a bunch of baby birds. In addition to lots of the usual grackle and wren babies, we saw a few more interesting ones. In Harlan County, at the edge of a prairie dog town that is north of the dam at Harlan County Reservoir, we saw a single adult Wild Turkey with nine or ten babies that were about the size of bobwhites. In Franklin County, we saw a Wood Duck hen with three chicks. Also in Franklin County about five miles southwest of Campbell, we saw what appeared to be a flock of meadowlarks fly low across the road. When they were immediately followed by a hen pheasant-like bird, we realized that they were babies. When we got a closer look, we could see that the hen was a Greater Prairie-chicken and she had about eight chicks. We got to see her from less than thirty feet away for a little while before she flew. We could clearly see bars across her breast and her square tail. Also in Harlan County, we heard two Great Crested Flycatchers, one Eastern Wood-Pewee, three Yellow-breasted Chats, a Bell's Vireo and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. We saw a Purple Martin, two Forster's Terns, one or two Green Herons, an Eastern Towhee, an Indigo Bunting, at least ten Turkey Vultures and at least four Tree Swallows. In Franklin County, four miles north of Bloomington, we saw a Northern Mockingbird. Also in Franklin County, we saw a Lark Sparrow, a Common Nighthawk and three Upland Sandpipers. In Kearney County, we saw two Loggerhead Shrikes two miles north of Norman. At our home in Buffalo County, we heard two Sedge Wrens. The weatherman was wrong again today but I'm glad it wasn't hot and sunny. Robin Robin Harding and Lanny Randolph 50370 24th Road Gibbon, NE 68840 308-468-5057 (home), 308-865-8647 (work) marshwren@nctc.net (home), HardingR@UNK.edu (work)
From: pkaufman@sccm.cc.ne.us Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:14:49 -0500 Subject: Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99 On 6-18-99 after doing some breeding bird point counts for the refuge in the morning, a friend (basically non-birding) and I were doing some recreational canoeing down the Niobrara in the afternoon. Between the Cornell dam and Berry bridge (between point count 14 and 17 - we weren't paying attention) I heard the distinctive "bee-buzzzz" song of a Blue-winged Warbler. I couldn't believe it and we quickly beached the canoe. The song was coming from the north shore about 50m inland. The area was a low shrubby meadow with scattered small deciduous trees and a few small cedars. The ground was mostly covered with waist deep grape-vines and poison ivy. There was no way to get to the bird so after a few minutes of trying unsuccessfully to see it, I gave a screech owl whistle. This immediately brought the bird to within about 25m of our location, still down in the brush (I saw something yellowish fly in). One more whistle and a pish brought the bird to a bare snag about 3m from our location in a dead snag a couple meters off the ground. It perched there long enough for me to get a good look at it with my binos. My friend's view was blocked by another branch. I saw the distinctive dark eye-line on a yellow head, thin black bill and bluish wings with white wing bars. It then dropped straight down into the thicket. I got one quick look at it again in the thicket with my binos before it flew back out to appx 25m and perched briefly on a shrub (one more quick look with the binos) before flying back out to appx 50m. Before we launched, it was singing again. Repeated whistles and pishes brought no response. When in flight, I saw large white tail spots which I don't see as a field mark in the Nat Geo book but which were very distinctive. This is a new bird species for the refuge list. I'd love to know if it's successfully breeding there and would welcome any information on additional sightings! Paul Kaufman
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:40:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99 Paul, I had a late migrant (or possibly wandering) blue-winged warbler (June 11, 1995) at Fontenelle Forest when I was censusing breeding birds there. The bird was a singing male and in reasonably appropriate habitat (young secondary growth in the floodplain off of the Stream Trail. However, the bird was only there one day. According to Johnsgard, the breeding range is not close at all. However, the older ornithological literature lists it as a breeder in eastern and central Nebraska. Joe Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
From: pkaufman@sccm.cc.ne.us
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:17:43 -0500
Subject: Re: Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99
Joe,
That's interesting. I would consider it a lot more likely to find a Blue-winged
at Fontanelle any season than Ft Niobrara. So you're probably right that it was
just wandering. Then again, if it could find a mate... I doubt anyone else
will see or hear it but I thought it was worth a try.
How's everything going with you?
Take care,
Paul
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> on 06/21/99 10:40:38 AM
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Subject: Re: Blue-winged Warbler - Ft Niobrara NWR 6-18-99
Paul,
I had a late migrant (or possibly wandering) blue-winged warbler
(June 11, 1995) at Fontenelle Forest when I was censusing breeding birds
there. The bird was a singing male and in reasonably appropriate habitat
(young secondary growth in the floodplain off of the Stream Trail. However,
the bird was only there one day. According to Johnsgard, the breeding range
is not close at all. However, the older ornithological literature lists it
as a breeder in eastern and central Nebraska. Joe
Joseph Gubanyi
Concordia University
Seward, NE 68434
(402) 643-7316
jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Great-tailed Grackles Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:03:20 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BEBCE1.E4A90C20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, I did my BBS route today. Didn't find anything out-of-the-ordinary. = But afterward, I found 4 Great-tailed Grackles at a pond about 1/2 mile = south of Kiowa WMA. Also on the pond were some baby Coots. They are so = homely they are cute!!! Good birding to all, Alice Kenitz ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BEBCE1.E4A90C20 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>Hello all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I did my BBS route today. = Didn't find anything out-of-the-ordinary. But afterward, I found 4 = Great-tailed Grackles at a pond about 1/2 mile south of Kiowa WMA. Also on the = pond were some baby Coots. They are so homely they are = cute!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Good birding to all, Alice Kenitz</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BEBCE1.E4A90C20--
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] bluebird trails Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:29:19 -0500 NeBirders, RIP (Robert Price) forwarded the following message to Lanny and I. He thought that some of you on this list would be interested especially considering that bluebird trails are often located in good birding areas. I don't think that this is the right list for a lengthy discussion of bluebird trails, but I do think that a short note to pass along some information now and then would be OK. Let me know what you think. 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: fr_john@knightnet.creighton.edu >Organization: MOUNT MICHAEL HIGH SCHOOL >To: price@rip.physics.unk.edu >Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 12:03:11 CST >Subject: re: bluebirds > >To whom it may concern, > >Fro numerous years now Fr. Adrian has cared for bluebirds at our >monastery. Recently we were able to get a section of our web page for >his bluebirds. Would you consider linking us to you? Our URL is: >http://www.springwebdesign.com/MountMichael/ >There is a special note about the bluebirds on the Home page and the >material is on the COME & SEE page. > >Thanks for the consideration, Fr.John
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