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1. e. rwb: SPECIAL REPORT
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:06:10 -0500
2. Kissinger Basin
Jim Kovanda <jkovanda@juno.com>
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 22:47:49 EDT
3.
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 08:41:02 -0000
4. shorebirds and waders at Funk Lagoon
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Mon, 02 Aug 1999 08:10:02 -0500
5. Chat?
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Mon, 02 Aug 1999 14:04:53 -0500
6. Nebraska Birdline for 8/2/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 19:24:32 -0500
7. Re: Chat?
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 20:21:08 -0600
8. Two hours of birding with light rain Mon. afternoon
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 22:19:37 -0000
9. No subject given
"Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Tue, 03 Aug 99 09:13:33 -0400
10. yard list
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 19:44:34 -0000
11. [Nebirds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 8/3
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 3 Aug 1999 21:07:24 -0500
12.
"jim meyer" <jimmeyer50@hotmail.com>
Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:13:09 PDT
13. Re: [Nebirds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 8/3
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:34:09 -0500 (CDT)
14. Re: [Nebirds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 8/3
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 21:33:49 -0500
15. Crete Area Aug 5
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:56:24 -0500
16. Lake Ogallala, Thursday
NevaLCP@aol.com
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 12:39:32 EDT
17. Harvard Area and Olive Creek
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 18:55:55 -0500
18. Need an e-mail address
HARRYNE@aol.com
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 20:13:24 EDT
19. Re: e. rwb: SPECIAL REPORT
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:39:14 -0500
20. Fw: Greater Roadrunner near Montezuma
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 11:30:59 -0500
21. Fw: Greater Roadrunner near Montezuma
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 13:26:21 -0500
22. eastern rainwater basin
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 18:19:02 -0500
23. Olive Creek Shorebirds
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Sun, 8 Aug 1999 21:38:48 -0500
24. [NeBirds] Aug. 7 Clay Co.
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sat, 07 Aug 1999 18:13:10 -0500
25. Fall first
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:48:26 -0500 (CDT)
26. Re: Fall first
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Mon, 09 Aug 1999 14:10:55 -0500
27. RE: Fall first
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:12:21 -0500
28. Nebraska Birdline for 8/10/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:49:55 -0500
29. Black-necked Stilts
Brian Boldt <bboldt@huntmarketing.com>
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 16:28:26 -0500
30.
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:47:26 -0000
31. Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere...
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:04:36 -0500
32. Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere...
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:09:42 -0500
33. Hiway 71
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:14:51 -0600
34. Re: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere...
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:02:42 -0500 (CDT)
35. RE: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere...
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:54:31 -0500
36. spring creek
"Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Fri, 13 Aug 99 15:00:23 -0400
37. Re: Hiway 71
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:59:34 CDT
38. Olive Creek Bonanza
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:27:07 -0500
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: e. rwb: SPECIAL REPORT Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:06:10 -0500 Hello Nebirders. I spent Sunday, August 2 in the eastern Rainwater Basin. Best bird(s) of the day were 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS at North Harvard Basin, Clay County. The birds were loosely associated with 200 puddle ducks (mostly Mallards and Blue-winged Teal), but unfortunately, all the birds eventually got spooked and took flight. I watched the whistling-ducks fly around the basin for about 3-4 minutes, but they eventually flew south (while virtually all the other ducks returned). I headed south and quickly searched Harvard WPA and Koenig Basin (small, near Harvard), but was unable to relocate the whistling-ducks. **Special Note** to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission press release writer for the Omaha World-Herald, when wildlife officials from the NGPC takes all credit for this observation please remember to refer to me as a "birdwatcher" or "private citizen", rather than using my name. Also, I did NOT see the White Ibis today at Kissinger, but did have the pleasure of bumping into the Kovandas there. It was raining steadily when I was there and I left before them, perhaps their patience paid off. Overall totals for other birds seen are below. Joel Jorgensen -------------------- overall totals Great Blue Heron 85+ Great Egret 27 Snowy Egret 2 Cattle Egret 11 American Golden-plover 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 109 Willet 6 Western Sandpiper 3 Baird's Sandpiper 1 (amazingly my first for the fall) Stilt Sandpiper 91 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 32 Common Snipe 2
Subject: Kissinger Basin From: Jim Kovanda <jkovanda@juno.com> Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 22:47:49 EDT NeBirders, It was indeed a pleasure to bump into Joel at Kissinger. We thought he probably had the white ibis in sight for our viewing pleasure. Unfortunately, he did not. It may have been the rain? We waited out the rain, but did NOT locate the ibis, either. It looks now as if we should have been following him instead of hanging around the marsh. He had all the good birds. Jim & Sandy Kovanda jkovanda@juno.com On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:06:10 -0500 "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> writes: >Hello Nebirders. > > I spent Sunday, August 2 in the eastern Rainwater Basin. Best >bird(s) of the day were 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS at North Harvard Basin, Clay County. The birds were loosely associated with 200 puddle ducks >(mostly Mallards and Blue-winged Teal), but unfortunately, all the birds >eventually got spooked and took flight. I watched the whistling-ducks fly around >the basin for about 3-4 minutes, but they eventually flew south (while >virtually all the other ducks returned). I headed south and quickly >searched Harvard WPA and Koenig Basin (small, near Harvard), but was >unable to relocate the whistling-ducks. **Special Note** to the Nebraska >Game and Parks Commission press release writer for the Omaha World-Herald, when wildlife officials from the NGPC takes all credit for this observation >please remember to refer to me as a "birdwatcher" or "private >citizen", rather than using my name. > Also, I did NOT see the White Ibis today at Kissinger, but did >have the pleasure of bumping into the Kovandas there. It was raining steadily >when I was there and I left before them, perhaps their patience paid off. > Overall totals for other birds seen are below. > >Joel Jorgensen > >-------------------- >overall totals > >Great Blue Heron 85+ >Great Egret 27 >Snowy Egret 2 >Cattle Egret 11 >American Golden-plover 3 >Lesser Yellowlegs 109 >Willet 6 >Western Sandpiper 3 >Baird's Sandpiper 1 (amazingly my first for the fall) >Stilt Sandpiper 91 >Buff-breasted Sandpiper 32 >Common Snipe 2 > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 08:41:02 -0000 At 7:30 Sunday P.M we saw 40+ Turkey Vultures Kettling South of HCR also saw a Green Heron and one Black-crowned Night Heron Good birding Glen and Wanda Alma
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: shorebirds and waders at Funk Lagoon Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 08:10:02 -0500 Hi NeBirders, Sunday, August first, in Buffalo County three Great Blue Herons flew over our home southeast of Gibbon. At the Gibbon I-80 exit Robin and I heard a Warbling Vireo. Today Robin and I were joined on our trip to Funk Lagoon by Richard Luehrs. In Kearney County we saw a Swainson's Hawk from highway 44 a little more than a mile south of the turn-off to Fort Kearny. At a privately owned marsh that is two miles east of Funk Lagoon we saw about 10,000 Cliff Swallows. Oh, by the way, Richard may not necessarily agree with all our numbers of individuals or perhaps even all of the methods used to attain them. But we do enjoy Richard's company. In Phelps County at Funk Lagoon we saw nineteen Great Blue Herons, twenty Great Egrets, one immature Snowy Egret, two immature Little Blue Herons, four Black-crowned Night-Herons, two White-faced Ibis (one in alternate plumage and one in basic or juvenile plumage, two adult and six small juvenile Northern Pintail, a semipalmated Plover, a Greater Yellowlegs, four Lesser Yellowlegs, four Willet, two Spotted Sandpipers, an Upland Sandpiper, seven Marbled Godwit, three Semipalmated Sandpipers, about 120 Least Sandpipers, six Baird's Sandpipers, about 115 Stilt Sandpipers, nine Short-billed Dowitchers, a Long-billed Dowitcher, about ten dowitchers unidentified as to species, two Wilson's Phalaropes in basic plumage, about 55 Black Terns, about 2000 more Cliff Swallows and six Swamp Sparrows. In the sandhills that are between the Rain Water Basin and the Platte River along the county line between Phelps and Kearney Counties we saw a Lark Sparrow, at least four Grasshopper Sparrows and two singing Blue Grosbeaks. We also saw a Franklin's Ground Squirrel. Some of the numbers of individuals are actual counts, some are estimates and some are combinations of the two. The numbers of individuals that have the word <about> in front of them are those in the last two categories. We had a pretty good day, and it seems others have done even better. I think the weather was so nice today that birds liked being out as much as the birders. 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)
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 14:04:53 -0500 From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis) Subject: Chat? Western Nebraska Birders: We are going to be driving through the Scottsbluff area next weekend on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park and would like to know exactly where the elusive (at least for us) Yellow-breasted Chat might be found. Wildcat Hills? The Gering cemetery? We have managed never to see one of these birds! Also, is highway 71 still closed from Gering to Kimball, and is the Wright's Gap Road detour, as suggested in Alice Kenitz's posting, still recommended? Thank you. Don & Janis Paseka
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 19:24:32 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 8/2/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * August 2, 1999 * NEST9908.02 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK White Ibis (not found) Northern Harrier\ Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret American Golden-Plover Willet Western Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Common Snipe Little Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron White-faced Ibis Semipalmated Plover Upland Sandpiper Marbled godwit Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Black Tern Turkey Vulture Green Heron MacGillivray's Warbler Kentucky Warbler Carolina Wren Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Pied-billed Grebe American White Pelican Wood Duck - 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 Monday, August 2nd. In central Nebraska in Clay County on the 1st, 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were found at North Harvard Basin. The birds flew out of the area and could not be relocated there or at nearby Harvard WPA or Koenig Basin. The first year WHITE IBIS could not be found on the 1st at Kissinger Basin just north of Fairfield. It was last reported on July 25th. Birds seen at Kissinger on the 1st were a NORTHERN HARRIER, GREATER & LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 9 STILT SANDPIPERS, a LONG- BILLED DOWITCHER & 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES. On the 1st in the eastern Rainwater Basin the following birds were seen: 85 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 27 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, 11 CATTLE EGRETS, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 109 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 WILLETS, 3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 91 STILT SANDPIPERS, 32 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS & 2 COMMON SNIPES. In Buffalo County on the 1st at Funk Lagoon the following species were seen: 19 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 20 GREAT EGRETS, 1 immature SNOWY EGRET, 2 immature LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 2 WHITE-FACED IBIS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4 WILLETS, an UPLAND SANDPIPER, 7 MARBLED GODWITS, 3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, about 120 LEAST SANDPIPERS, about 115 STILT SANDPIPERS, 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES & 55 BLACK TERNS. Two miles east of Funk Lagoon about 10,000 CLIFF SWALLOWS were spotted. In Harlan County on the 1st, 40 TURKEY VULTURES, a GREEN HERON & a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at Harlan Reservoir. In western Nebraska in Sioux County on July 25th, 2 MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS were seen at the north end of the Gilbert Baker Campground. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 2nd, a KENTUCKY WARBLER was seen in a Papillion yard. In Douglas County, from July 26th-28th, a CAROLINA WREN visited a yard in west Omaha. In Iowa east of Nebraska City in Fremont County on the 1st, an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT- HERON was seen at the west end of old Highway 2 by the abandoned gas station. On the 1st at Forney Lake south of Bartlett, 7 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 100 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS & 3 WOOD DUCKS 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
From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Re: Chat? Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 20:21:08 -0600 Don & Janis, Gering Cemetery is a good place to see &/or hear Yellow-breasted Chats. The Wildcat Hills is also good, but the best place to see them is probably also a very busy road right now. Carter Canyon southwest of Gering is also a good place. In the Cemetery, the 'Cemetery Gulch' on the south end of the cemetery is probably the best place. They sing very loudly, but are very good at hiding most of the time!!!! Highway 71 is still closed--probably for about another 1 1/2 weeks. Wright's Gap Road has had a whole lot of traffic on it, so the present speed limit is 35 and I'm not sure how easy it is to stop at the side of the road. But it is still a great birding place if you want to try it. Sure wish I had time to take you birding, but work schedule is especially hectic right now. Have a good trip & let me know what I should be seeing!!! Good birding, Alice -----Original Message----- From: Paseka, Janis <paseka@tvsonline.net> To: NeBirds <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 1:07 PM Subject: Chat? >Western Nebraska Birders: > >We are going to be driving through the Scottsbluff area next weekend on >the way to Rocky Mountain National Park and would like to know exactly >where the elusive (at least for us) Yellow-breasted Chat might be >found. Wildcat Hills? The Gering cemetery? We have managed never to >see one of these birds! > >Also, is highway 71 still closed from Gering to Kimball, and is the >Wright's Gap Road detour, as suggested in Alice Kenitz's posting, still >recommended? > >Thank you. > >Don & Janis Paseka > >
From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: Two hours of birding with light rain Mon. afternoon Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 22:19:37 -0000 HCR 59speces 54 Black Terns 2 Forester's Terns 16 Franklin's Gulls 50 Ring-billed Gulls 1Blue Grosbeak. *1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Indigo Bunting 10 Great Egrets 1 Green Heron 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Wood Duck with very small young 1 Indigo Bunting. Glen and Wanda Hoge Good birding everyone
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 99 09:13:33 -0400
From: "Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Subject: No subject given
Hello,
Only thing to report is on Sunday, 8/1, I saw a pair of Carolina wrens
in the courtyard area of where I live, around 48th and A St. in
Lincoln.
Kevin Poague
From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: yard list Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 19:44:34 -0000 The bugs are out over the house in Alma with bug catchers after them had over 50 Purple Martins 60 + Cliff Swallows 30+ Franklin's Gulls 5+ Ring-billed Gulls . Martins and the Swallows set on the T.V antennas making them look black. wanda and Glen
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 21:07:24 -0500 Subject: [Nebirds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 8/3 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Nebraska Birders, We've had a report from George & Bev Canterbury that they found the 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks at 9 this morning, 8/3, at North Harvard Basin in Clay County. They also looked for the White Ibis at Kissinger Basin but could not find it. Good birding, Loren & Babs Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
From: "jim meyer" <jimmeyer50@hotmail.com> Subject: Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:13:09 PDT Nebraska Birders, just saw an albino bobwhite at Chalco Hills near Omaha. I flushed the bird from grass by the gate on the walking path at the east end of the dam on Lake Wehrspann. It was alone and flew west about 50 meters along the lake side of the dam and landed in short grass. I didn't try for another look or flush it again. I didn't get a great look at it as I was running and didn't have my glasses on, so I can't tell you much more than what it was. Jim Meyer _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:34:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Re: [Nebirds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 8/3 I went out to Harvard WPA this afternoon (Aug 4) to look for the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. I spent my time time at Harvard WPA and not North Harvard Basin. I didn't realize they were two different places. I didn't see any whistling ducks but did find a few waterfowl (11 snow geese) and ticks. I think I looked at the wrong place. I should have read the NeBird posts more closely. I looked at my Nebraska Gazeteer and could not find North Harvard Basin. If someone will give me directions, I will try again. Thanks, Joe Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu > > Nebraska Birders, > > We've had a report from George & Bev Canterbury that they found the 2 > Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks at 9 this morning, 8/3, at North Harvard > Basin in Clay County. They also looked for the White Ibis at Kissinger > Basin but could not find it. > > Good birding, > > Loren & Babs Padelford > Bellevue, NE > lpdlfrd@juno.com >
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 21:33:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [Nebirds] Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, 8/3 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> Hi Joe and Nebirders, We were at North Harvard Basin this morning, 8/4, and didn't see the birds. We saw a Blue-winged Teal and several Mallards. North Harvard Basin is about 2.5 miles north and .5 mile west of the town of Harvard. You can find it by driving north on the paved road (18A spur) that goes to Harvard from Highway 6. Continue north on the road after it turns to gravel for about 2.5 miles and you'll find the basin. There are no signs to identify it but there is water on both sides of the road and a couple of broken down blinds on the west side of the road. Good luck! Babs and Loren Padelford Bellevue, NE lpdlfrd@juno.com On Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:34:09 -0500 (CDT) Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> writes: > I went out to Harvard WPA this afternoon (Aug 4) to look for the >Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. I spent my time time at Harvard WPA and not >North Harvard Basin. I didn't realize they were two different places. > >I didn't see any whistling ducks but did find a few waterfowl (11 snow geese) >and ticks. I think I looked at the wrong place. I should have read the >NeBird posts more closely. I looked at my Nebraska Gazeteer and could not >find North Harvard Basin. If someone will give me directions, I will try >again. Thanks, Joe ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Crete Area Aug 5 Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:56:24 -0500 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_000_01BEE02C.A374357C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, I birded the entire morning of August 5 at a variety of locations around Crete and Lincoln. The chief highlight was a diverse group of 25 shorebirds at Olive Creek SWMA. This group included 1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 Wilson's Phalarope, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Baird's Sandpipers, 6 Least Sandpipers, 4 Killdeer, and maybe 7 (unidentifiable by yours truly at least)"peep species". These were probably a mix of Baird's and Semipalmated, but I never achieved any real level of certainty. These birds were a cooperative lot, and they didn't flush even when I got quite close. I've attached a list of all the day's sightings. 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From: NevaLCP@aol.com Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 12:39:32 EDT Subject: Lake Ogallala, Thursday We camped overnight Thursday, 8/5, in the drizzle and rain, at Lake Ogallala. There were two Common Loons, an adult and a juvenile, on the lake along with a few Cormorants and some Western Grebes. The grebes were down at the far end and I didn't bother to check if any were Clark's. There was also a lone white-headed gull, light colored legs and bill, medium size??, pale gray back ? (no comparison around) which appeared to have no black at all in its wings. I saw it across the lake, both flying and sitting, with binocs (raining at the time). While I was dragging out the scope it disappeared. Neva Pruess, Lincoln who suffers from severe IDlaridsphobia and will not have a lot of these gulls on her life list until she is standing next to an expert who tells her who they are and why.
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Harvard Area and Olive Creek Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 18:55:55 -0500 Hi all, Ditto Neva's comments about gull-id phobia! I visited North Harvard Basin, Harvard Marsh, and Pintail SWMA today in hopes of finding the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. No luck. I sort of used the directions Loren and Babs had posted, but I wanted to save time by taking I-80. Therefore, I also relied on the Nebraska Gazetteer-- mistake. The gazetteer shows the 18A spur going through the town of Harvard when, in reality, the road passes the town on the west. This probably cost me an hour of blundering around before I found the right spot. Hint: there are a lot of tire tracks on the road that bisects the basin! On the west side, the basin is kind of a flooded field with an upended hunting blind about 150 yards out. The east side has a water-filled roadside ditch and a triangle-shaped pond. I ran into a carload of very confused Kansas birders, who actually were near the right place but thought that they weren't... My experience there largely replicated that of Loren and Babs. I saw half-a-dozen or so each of Mallards and Blue-winged Teal but no other ducks. The two other groups I talked briefly to hadn't found anything unusual either. There and elsewhere around Harvard, I was impressed with the enormous numbers of Cliff Swallows (gathering to migrate?)and got some photos of one of a number of Red-tailed Hawks that I saw. The only even slightly notable birds were a couple of Western Kingbirds along the backroads near Harvard Marsh and a Bank Swallow, over Harvard Marsh, flitting among the innumerable Cliff Swallows. I also returned to Olive Creek SWMA today and had much better luck (including a life bird) there. At about 5pm today, the mudflats at the south end of the lake (accessed from SW 100th) were just alive with birds. There also are thousands of crawling insects and (I think) tiny crustaceans there, which seems to be the attraction. I could actually see hundreds through my telescopes. Scanning with 10x binoculars and 90mm. 30x tripod mounted "twin telescopes", I estimate the following on the flats: 62 Canada Geese (resident flock) 6 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 11 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 dowitcher (sp) 26 Killdeer 3 Semipalmated Plover 4 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 Baird's Sandpiper 9 Semipalmated Sandpiper 7 Least Sandpiper 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER (sharp gray-rufous contrast on this one- usually I can't distinguish from more common Semipalmated.) Also on (or over) flats: 1 Northern Bobwhite (in grass at edge of flats-- audible and visible) 2 American Crow 1 Mourning Dove 21 Barn Swallow There were maybe a dozen more or so "unidentifiable" shorebirds, but I THINK that there were no other species present. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: NevaLCP@aol.com [mailto:NevaLCP@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 1999 11:40 AM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Lake Ogallala, Thursday We camped overnight Thursday, 8/5, in the drizzle and rain, at Lake Ogallala. There were two Common Loons, an adult and a juvenile, on the lake along with a few Cormorants and some Western Grebes. The grebes were down at the far end and I didn't bother to check if any were Clark's. There was also a lone white-headed gull, light colored legs and bill, medium size??, pale gray back ? (no comparison around) which appeared to have no black at all in its wings. I saw it across the lake, both flying and sitting, with binocs (raining at the time). While I was dragging out the scope it disappeared. Neva Pruess, Lincoln who suffers from severe IDlaridsphobia and will not have a lot of these gulls on her life list until she is standing next to an expert who tells her who they are and why.
From: HARRYNE@aol.com Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 20:13:24 EDT Subject: Need an e-mail address I was communicating with a fellow lister from Creighton Nebraska concerning an unusual bird eating cracked corn in my back yard. My unit crashed and I lost his e-mail address. Would appreciate it if he would contact me off list as I have another sighting to report. Thanks Harry Schaeffer Lincoln, Nebraska
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: e. rwb: SPECIAL REPORT Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 10:39:14 -0500 Joel: Just got back. Fun trip with family and some great seabirds. I agree with your comment re "birdwatcher"; didn't have time to comment online before I left. Dumbasses. (But they have to justify their jobs. Remember Craig Faanes? I'm sending you a note from Mark Robbins- interesting). Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Joel Jorgensen <zrtac@genesisnet.net> > To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: e. rwb: SPECIAL REPORT > Date: Sunday, August 01, 1999 8:06 PM > > Hello Nebirders. > > I spent Sunday, August 2 in the eastern Rainwater Basin. Best bird(s) of > the day were 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS at North Harvard Basin, Clay > County. The birds were loosely associated with 200 puddle ducks (mostly > Mallards and Blue-winged Teal), but unfortunately, all the birds eventually > got spooked and took flight. I watched the whistling-ducks fly around the > basin for about 3-4 minutes, but they eventually flew south (while > virtually all the other ducks returned). I headed south and quickly > searched Harvard WPA and Koenig Basin (small, near Harvard), but was unable > to relocate the whistling-ducks. **Special Note** to the Nebraska Game and > Parks Commission press release writer for the Omaha World-Herald, when > wildlife officials from the NGPC takes all credit for this observation > please remember to refer to me as a "birdwatcher" or "private citizen", > rather than using my name. > Also, I did NOT see the White Ibis today at Kissinger, but did have the > pleasure of bumping into the Kovandas there. It was raining steadily when > I was there and I left before them, perhaps their patience paid off. > Overall totals for other birds seen are below. > > > Joel Jorgensen > > -------------------- > overall totals > > Great Blue Heron 85+ > Great Egret 27 > Snowy Egret 2 > Cattle Egret 11 > American Golden-plover 3 > Lesser Yellowlegs 109 > Willet 6 > Western Sandpiper 3 > Baird's Sandpiper 1 (amazingly my first for the fall) > Stilt Sandpiper 91 > Buff-breasted Sandpiper 32 > Common Snipe 2 > > >
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: Greater Roadrunner near Montezuma Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 11:30:59 -0500 How about this? Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- From: Harley Winfrey <j_harley@USA.NET> To: IA-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG Subject: Greater Roadrunner near Montezuma Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:43 PM Iowa Birders, While driving through your state yesterday, we had an unusual sighting, that we thought you might appreciate hearing about: Yesterday, August 3 at about 5pm, we saw a Greater Roadrunner along U.S. Hwy 63 between Montezuma and New Sharon. It was located a few hundred yards northeast of the North Skunk River. Perhaps this bird's dislocation is a result of the hot, dry summer we're experiencing this year? Good Birding, Harley Winfrey Sarah Derhake Columbia, MO and Ashland, WI J_Harley@usa.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ----------
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: Greater Roadrunner near Montezuma Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 13:26:21 -0500 How about this? Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- From: Harley Winfrey <j_harley@USA.NET> To: IA-BIRD@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG Subject: Greater Roadrunner near Montezuma Date: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:43 PM Iowa Birders, While driving through your state yesterday, we had an unusual sighting, that we thought you might appreciate hearing about: Yesterday, August 3 at about 5pm, we saw a Greater Roadrunner along U.S. Hwy 63 between Montezuma and New Sharon. It was located a few hundred yards northeast of the North Skunk River. Perhaps this bird's dislocation is a result of the hot, dry summer we're experiencing this year? Good Birding, Harley Winfrey Sarah Derhake Columbia, MO and Ashland, WI J_Harley@usa.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ----------
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: eastern rainwater basin Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 18:19:02 -0500 Hello all. I birded the eastern Rainwater Basin on 7 Aug. It was a slow day and things were scattered around the country-side I did not find either the Black-bellied Whistling-ducks or the White Ibis. I realize, now, that I should have given clear directions to North Harvard Basin so the people who went out to look for the whistling-ducks could have done so without navigational troubles, I apologize and will do better the next time I stumble accross a good bird. What I saw yesterday follows below. Joel Jorgensen ------------------------- Regionwide totals- 7 Aug Great Egrets 18 Little Blue Herons 3 Least Bittern 1 Cattle Egrets 3 Lesser Scaup 2 Soras 6 American Golden-plover 1 (same injured bird at Kissinger) Upland Sandpiper 9 (2 of which were wading/foraging in the water at Kissinger) Lesser Yellowlegs 14 (that's it!) Semipalmated Sandpiper 98 Stilt Sandpiper 23 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 32 Franklins Gull 1 1 Eastern Pheobe (apparently a migrant of at least a drifter) 1 Empidonax Flycatcher (Looked like a Least to me) Sedge Wrens 60 (at least, they are abundant in virtually all larger tracts of grass)
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Olive Creek Shorebirds Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 21:38:48 -0500 Hi all, Joel, My blundering was not your fault; it was that darn gazetteer! Scoured Olive Creek's mud flats between 6:30 and 7:00 pm today. Numbers were up slightly, but diversity was way down. 56 Killdeer 2 Semipalmated Plover 6 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Baird's Sandpiper 27 Least Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper Also around flats 84 Canada Geese 3 Barn Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 2 Mourning Dove 1 Eastern Kingbird Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Joel Jorgensen [mailto:zrtac@genesisnet.net] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 6:19 PM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: eastern rainwater basin Hello all. I birded the eastern Rainwater Basin on 7 Aug. It was a slow day and things were scattered around the country-side I did not find either the Black-bellied Whistling-ducks or the White Ibis. I realize, now, that I should have given clear directions to North Harvard Basin so the people who went out to look for the whistling-ducks could have done so without navigational troubles, I apologize and will do better the next time I stumble accross a good bird. What I saw yesterday follows below. Joel Jorgensen ------------------------- Regionwide totals- 7 Aug Great Egrets 18 Little Blue Herons 3 Least Bittern 1 Cattle Egrets 3 Lesser Scaup 2 Soras 6 American Golden-plover 1 (same injured bird at Kissinger) Upland Sandpiper 9 (2 of which were wading/foraging in the water at Kissinger) Lesser Yellowlegs 14 (that's it!) Semipalmated Sandpiper 98 Stilt Sandpiper 23 Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 32 Franklins Gull 1 1 Eastern Pheobe (apparently a migrant of at least a drifter) 1 Empidonax Flycatcher (Looked like a Least to me) Sedge Wrens 60 (at least, they are abundant in virtually all larger tracts of grass)
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Aug. 7 Clay Co. Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 18:13:10 -0500 NeBirders, On Saturday, August 7, in Kearney County north of Heartwell, we saw and heard about fifty Grasshopper Sparrows and one Blue Grosbeak. In Clay County at Kissinger Basin, we saw and heard twelve Great Blue Herons, five Great Egrets, nine Upland Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Plover, an American Golden Plover, seven Stilt Sandpipers, fifteen Long-billed Dowitchers, twelve dowitchers unidentified to species, a Pectoral Sandpiper, two Semipalmated Sandpipers, 35 Baird's Sandpipers, a Western Sandpiper, forty Least Sandpipers, two Wilson's Phalaropes and fifteen Sedge Wrens. Sorry, no ibis. A mile north of Kissinger, we saw a Loggerhead Shrike. At Theesen WPA, we saw a Spotted Sandpiper, another Pectoral Sandpiper, two more Semipalmated Sandpipers, four more Baird's Sandpipers, and 22 more Least Sandpipers. We went through North Harvard Basin but saw only Mallards and Blue-winged Teal. We also went around Harvard WPA but did not see much. What have you been seeing? Robin Harding Gibbon, NE
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 13:48:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Fall first
About noon I had my first fall Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the yard.
They're a few days later than usual this fall.
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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 14:10:55 -0500 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Re: Fall first Jan Johnson wrote: > Jan and NE-bird listers, We had ruby throats all summer 13 miles northeast of Bassett on the north side and the south side of the Niobrara river. hopefully they nested somewhere in that area. My nephew tells me this is the second year that they have been there all summer. Carolyn Hall, Bassett, NE > About noon I had my first fall Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the yard. > They're a few days later than usual this fall. > > > ****************************************************************************** > > Jan Johnson ___ Children are a message > Wakefield Community Schools <*,*> we send to a time we > Wakefield, NE 68784 ['-'] will not see. > jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us _"_"_ > > >
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Fall first Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 11:12:21 -0500 Hi all, Had my first fall "warbler"-- not a warbler at all actually but a very early PHILADELPHIA VIREO. My first sighting of this species since the fall of 1997 . We saw it up close in a shrub , together with a Song Sparrow and two House Wrens, on a sandbar of the Blue River near Crete during a canoe trip yesterday. No other good birds though. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Hall To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Sent: 8/9/99 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Fall first Jan Johnson wrote: > Jan and NE-bird listers, We had ruby throats all summer 13 miles northeast of Bassett on the north side and the south side of the Niobrara river. hopefully they nested somewhere in that area. My nephew tells me this is the second year that they have been there all summer. Carolyn Hall, Bassett, NE > About noon I had my first fall Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the yard. > They're a few days later than usual this fall. > > > ************************************************************************ ****** > > Jan Johnson ___ Children are a message > Wakefield Community Schools <*,*> we send to a time we > Wakefield, NE 68784 ['-'] will not see. > jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us _"_"_ > > >
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:49:55 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 8/10/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * August 10, 1999 * NEST9908.10 - Birds Mentioned Great Egret Little Blue Heron Least Bittern Cattle Egret Sora American Golden-Plover Upland Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Franklin's Gull Sedge Wren Semipalmated Plover Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Common Loon Olive-sided Flycatcher Carolina Wren Summer Tanager Willow Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher - 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, August 10th. In central Nebraska on the 7th in the eastern Rainwater Basin the following species were seen: 18 GREAT EGRETS, 3 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, a LEAST BITTERN, 3 CATTLE EGRETS, 6 SORAS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 9 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 14 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 98 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 23 STILT SANDPIPERS, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 32 LONG- BILLED DOWITCHERS, a FRANKLIN'S GULL & 60 SEDGE WRENS. In Clay County on the 7th at Kissinger WPA, 5 GREAT EGRETS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 40 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 7 STILT SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 35 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, a WESTERN SANDPIPER & 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES were found. In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 5th, 2 COMMON LOONS were found at Lake Ogallala. In eastern Nebraska in Richardson County on the 8th, an OLIVE -SIDED FLYCATCHER, a CAROLINA WREN & a SUMMER TANAGER were seen in Indian Cave State Park. In Nemaha County on the 8th, 3 GREAT EGRETS & a SEDGE WREN were found south of Brownville. In Douglas County on the 8th at Neale Woods, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER & a SEDGE WREN were found in Jonas Valley. On the 10th, an ALDER FLYCATCHER was heard singing in a yard in the Florence area of north Omaha. In Lancaster County on the 8th, 56 KILLDEER, 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 27 LEAST SANDPIPERS & a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER were seen at Olive Creek SRA. On the 6th at Olive Creek, 11 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER & a WESTERN SANDPIPER 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. Be sure to include the date of the sighting. Thank you and good birding! - End transcript
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 16:28:26 -0500 From: Brian Boldt <bboldt@huntmarketing.com> Subject: Black-necked Stilts Hello, My name is Brian Boldt, and I have been working on our breeding bird atlas here in Wisconsin. This summer we had the first successful nesting of Black-necked Stilt in the state at Horicon NWR. I was wondering if any of you had information on their breeding status in Nebraska, or if you could put me in touch with someone who would? I am looking mainly for information on breeding population trends, dates of first state nestings, etc. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. Also, I am not a subscriber to the listserv, so please reply to me directly. Brian Boldt Milwaukee, WI
From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 22:47:26 -0000 today in Alma we had 4 Bullock's Oriole''s and 2 Red Crossbills. We have very little mud so have not seen many shorebirds but have some Great Egrets that we see in the smart weed out the west end of the lake. Wanda and Glen
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:04:36 -0500 Anyone heard about this alleged aspect of Nebraska history? (This is a from thread on KS-BIRDS about the recent passing of legislation to cease teaching evolution in schools). Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- From: James Matta <jmatta@HUSKY.BLOOMU.EDU> To: TAXACOM@USOBI.ORG Subject: Re: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 2:59 PM >But don't forget that another plains state legislature (Nebraska?) once passed >a law that the value of pi would henceforth be 4.00. This is so far off the wall that it absolutely cannot possibly be true! (So of course it is.) Does anybody have a reference for this? It would be great in developing an example of the relationship between physical laws and public opinion. Jim Matta jmatta@bloomu.edu ----------
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 18:09:42 -0500 Oops! Here's a followup. We're off the hook!! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Doug Yanega <dyanega@POP.UCR.EDU> > To: TAXACOM@USOBI.ORG > Subject: Re: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... > Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 3:49 PM > > >>But don't forget that another plains state legislature (Nebraska?) once > >>passed >a law that the value of pi would henceforth be 4.00. > > > >This is so far off the wall that it absolutely cannot possibly be true! > >(So of course it is.) Does anybody have a reference for this? It would > >be great in developing an example of the relationship between physical > >laws and public opinion. > > It is not true. http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/pi.htm says: > > Claim: Responding to pressure from religious groups, Alabama's state > legislature redefined the value of pi from > 3.14159 to 3, to bring it in line with biblical precepts. > > Status: False. > > Origins: This wonderful bit of creative writing began circulating on the > Internet in April 1998. Written by Mark > Boslough as an April Fool's parody on legislative and school board > attacks on evolution in New Mexico, the author > took real statements from New Mexican legislators and school board > members supporting creationism and recast > them into a fictional account detailing how Alabama legislators had > passed a law calling for the value of pi to be set to > the "Biblical value" of 3.0. > > This brilliant piece of humor was originally posted to the newsgroup > talk.origins on 1 April 1998 as well as sent to a > list of New Mexican scientists and citizens interested in evolution > and printed in the April issue of the New Mexicans > for Science and Reason newsletter NMSR Reports. Its talk.origins > poster followed up a day later with a full > confession and explanation of the prank, thereby allowing others to > share in the fun. One would have thought that > would have been the end of it. > > Ah but the Internet works in mysterious ways. Several readers > forwarded the piece to friends and posted it to other > newsgroups. As the story moved along, what would have easily > identified it as a parody and not a news item was > stripped out: the attribution to "April Holiday" of the "Associmated > Press." Now it looked like a real news piece. > Which is how it was received by many. > > There is not now and never has been a bill in front of the Alabama > state legislature to redefine the value of pi. > Though the claim about the Alabama state legislature is pure > nonsense, it is similar to an event that happened more > than a century ago. In 1897 the Indiana House of Representatives > unanimously passed a measure redefining the area > of a circle and the value of pi. (House Bill no. 246, introduced by > Rep. Taylor I. Record.) The bill died in the state > Senate. > --------- > Would that the present ruling in Kansas were also just a bit of faxlore, > too. Argh. > > Peace, > > > Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum > Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 > phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) > http://insects.ucr.edu/staff/yanega.html > "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness > is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82
From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Hiway 71 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:14:51 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BEE4FF.55C94600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi NeBirders, Just to let you all know that Hiway 71 south of Gering was reopened this = week. No more lengthy detour. Good birding to all, Alice Kenitz ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BEE4FF.55C94600 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 NeBirders,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Just to let you all know that Hiway = 71 south of Gering was reopened this week. No more lengthy = detour.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Good birding to all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Alice = Kenitz</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01BEE4FF.55C94600--
From: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 22:02:42 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... Ross, The KS board of Educatin passed a ruling yesterday not to teach evolution in the schools. It may have been isolated to a particular county. I didn't pay enough attention to the detail. the news was disturbing enough Betty Allen Omaha, NE
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:54:31 -0500 Hi all, From what I have read, this actually didn't ban the teaching of evolution. It merely allowed local boards to teach whatever they want-- Creationism or Evolution. My guess is that they'll be court challenges, confusion in schools and a big backlash. This may be short-lived... P.S. Male Scarlet Tanager near Spring Creek yesterday. Early migrant? Mark O -----Original Message----- From: lizprints@webtv.net To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Sent: 8/12/99 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Fw: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere... Ross, The KS board of Educatin passed a ruling yesterday not to teach evolution in the schools. It may have been isolated to a particular county. I didn't pay enough attention to the detail. the news was disturbing enough Betty Allen Omaha, NE
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 99 15:00:23 -0400
From: "Kevin Poague"<kpoague@audubon.org>
Subject: spring creek
Howdy!
Couldn't resist a walk around Spring Creek on a 70-degree day. Here's
what is around:
Eastern bluebirds (parents and young)
Barn swallows
grasshopper sparrows
Killdeer
House finches
Goldfinches
Eastern kingbirds (more than I have seen recently. Are they
migrating?)
Great blue heron
Great egret (appropriately, it was near Great Egret Marsh. Will have
to relate sometime how the marsh got its name)
Sedge wrens (More than ten; most of them were in the 40-acre parcel of
land we burned in the spring. Coincidence?)
Kevin Poague
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:59:34 CDT Subject: Re: Hiway 71 > From: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> > To: "Nebraska Birds" <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: Hiway 71 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:14:51 -0600 > Reply-to: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Alice, Any birding news from the panhandle? Sightings? Just getting ready to put a short newsletter together. Clem Klaphake NOU Pres. > Hi NeBirders, > Just to let you all know that Hiway 71 south of Gering was reopened this week. No more lengthy detour. > Good birding to all, > Alice Kenitz > >
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Olive Creek Bonanza Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 21:27:07 -0500 Hi all, The cold front deposited lots of shorebirds (and others) at Olive Creek SRA: I was too busy sifting through the flocks to put numbers on everything: Geese and Ducks ( all male ducks seen were in eclipse) Canada Goose (resident flock) Northern Shoveler 1 (male going from eclipse to fall sub-eclipse--weird looking) Blue-winged Teal 17 Green-winged Teal 4 Waders and Shorebirds Great Blue Heron 5 SNOWY EGRET- 1 immature (photo'd) Lesser Yellowlegs- several Greater Yellowlegs- 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER-1(life-bird) Killdeer-many Semipalmated Plover-3 WILSON'S PHALAROPE-1 Spotted Sandpiper- half-a-dozen or so Pectoral Sandpiper-1 Stilt Sandpiper- tons-- more numerous today than Killdeer Baird's Sandpiper--1-3 Semipalmated Sandpiper-- 3-4 Least Sandpiper-- maybe 20 WESTERN SANDPIPER-- 1 for sure, maybe a second Several unidentifiable shorebirds. I think I was trying to turn a couple fat and dumpy Stilt Sandpipers into something better. Raptors (near Olive Creek) 1- female American Kestrel (seen) 1-Red-tailed Hawk (seen) 1-Barred Owl (heard) Lots of other birds around too, but all of common species. Mark O
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