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1. Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Sat, 14 Aug 1999 23:02:51 -0500
2. eastern Rainwater Basin
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:30:59 -0500
3. in search of mud
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:57:41 -0500
4. Re: Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:52:59 -0500 (CDT)
5. Re: eastern Rainwater Basin
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:05:25 -0500
6. RE: Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:35:03 -0500
7. Nebraska Birdline for 8/16/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:54:55 -0500
8. Nebraska Birdline for 8/20/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:02:12 -0500
9. Yellow Warblers
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlserve.unl.edu>
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:41:30 -0500
10. Hummingbird migration
Alan and Lynette Risor <arisor@gpcom.net>
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:20:05 -0500
11. Re: Hummingbird migration
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:50:36 -0500
12. Re: Hummingbird migration
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:16:22 -0500
13. Re: Hummingbird migration
"Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net>
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:02:20 -0600
14. western Nebraska birds
Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu>
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:59:38 -0500 (CDT)
15. Fall migration
Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com>
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500
16. Re: Fall migration
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 18:59:38 CDT
17. [NeBirds] Kearney Co. more mud
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:14:11 -0500
18. Birding
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:42:05 CDT
19. The Young and Colorful
"Jan Johnson" <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 20:01:58 -0700
20. eastern RWB
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 20:21:34 -0500
21. Nebraska Birdline for 8/22/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:46:30 -0500
22. Weekend Birding
John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com>
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:38:49 -0500
23. RE: Fall migration
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:57:33 -0500
24. RE: Fall migration
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:05:06 -0500
25. Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:15:49 -0500 (CDT)
26. RE: Fall migration
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:11:02 -0500
27. RE: Fall migration
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:04:58 CDT
28. RE: Fall migration
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:43:31 -0500
29. (Fwd) RE: Fall migration
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:49:39 CDT
30. Cliff Swallows
paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:09:38 -0500
31. Tuesday birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:41:16 -0600
32. Re: Cliff Swallows
"Jan Johnson" <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:54:29 -0700
33. [NeBirds] Cooper's Hawks & mystery bird
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:44:06 -0500
34. Re: Cliff Swallows
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:13:55 -0500
35. Re: Cliff Swallows
marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:26:35 -0500
36. RE: Cliff Swallows
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:11:51 -0500
37. Nebraska Birdline for 8/25/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:10:52 -0500
38. Re: Barn Swallows
lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen)
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:20:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 23:02:51 -0500 Hi all, In the course of preparing for the fall hawkwatch (an informational post will be coming), I drove up to Hitchcock Nature Area today. I'd also hoped to hit the trails in search of early migrants; no luck, however, as there were a series of mountain bike races being held there. For those of you familiar with the area, it probably won't surprise you that they have a helicopter standing by to rescue injured or exhausted bicyclists. They had to use it last year to pluck some of them from the Westridge area... My improvised trip to DeSoto was at the wrong time of day and produced little (best bird Warbling Vireo!). I stopped off at Olive Creek on the way home. Lots of shorebirds of a number of species still there, but literally half of what was there yesterday (reminded me of Pete Dunne's "After the Cold Front"). All the good stuff from yesterday was gone except for that brightly-plumaged juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER. I got a great look at a second bird that I had thought yesterday might be another Western, but I am still stuck between Western/Semipalmated in this case. There are clear Semipalmateds present, but this one individual seems to display mixed characteristics. A hopeless case... Mark O
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: eastern Rainwater Basin Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:30:59 -0500 I birded the eastern Rainwater Baisin on Sunday, August 15. Other than the couple of good rarities, numbers of shorebirds and herons,etc have been dissapointing this summer/early fall in the region. Below are the overall totals. Joel Jorgensen ------------------- 29 Great Egrets 2 Snowy Egrets 4 Cattle Egrets 1 immature dark or "plegadis" ibis 1 Virginia Rail (actually saw it foraging rather than hearing it) 2 Semipalmated Plovers 2 American Avocets 14 Greater Yellowlegs 81 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Upland Sandpipers 7 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (this species has been particular difficult to find this fall) 38 Long-billed Dowitchers 1 Northern Mockingbird unbelievable numbers of Cliff Swallows
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: in search of mud Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:57:41 -0500 Hi NeBirders, Sunday, August 15, in Buffalo County, we saw two Black-billed Magpies a mile east of the Gibbon I-80 exit. In Phelps County we met the Hoges at Funk Lagoon. Of course, they had been there about an hour and a half already when we arrived. So I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they saw wonderful things that we just missed. While there, Robin and I saw or heard a Great Egret, five Black Terns, three Sedge Wrens, a Marsh Wren, a Loggerhead Shrike and two Swamp Sparrows. The four of us then went to Sacramento/Wilcox SWMA. Along the way we saw a singing male Blue Grosbeak in alternate plumage in Kearney County just northwest of Axtell. Again in Phelps County at Sacramento/Wilcox SWMA Glen pointed out three White-faced Ibis. We also saw three Turkey Vultures, a Solitary Sandpiper and another Loggerhead Shrike. After a nice conversation, that was interrupted by the the ibis flying around above the marsh in front of us, we drove our separate ways. In Kearney County three and a half miles west of Youngson WPA Robin and I saw two more Turkey Vultures, a Swainson's Hawk, a few thousand swallows (a mixture of Northern Rough-winged, Bank and predomenantly Cliff Swallows) and a Lark Sparrow. Five or six miles southwest of Heartwell we saw yet another Loggerhead Shrike. Four and a half miles west of Heartwell we saw a Greater Yellowlegs, eight Lesser Yellowlegs, two more Solitary Sandpipers, a Pectoral Sandpiper and eight Wilson's Phalaropes in a flooded field. Three or four miles further north, in a flooded field, we saw a Least Sandpiper. We saw yet another Turkey Vulture flying over near the Gibbon I-80 exit. 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: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 22:52:59 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek Mark, I was over at Olive creek on Sunday on the East side. It was mid aftenoon and the glare was pretty bad. Unfortunately , 95% of the birds were kildeer. There were a few semipalmated sands and what i took to be a pair of least sandpipers. That is is all I saw. I got up upon the picnic table with my scope an looked over to the west side but couldn't spot anythng except canada geese. The ranger said there were a lot of them coming in each day. ( P.S. I think he had been taking am afternoon nap an we woke him up when we drove in !) Betty Allen Omaha, NE
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:05:25 -0500 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Re: eastern Rainwater Basin Hi, I also finally made the trip to some eastern Rainwater Basins on Sunday. Below are my highlights: Black-bellied Plover Upland Sandpipers White-faced ibis Several Sora (seen and heard) Great egrets Hundred's of killdeer Many dowitchers (with the time of day and no scope, identifying to species was too hard) I believe too that this year has been disappointing, although I have only been watching for 2 years. Last year was much busier. Joel, at which site did you see the buff-breasted sandpipers? Good birding, Laurel Badura Kearney At 06:30 PM 8/15/99 -0500, you wrote: > I birded the eastern Rainwater Baisin on Sunday, August 15. Other than >the couple of good rarities, numbers of shorebirds and herons,etc have been >dissapointing this summer/early fall in the region. Below are the overall >totals. > >Joel Jorgensen >------------------- > >29 Great Egrets >2 Snowy Egrets >4 Cattle Egrets >1 immature dark or "plegadis" ibis >1 Virginia Rail (actually saw it foraging rather than hearing it) >2 Semipalmated Plovers >2 American Avocets >14 Greater Yellowlegs >81 Lesser Yellowlegs >8 Upland Sandpipers >7 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (this species has been particular difficult to >find this fall) >38 Long-billed Dowitchers >1 Northern Mockingbird >unbelievable numbers of Cliff Swallows >
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:35:03 -0500 Betty, Yep, the Canadas are always around there. The one day after the cold front brought 3 duck species but they had vanished after that day. I went out yesterday as well, to the West side (out of the glare) and a bit later in the day and had Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, and Semipalmated Plover. Numbers were well down from last week. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: lizprints@webtv.net [mailto:lizprints@webtv.net] Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 10:53 PM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu; MOrsag@doane.edu Subject: Re: Hitchcock, DeSoto, Olive Creek Mark, I was over at Olive creek on Sunday on the East side. It was mid aftenoon and the glare was pretty bad. Unfortunately , 95% of the birds were kildeer. There were a few semipalmated sands and what i took to be a pair of least sandpipers. That is is all I saw. I got up upon the picnic table with my scope an looked over to the west side but couldn't spot anythng except canada geese. The ranger said there were a lot of them coming in each day. ( P.S. I think he had been taking am afternoon nap an we woke him up when we drove in !) Betty Allen Omaha, NE
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:54:55 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 8/16/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * August 16, 1999 * NEST9908.16 - Birds Mentioned Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Cassin's Vireo Red Crossbill Bullock's Oriole Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Virginia Rail Sora Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Northern Mockingbird Black Tern Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Loggerhead Shrike Swamp Sparrow White-faced Ibis Solitary Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Black-billed Magpie Stilt Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Eastern Bluebird Grasshopper Sparrow Green Heron Red-shouldered Hawk Yellow-throated Vireo - Transcript Tape Number: 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha, for Monday, August 16th. In western Nebraska in Kimball County on the 15th, a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD & a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD were seen at feeders in Bushnell. On the 15th at Oliver Reservoir, a CASSIN'S VIREO was seen. In central Nebraska on the 11th in Harlan County, 2 RED CROSSBILLS & 4 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES were seen in Alma. GREAT EGRETS were seen on the west end of Harlan Reservoir on the 11th. On the 15th in the eastern Rainwater Basin the following species were seen: 29 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, 4 CATTLE EGRETS, a plegadis sp. IBIS, a VIRGINIA RAIL, several SORAS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 14 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 81 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 7 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 38 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS & a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. In Phelps County on the 15th, a GREAT EGRET, 5 BLACK TERNS, 3 SEDGE WRENS, a MARSH WREN, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE & 2 SWAMP SPARROWS were found at Funk Lagoon. At Sacramento/Wilcox WMA, 3 WHITE-FACED IBIS & a SOLITARY SANDPIPER were found. In Kearney County on the 15th, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER & 8 WILSON'S PHALAROPES were seen in a flooded field 4.5 miles west of Heartwell. In Buffalo County on the 15th, 2 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES were seen a mile east of the Gibbon I-80 exit. In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 13th the following species were found at Olive Creek SRA: a SNOWY EGRET, 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, several LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, many STILT SANDPIPERS, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER & a WESTERN SANDPIPER. On the 15th, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS & STILT SANDPIPERS were seen at Olive Creek. On the 13th south of Denton, a GREAT EGRET, EASTERN BLUEBIRDS & GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were found on Audubon Spring Creek Prairie. In Sarpy County on the 14th at Fontenelle Forest, a GREEN HERON, 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS & a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO 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: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:02:12 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 8/20/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * August 20, 1999 * NEST9908.20 - Birds Mentioned Pileated Woodpecker Ruby-throated Hummingbird Clark's Grebe Common Merganser Long-billed Curlew Western Sandpiper Cassin's Kingbird Rock Wren Northern Mockingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Cassin's Vireo Common Loon Western Grebe Red-necked Phalarope Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Virginia Rail Sora Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Black Tern Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Loggerhead Shrike Swamp Sparrow White-faced Ibis Solitary Sandpiper Little Blue Heron - Transcript Tape Number: 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha, for Friday, August 20th. In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 19th at Fontenelle Forest, a PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen flying across the railroad tracks east to North Stream Trail. Also seen on the 19th along the railroad tracks were 3 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. In western Nebraska in Scotts Bluff County on the 15th, 2 CLARK'S GREBES, 49 COMMON MERGANSERS & 20 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS were seen at Lake Alice. At the Scottsbluff sewage ponds on the 15th, a plegadis IBIS sp., a LONG-BILLED CURLEW & a WESTERN SANDPIPER were seen. In Kimball County on the 15th, 2 CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS, a ROCK WREN & 6 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS were found south of I-80 Exit 1. Also on the 15th, a BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD & a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD were seen at feeders in Bushnell. On the 15th at Oliver Reservoir, a CASSIN'S VIREO was seen. In Keith County on the 16th, 3 COMMON LOONS, 2 CLARK'S GREBES & a plegadis IBIS sp. were found at Lake Ogallala, & 4700 WESTERN GREBES were seen on Lake McConaughy. In Lincoln County on the 16th, 2 WESTERN GREBES & a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were found at the North Platte sewage ponds. In central Nebraska on the 15th in the eastern Rainwater Basin the following species were seen: 29 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, 4 CATTLE EGRETS, a plegadis IBIS sp., a VIRGINIA RAIL, several SORAS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 14 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 81 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 7 BUFF- BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 38 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS & a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD. In Phelps County on the 15th, a GREAT EGRET, 5 BLACK TERNS, 3 SEDGE WRENS, a MARSH WREN, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE & 2 SWAMP SPARROWS were found at Funk Lagoon. At Sacramento/Wilcox WMA on the 15th, 3 WHITE-FACED IBIS & a SOLITARY SANDPIPER were found. In Iowa east of Nebraska City on the 16th, 344 GREAT EGRETS, 23 SNOWY EGRETS, 75 CATTLE EGRETS & 4 LITTLE BLUE HERONS were seen flying in to the roost south of Highway 2. 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: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:41:30 -0500
From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlserve.unl.edu>
Subject: Yellow Warblers
While crossing campus (Univ. Nebraska - Lincoln) this noon I found two
dead immature Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia) under a glass
walkway. I guess fall warbler migration has begun.
Thomas Labedz, Lincoln
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:20:05 -0500 From: Alan and Lynette Risor <arisor@gpcom.net> Subject: Hummingbird migration Hello, I have been trying to find information on fall migration of Hummingbird migration in NE to no avail. I have found spring migration but nothing on fall migration. I am still new to birding so could someone please tell me when to expect Hummingbirds to start coming through Nth EAST NE. I live in Wisner which is in Cuming Co. 14 miles west of West Pt. Thank you Alan Risor
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Hummingbird migration Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:50:36 -0500 Alan and Lynette: In northeast Nebraska the only regularly-occurring hummingbird is Ruby-throated. Migration data show that in fall it occurs from about 7 Aug through 11 Oct with regularity, peaking in the first 2 weeks of September. Earlier dates are probably of summering birds, and there is a later date 23 Oct 1909. In spring regular migration is in the period Apr 9 through Jun 12, although, again, late dates are hard to determine as there are a few summering birds. Peak migration in spring is in May. Hummingbirds towards the end of the period, ie in Oct or even later are likely to be other species. Rufous Hummingbird has been recorded in the eastern half of Nebraska as follows: 8 Aug 1992 male Douglas Co, 13-14 Sep 1987 male at Hastings, 10-17 Nov 1985 an immature/female at Bellevue, and 20 Nov 1994 at Omaha. Males migrate through first, and are unlikely to be seen after August. Hope this helps! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Alan and Lynette Risor <arisor@gpcom.net> > To: NeBirds <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: Hummingbird migration > Date: Friday, August 20, 1999 3:20 PM > > Hello, > > I have been trying to find information on fall migration of Hummingbird > migration in NE to no avail. I have found spring migration but nothing > on fall migration. > > I am still new to birding so could someone please tell me when to expect > Hummingbirds to start coming through Nth EAST NE. I live in Wisner which > is in Cuming Co. 14 miles west of West Pt. > > Thank you > > Alan Risor >
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:16:22 -0500
From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Subject: Re: Hummingbird migration
Alan,
As I recollect, we generally see hummers after the first of
August here in Dodge Co. The only one we've seen so far this "fall" was
a male flying out of the machine shed a couple of mornings ago, but we
were in Colorado during the previous week.
Good luck !
Don Paseka
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:02:20 -0600 From: "Linda R. Brown" <lb14735@navix.net> Subject: Re: Hummingbird migration 8/21/99 Hello All, I turned to face my kitchen window last Saturday, August 14, and saw a very white-fronted hummingbird hovering on the other side of the window. I took it to be a female or immature Ruby-throated Hummingbird. This is a new species for my yard list! Linda R. Brown Lincoln, NE
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 09:59:38 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Gubanyi <JGUBANYI@seward.cune.edu> Subject: western Nebraska birds Mark Brogie spend Saturday birding in the Panhandle at the following spots: Oliver Reservoir (and associated spots), Kimball Co Bushnell (for hummingbirds - none seen) Wildcat Hills Gering Cemetary gulch Lake Minatare Lake McConaughy (water was extremely high, therefore no shorebirds) We had 92 species for the whirlwind trip and except for two exceptional birds, there was a noted absence of passerine migrants and/or other interesting birds. The best birds were seen early Saturday morning at Oliver Reservoir near the entrance with the stone fence (I believe it is the second entrance past the entrance to the dam - It was where the pine warbler was seen last fall): MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE (hopefully photo documentation will be forthcoming) LESSER GOLDFINCH (photos of this bird also) - this bird was a male of the green-backed race; the bird was hanging around another goldfinch which was either a female or juvenile; it called often and the call sounds like a goldfinch initially, but is discernibly different from an American goldfinch; the bird was very responsive to a screech owl mimic. Other birds seen/heard: Oliver Reservoir: Western grebe common merganser semipalmated sandpiper eastern screech owl common nighthawk western wood peewee eastern phoebe warbling vireo purple martin (1) Northern rough-winged swallow (only 1) bank swallow barn swallow cliff swallow red-breasted nuthatch American redstart black-headed grosbeak blue grosbeak lazuli bunting (4) Lake Minatare (water was very low with lots of shorebird habitat) A. white pelican immature bald eagle great egret snowy egret Franklin's gulls California gull short-billed dowitcher (1) Baird's sandpiper (>20) least sandpiper (>10) sanderling (1) solitary sandpiper Gering Cemetary gulch (vegetation is high and it is hard to walk) yellow-breasted chat (2) Wildcat Hills Nature Center (they need to put up hummingbird feeders) red crossbills pine siskin yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's race) red-eyed vireo (1) blue-gray gnatcatcher (6) Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 (402) 643-7316 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500 Subject: Fall migration From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. ___________________________________________________________________ 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: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 18:59:38 CDT Subject: Re: Fall migration > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500 > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Fall migration > From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> Moni, Mark Orsag (morsag@DOANE.EDU) is an excellent hawk IDer and does an official fall and spring count at Hitchcock Nature Center just north of Council Bluffs. Quite easy to get to, but I need to look at a map to give you the exact directions. However, I'm sure he would be more than willing to tell you about it and give you the exact directions. He has been doing counts for HAWKWATCH and reports for them as well as NeBirds. On weekends and sometimes during the week I have gone there and helped for a couple of hours. I plan to go there on Mondays for part of the day starting after Labor Day. If you can time it so you can be there after a cold front has come through ,or is going through the numbers of hawks can be pretty good. Good Hawking. Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE > Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - > also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? > I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping > to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > 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: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Kearney Co. more mud Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:14:11 -0500 NeBirders, On Sunday, August 22, Lanny and I went looking for more mudflats in Kearney County. In a freshly cut alfalfa field just south of our home (Buffalo Co. three miles south of Gibbon) we were surprised to find 64 Great-tailed Grackles. Most of them were immatures or females and all of them appeared to be molting. Some of them looked very odd. In Kearney County, in the sandhills-like habitat just south of the Platte River, we heard at least two Bell's Vireos singing in a thicket a couple miles southwest of Lowell. A little further south, we saw a pair of Bobolinks in winter plumage near a flooded field. We also saw four Solitary Sandpipers, two Pectoral Sandpipers, five Greater Yellowlegs, about thirty Upland Sandpipers and two Spotted Sandpipers in flooded fields in the Rainwater Basin in northeastern Kearney County. We saw a Swainson's Hawk flying over a flooded field southwest of Lowell. About three and a half miles southwest of Heartwell, we saw an immature Blue Grosbeak, a Savannah Sparrow and a Grasshopper Sparrow. Back at our home, we heard two Sedge Wrens singing from the prairie nearby. The Platte River and the marshes in the Rainwater Basin near Kearney are full due to recent heavy rains. We saw lots of tree branches down and other evidence of recent wind damage. What have you been seeing? Robin Harding 50370 24th Road Gibbon, NE 68840 308-468-5057 (home), 308-865-8647 (work) marshwren@nctc.net (home), HardingR@UNK.edu (work) N.O.U. web site http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:42:05 CDT Subject: Birding Birders, I went out for two hours of birding today August 22. Just south of Bellevue on Base Lake Road and LaPlatte Road I saw the following: 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Western Sandpipers 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Green Herons 1 Great Blue Heron 90-100 Killdeer 8 Turkey Vultures 4 Eastern Kingbirds 200-250 Red-winged Blackbirds 2 Purple Martins 25 Crows Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE
From: "Jan Johnson" <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: The Young and Colorful
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 20:01:58 -0700
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This morning the birding was great right in my own back yard. It lasted =
about an hour and I think every color of bird was represented. Many =
were immatures and therefore made the watching even more fun. They are =
much more awkward yet than their parents when foraging for food and seem =
awfully playful yet. Following is my yard list as noted from my =
kitchen window and then more species that we observed anywhere from 1/2 =
to 8 miles north of the house.
Yard:
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 (immatures only)
Baltimore Oriole - 9 (2 beautiful adult males and immatures)
Gray Catbird - 1
Bluejay - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 4 (2 adults and 2 immatures (fledged only =
yesterday)
Yellow Warbler - 4 (immatures)
Nashville Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1 female
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 female
Chipping Sparrow - 4 (2 adults and 2 immatures)
Brown Thrasher - 1
House Wren - 4
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 3
American Robin - 9
Barn Swallow - 35 +
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 female
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 male
Mourning Dove - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
1/2 to 8 miles north of our house:
Common Yellowthroat Warbler - 1
Cliff Swallow - 11
Baltimore Oriole - 9
Gray Catbird - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 8
Yellow Warbler - 4
American Goldfinch - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Vesper Sparrow - 5
Song Sparrow - 4
Field Sparrow - 2
Western Meadowlark
Empidomax species
Mourning Dove - 47
American Kestrel - 7
Blue Grosbeak - 1 adult male
Indigo Bunting - 1 adult male
Black-billed Magpie - 6
Lark Sparrow - 4
Red-tail Hawk - 3
Turkey Vulture - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Western Kingbird - 1
Tomorrow I have to return to school all day so any serious birding will =
be confined to weekends.
Jan Johnson
Wakefield Community Schools
Wakefield, NE 68784
jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
Lover of birds, books, and beasts...
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the
watching even more fun. They are much more awkward yet than their =
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when foraging for food and seem awfully playful yet. =
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Yard:</FONT></DIV>
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Baltimore =
Oriole - 9 (2
beautiful adult males and immatures) </FONT></FONT><FONT =
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Gray =
Catbird -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Bluejay -
3</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Downy =
Woodpecker -
2</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Red-headed =
Woodpecker -
4 (2 adults and 2 immatures (fledged only yesterday)</FONT></FONT><FONT
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Yellow =
Warbler - 4
(immatures)</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Nashville =
Warbler -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> American =
Redstart - 1
female</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Red-eyed =
Vireo -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> =
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird - 1 female</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Chipping =
Sparrow - 4 (2
adults and 2 immatures)</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Brown =
Thrasher -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> House Wren =
-
4</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Northern =
Flicker -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Eastern =
Kingbird -
2</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> American =
Goldfinch -
3</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> American =
Robin -
9</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Barn =
Swallow - 35
+</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Red-winged =
Blackbird -
1 female</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> =
White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 male</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Mourning =
Dove -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Song =
Sparrow -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>1/2 to 8 miles north of our house:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000> Common =
Yellowthroat
Warbler - 1</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Cliff =
Swallow -
11</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Baltimore =
Oriole -
9</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Gray =
Catbird -
2</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Red-headed =
Woodpecker -
8</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Yellow =
Warbler -
4</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> American =
Goldfinch -
5</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> =
White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 </FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Vesper =
Sparrow -
5</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Song =
Sparrow -
4</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Field =
Sparrow -
2</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Western
Meadowlark</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Empidomax
species</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Mourning =
Dove -
47</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> American =
Kestrel -
7</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Blue =
Grosbeak - 1 adult
male</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Indigo =
Bunting - 1
adult male</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> =
Black-billed Magpie -
6</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Lark =
Sparrow -
4</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Red-tail =
Hawk -
3</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Turkey =
Vulture -
3</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Great Blue =
Heron -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3> Western =
Kingbird -
1</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
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size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Tomorrow I have to return to school all day so any =
serious
birding will be confined to weekends.</FONT></DIV>
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From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: eastern RWB Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 20:21:34 -0500 Hello. I spent sunday, Aug 22 1999, in the eastern Rainwater Basin. Below is what I found. Joel Jorgensen ----------------------- 22 Aug eRWB 44 Great Egrets 3 Snowy Egrets 1 Cattle Egret 2 immature "plegadis" Ibis 2 adult BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS (*see details below) 4200 Blue-winged Teal 170 Northern Pintail 90 Green-winged Teal 7 Soras 2 Virginia Rails 4 Semipalmated Plovers 2 American Avocets 12 Greater Yellowlegs 58 Lesser Yellowlegs 45 Upland Sandpipers (38 in one alfalfa field) 28 Semipalmated Sandpipers 4 Western Sandpipers (all juvs) 110 Pectoral Sandpipers 0 Buff-breasted Sandpipers ((I'm amazed I couldn't find any) 1 Short-billed Dowitcher (1 juv) 3 Common Snipe 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 "archilochus" hummingbird (presumably it was a Ruby-throat rather than a Black-chinned) 1 Least Flycatcher 3 Warbling Vireos 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 3 Wilson's Warblers 2 American Redstarts 1 "pheusticus" grosbeak 2 Blue Grosbeaks 2 Bobolinks 2 Great-tailed Grackles *I refound the whistling-ducks at what is known as both North Hultine WPA or Sandpiper WPA, Clay Co in the late afternoon. The whistling-ducks were loosely associated with approximately 1000 puddle ducks, mostly Blue-winged Teal, but also present were N. Pintail, G-W Teal, and Gadwall. This time I was able to observe the whistling-ducks at my leisure and took some photos (albeit from a little bit of a distance but they are the only ducks with pinkish orange bills). Sandpiper or North Hultine WPA is located approximately 1 mile east and 3 miles north of the intersection of Highways 6 and 14 in northern Clay county. Do NOT confuse Sandpiper WPA with Sandpiper WMA, the latter is in Fillmore county and is worthless for waterbirds the majority of the time. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:46:30 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 8/22/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * August 22, 1999 * NEST9908.22 - Birds Mentioned Mountain Chickadee LESSER GOLDFINCH Western Grebe Common Merganser Western Wood-Pewee Red-breasted Nuthatch Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Great Egret Snowy Egret Bald Eagle Short-billed Dowitcher Baird's Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Sanderling Solitary Sandpiper California Gull Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Red Crossbill Pine Siskin BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK Blue-winged Teal Cattle Egret Sora Virginia Rail American Avocet Upland Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Common Snipe Nashville Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Wilson's Warbler Bobolink Great-tailed Grackle Greater Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Blue Grosbeak Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Western Kingbird Black-billed Magpie Yellow Warbler American Redstart Baltimore Oriole Green Heron Lesser Yellowlegs - 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, August 22nd. In western Nebraska in Kimball County on the 21st at Oliver Reservoir, a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE & a LESSER GOLDFINCH were found near the main entrance. The LESSER GOLDFINCH was a male of the green-backed race. Other birds seen at Oliver Reservoir on the 21st include: WESTERN GREBE, COMMON MERGANSER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BLACK- HEADED GROSBEAK & 4 LAZULI BUNTINGS. In Scotts Bluff County on the 21st at Lake Minatare, a GREAT EGRET, a SNOWY EGRET, an immature BALD EAGLE, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 20 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a SANDERLING, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER & a CALIFORNIA GULL were found. On the 21st at Wildcat Hills Nature Center, 6 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, RED CROSSBILLS & PINE SISKINS were seen. In central Nebraska in Clay County on the 21st & 22nd, 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were found at Sandpiper WPA (or North Hultine WPA) with about 1,000 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Sandpiper WPA is located 2 miles north and 2 miles west of Saronville. Other birds of note seen on the 22nd in the Eastern Rainwater Basin are: 44 GREAT EGRETS, 3 SNOWY EGRETS, 1 CATTLE EGRET, 2 plegadis sp. IBIS, 7 SORAS, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 45 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 4 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 3 COMMON SNIPES, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 3 WILSON'S WARBLERS & 2 BOBOLINKS. In Buffalo County on the 22nd, 64 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were spotted in a field 3 miles south of Gibbon. In northeastern Kearney County on the 22nd, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 30 UPLAND SANDPIPERS & 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were found in flooded fields in the Rainwater Basin. Also on the 22nd, a BLUE GROSBEAK, a SAVANNAH SPARROW & a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were seen 3.5 miles southwest of Heartwell. In eastern Nebraska in Dixon County on the 22nd, a WESTERN KINGBIRD, 6 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES, 8 YELLOW WARBLERS, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, an AMERICAN REDSTART, a BLUE GROSBEAK & 18 BALTIMORE ORIOLES were seen northwest of Wakefield. In Sarpy County on the 22nd south of Offutt Air Force Base on Harlan Lewis Road & La Platte Road the following species were found: 2 GREEN HERONS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER & 2 WESTERN 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
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:38:49 -0500 Subject: Weekend Birding From: John C Sulllivan <johnsllvn@juno.com> Hello all, Ross Silcock and made a quick trip out west this weekend. After reading Mark Brogie and Joe Gubanyi's report, I see that we should have spent a little more time around Oliver reservoir! The highlight of the trip came well before we reached the Panhandle when we relocated the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS at North Hultine / Sandpiper WPA. See Joel Jorgensen's Eastern RWB report for details on the location. Also at Hultine 8-21 6 Great Egrets 1 Cattle Egret 1 American Bittern Theesen WPA had the best shorebird habitat in the Basin that we found: Semi-palmated Sandpiper 32 Western Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 15 Stilt Sandpiper 14 Long-billed Dowitcher 3 Wilson's Phalarope 12 Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Semi-palmated Plover 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Johnson Lake SRA: Franklin's Gull 200 Ring-billed Gull 2 Forster's Tern 6 Common Tern 1 Black Tern 10 8-22 Bushnell Hummingbirds 0 "Blue" Darner spp. 1 South of Exit 1 N. Mockingbird 2 Cassin's Kingbird 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 (2 adults with 2 food begging young) Brewer's Sparrow's 45 app. North Platte Sewage Lagoon Wilson's Phalarope 3 Red-necked Phalarope 1 John Sullivan Lincoln, Ne ___________________________________________________________________ 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: RE: Fall migration Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 21:57:33 -0500 Moni, Clem and all, Hope to see you and many others up at Hitchcock! Sorry for not replying sooner, but I was out of town. Hitchcock Nature Area is located just north of council bluffs. From Lincoln, take I-680 takes you nearly right to it. Simply exit I-680 at Crescent, Iowa. Iowa 988 goes into Crescent. In Crescent, turn left at the "T" and head north on Hwy 183. Hitchcock Nature Area's entrance is situated on the left after a five minute drive. There is a daily admission fee, but they have a $10 year pass that is a good deal. The scenery alone is worth the price of admission. The Hitchcock Nature Area Hawkwatch is affiliated with HMANA. Cold fronts bring the best flights, but any sunny day between 10 September and 31 October without strong south winds can bring 140+ raptors and vultures in a day within sight of the main counting point at the Lodge. Totals before 10 September will probably be low and totals in November and early December (the count runs until 15 Dec.) are very north wind dependent. There are also 2-3 other productive watchpoints at Hitchcock beside the Lodge and, staffing permitting, we will try to have as many of those covered as possible on a given day. Based on some trial runs last year, I think that our totals will go up considerably due to this change; I have radios to coordinate the various counting points. We keep hourly, daily and seasonal totals for raptors and vultures and daily and seasonal totals for other migrants (of which there are many) seen from the watches or along the trails. I can e-mail count forms to anyone who is interested in them or you can just keep track on your own and e-mail me the results. I'll be up late in the afternoons on Friday (starting Sept 3, and I'll be there most Saturdays and Sundays. Craig Hensley has agreed to take most Mondays and Loren and Babs Padelford will be up on days that their schedules and conditions look particularly favorable. I'll also be doing a few watches for owls and other nocturnal migrants with some Russian night vision gear. Mark Orsag morsag@doane.edu -----Original Message----- From: Moni J Usasz [mailto:musasz@juno.com] Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 1:52 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Fall migration Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. ___________________________________________________________________ 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: RE: Fall migration Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:05:06 -0500 Clem, Thanks for covering for me. If you can take Mondays on even a semi-regular basis, that would be great! If you can do this, you ought to contact Craig Hensley. He'll be there on Mondays as well. He won't be there on the 6th either though. I'll try and work out where to leave the radios so you can use them. Covering the Lodge AND Overlook 1 (near the boardwalk)-- we counted from there last year one day-- would perhaps be most productive and practical. Are you a subscriber to Iowa Bird Chat? Thanks a ton! Mark O -----Original Message----- From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 7:00 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Re: Fall migration > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500 > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Fall migration > From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> Moni, Mark Orsag (morsag@DOANE.EDU) is an excellent hawk IDer and does an official fall and spring count at Hitchcock Nature Center just north of Council Bluffs. Quite easy to get to, but I need to look at a map to give you the exact directions. However, I'm sure he would be more than willing to tell you about it and give you the exact directions. He has been doing counts for HAWKWATCH and reports for them as well as NeBirds. On weekends and sometimes during the week I have gone there and helped for a couple of hours. I plan to go there on Mondays for part of the day starting after Labor Day. If you can time it so you can be there after a cold front has come through ,or is going through the numbers of hawks can be pretty good. Good Hawking. Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE > Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - > also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? > I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping > to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > 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. >
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:15:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
My son Ben and I made a fast trip today after school to Sandpiper in Clay
Co. and found the Whistling-Ducks. Other notable present:
Plegadis sp. (Ibis) (1)
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
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Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
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From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Fall migration Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:11:02 -0500 Moni, We saw 2653 raptors and vultures of 16 species in 142 hours last year.I hope to see 4500 in 250 hrs this year, we'll see... We had over 100 other migrant species last year. Best times are GENERALLY 9:30am-noon and 3:30-5:00pm, but this is HIGHLY variable. Last year Red-tailed Hawks, Turkey Vultures, and Sharp-shinned Hawks were by far the most common species. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Moni J Usasz [mailto:musasz@juno.com] Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 1:52 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Fall migration Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. ___________________________________________________________________ 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: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:04:58 CDT Subject: RE: Fall migration > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: "'nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu'" <nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Fall migration > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:05:06 -0500 > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Mark, I have been in touch with Craig. In general, would you say that if I have 4 hours to spend counting would noon to 4:00 or 5:00 be better than 8:00 to 12:00-1:00? Clem Klaphake > Clem, > > Thanks for covering for me. If you can take Mondays on even a semi-regular > basis, that would be great! If you can do this, you ought to contact Craig > Hensley. He'll be there on Mondays as well. He won't be there on the 6th > either though. I'll try and work out where to leave the radios so you can > use them. Covering the Lodge AND Overlook 1 (near the boardwalk)-- we > counted from there last year one day-- would perhaps be most productive and > practical. > > Are you a subscriber to Iowa Bird Chat? > > Thanks a ton! > > Mark O > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 7:00 PM > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Fall migration > > > > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500 > > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Subject: Fall migration > > From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> > > Moni, > Mark Orsag (morsag@DOANE.EDU) is an excellent hawk IDer and does an > official fall and spring count at Hitchcock Nature Center just north > of Council Bluffs. Quite easy to get to, but I need to look at a map > to give you the exact directions. However, I'm sure he would be more > than willing to tell you about it and give you the exact directions. > He has been doing counts for HAWKWATCH and reports for them as well > as NeBirds. On weekends and sometimes during the week I have gone > there and helped for a couple of hours. I plan to go there on > Mondays for part of the day starting after Labor Day. If you can > time it so you can be there after a cold front has come through ,or > is going through the numbers of hawks can be pretty good. > Good Hawking. > Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE > > > Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - > > also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? > > I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping > > to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > 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: RE: Fall migration Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:43:31 -0500 Clem, That is a good question. My guess is that 9:00 am to 1 pm would generally be the most productive slot. Obviously, this would more true over time than on any particular day. If you and Craig will be up at Hitchcock simultaneously, it would be excellent if you could cover two separate lookouts (Overlook 1 and the Lodge in all probability). Many of the birds visible from Overlook 1 pass behind the Lodge and are missed. Others are visible from both spots. Otherwise, the Lodge is the best spot if only one point is manned. When counting from the Lodge, make sure to frequently check Westridge and in particular the gap in that ridge that we were referring to as "the notch" last year. Checking above the thermal-producing parking lot and the area behind the Lodge generally is also often profitable. I plan to count from Westridge on some days when I have some help. That is about a 40 minute hike from the Lodge when carrying equipment. The panoramic view and the closer views of raptors from Westridge, however, can be breathtaking. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:05 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: RE: Fall migration > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: "'nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu'" <nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Fall migration > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:05:06 -0500 > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Mark, I have been in touch with Craig. In general, would you say that if I have 4 hours to spend counting would noon to 4:00 or 5:00 be better than 8:00 to 12:00-1:00? Clem Klaphake > Clem, > > Thanks for covering for me. If you can take Mondays on even a semi-regular > basis, that would be great! If you can do this, you ought to contact Craig > Hensley. He'll be there on Mondays as well. He won't be there on the 6th > either though. I'll try and work out where to leave the radios so you can > use them. Covering the Lodge AND Overlook 1 (near the boardwalk)-- we > counted from there last year one day-- would perhaps be most productive and > practical. > > Are you a subscriber to Iowa Bird Chat? > > Thanks a ton! > > Mark O > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 7:00 PM > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Fall migration > > > > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500 > > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Subject: Fall migration > > From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> > > Moni, > Mark Orsag (morsag@DOANE.EDU) is an excellent hawk IDer and does an > official fall and spring count at Hitchcock Nature Center just north > of Council Bluffs. Quite easy to get to, but I need to look at a map > to give you the exact directions. However, I'm sure he would be more > than willing to tell you about it and give you the exact directions. > He has been doing counts for HAWKWATCH and reports for them as well > as NeBirds. On weekends and sometimes during the week I have gone > there and helped for a couple of hours. I plan to go there on > Mondays for part of the day starting after Labor Day. If you can > time it so you can be there after a cold front has come through ,or > is going through the numbers of hawks can be pretty good. > Good Hawking. > Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE > > > Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - > > also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? > > I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping > > to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > 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: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:49:39 CDT Subject: (Fwd) RE: Fall migration ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> To: "'nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu'" <nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> Subject: RE: Fall migration Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:43:31 -0500 Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Craig, This is a thread I have been having with Mark Orsag. I don't know if you have seen his comments. Clem Clem, That is a good question. My guess is that 9:00 am to 1 pm would generally be the most productive slot. Obviously, this would more true over time than on any particular day. If you and Craig will be up at Hitchcock simultaneously, it would be excellent if you could cover two separate lookouts (Overlook 1 and the Lodge in all probability). Many of the birds visible from Overlook 1 pass behind the Lodge and are missed. Others are visible from both spots. Otherwise, the Lodge is the best spot if only one point is manned. When counting from the Lodge, make sure to frequently check Westridge and in particular the gap in that ridge that we were referring to as "the notch" last year. Checking above the thermal-producing parking lot and the area behind the Lodge generally is also often profitable. I plan to count from Westridge on some days when I have some help. That is about a 40 minute hike from the Lodge when carrying equipment. The panoramic view and the closer views of raptors from Westridge, however, can be breathtaking. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:05 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: RE: Fall migration > From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> > To: "'nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu'" <nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: RE: Fall migration > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:05:06 -0500 > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Mark, I have been in touch with Craig. In general, would you say that if I have 4 hours to spend counting would noon to 4:00 or 5:00 be better than 8:00 to 12:00-1:00? Clem Klaphake > Clem, > > Thanks for covering for me. If you can take Mondays on even a semi-regular > basis, that would be great! If you can do this, you ought to contact Craig > Hensley. He'll be there on Mondays as well. He won't be there on the 6th > either though. I'll try and work out where to leave the radios so you can > use them. Covering the Lodge AND Overlook 1 (near the boardwalk)-- we > counted from there last year one day-- would perhaps be most productive and > practical. > > Are you a subscriber to Iowa Bird Chat? > > Thanks a ton! > > Mark O > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu [mailto:cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu] > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 7:00 PM > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > Subject: Re: Fall migration > > > > To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:51:46 -0500 > > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu > > Subject: Fall migration > > From: Moni J Usasz <musasz@juno.com> > > Moni, > Mark Orsag (morsag@DOANE.EDU) is an excellent hawk IDer and does an > official fall and spring count at Hitchcock Nature Center just north > of Council Bluffs. Quite easy to get to, but I need to look at a map > to give you the exact directions. However, I'm sure he would be more > than willing to tell you about it and give you the exact directions. > He has been doing counts for HAWKWATCH and reports for them as well > as NeBirds. On weekends and sometimes during the week I have gone > there and helped for a couple of hours. I plan to go there on > Mondays for part of the day starting after Labor Day. If you can > time it so you can be there after a cold front has come through ,or > is going through the numbers of hawks can be pretty good. > Good Hawking. > Clem Klaphake Bellevue, NE > > > Okay all you hawk watchers. Where is a good place to go hawk watching - > > also give directions. What times of day and best times in the fall? > > I've decided it's time to get better at hawk identification. I'm hoping > > to steal a little time away from my teaching this fall. > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > 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. > > >
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:09:38 -0500
From: paseka@tvsonline.net (Paseka, Janis)
Subject: Cliff Swallows
Dear NeBirders,
After seeing power lines loaded with cliff swallows last week
through Friday, I realized that by Sunday they were all gone
from our neighborhood. Is anybody still seeing them and if not, what
day did you last notice them? I'm curious as to whether they all (or at
least the last of them) leave the state at pretty much the same time.
Don Paseka
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:41:16 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Tuesday birding.
> Hello NEBirders-
I made a quick trek across Nebraska today on my was to
Colorado. This morning, I stopped at Sandpiper WMA and
easily found the 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS. I heard
them first, and then watched them at leisure for about 20
minutes. At Lake Ogallala, there was a first-year LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL in the tailrace, along with several
California Gulls. At Oliver Reservoir, I was surprised to
find the male LESSER GOLDFINCH was still hanging around. It
was in the area southwest of the stone gate (fall 1998 Pine
Warbler area). The bird was singing constantly from several
perches and appeared to be territorial. Also present at
Oliver Reservoir was a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, an OVENBIRD,
a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and a WILSON'S WARBLER. Finally,
there were 2 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS and a CASSIN'S KINGBIRD
south of exit 1.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
From: "Jan Johnson" <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us> Subject: Re: Cliff Swallows Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:54:29 -0700 I still saw a couple of them in a small group of Barn Swallows Sunday morning here in northeast Nebraska. Jan Johnson Wakefield Community Schools Wakefield, NE 68784 jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us Lover of birds, books, and beasts... >Dear NeBirders, > > After seeing power lines loaded with cliff swallows last week >through Friday, I realized that by Sunday they were all gone >from our neighborhood. Is anybody still seeing them and if not, what >day did you last notice them? I'm curious as to whether they all (or at > >least the last of them) leave the state at pretty much the same time. > >Don Paseka > > > >
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: [NeBirds] Cooper's Hawks & mystery bird Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:44:06 -0500 NeBirders, On August 23 near our home three miles south of Gibbon, I saw a Cooper's Hawk in the evening. The next morning along I-80 between the Gibbon exit and Minden exit, I saw another Cooper's Hawk. Last weekend Lanny and I saw a mystery bird that I would like to ask you folks about. It was in a bushy area next to stagnant water. It looked and acted like a warbler except that its tail seemed too long. Its upperparts were dark gray and its underparts were light gray, a rather drab-looking bird. It had a nice big eye-ring and a super thin bill. It had two unusual almost white lines down its back as if the tips of the tertials were pale. It was as plump as a kinglet but its tail was longer. It was like a gnatcatcher but there was no white in its tail. It was like Virginia's Warbler but there was no yellow on it anywhere. I can't find any warbler-like bird in the guides that has white lines down its back. It did not make any noise. It was a very attractive mystery bird. Any ideas? Robin Harding 50370 24th Road Gibbon, NE 68840 308-468-5057 (home), 308-865-8647 (work) marshwren@nctc.net (home), HardingR@UNK.edu (work) N.O.U. web site http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:13:55 -0500 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Re: Cliff Swallows Don, I am still seeing cliff swallows, however, I am catching them in southern Nebraska in Franklin and Furnas counties. There were hundreds of them at Funk Lagoon for about 2 weeks and then there were none. They are really on the move!! Laurel Badura Kearney, NE At 09:09 PM 8/24/99 -0500, you wrote: >Dear NeBirders, > > After seeing power lines loaded with cliff swallows last week >through Friday, I realized that by Sunday they were all gone >from our neighborhood. Is anybody still seeing them and if not, what >day did you last notice them? I'm curious as to whether they all (or at > >least the last of them) leave the state at pretty much the same time. > >Don Paseka >
From: marshwren@nctc.net (Randolph and Harding) Subject: Re: Cliff Swallows Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:26:35 -0500 Hi Don and the rest of NeBirders, Last night on my way home from work I saw a few hundred Cliff Swallows flying over the cut alfalfa field that Robin and I saw the 64 Great-tailed Grackles in this past Sunday morning (I saw thirteen of the Great-tailed Grackles yesterday morning flying over the road about a mile west of the alfalfa field). A few hundred is a lot of Cliff Swallows, but not when compared to the tens or hundreds of thousands that we were seeing just a few weeks ago. Thank you for this thread Don. It is my opinion that this is one of the things that we should be doing on NeBirds. good birding and goodbye, Lanny 8/25/99 >Dear NeBirders, > > After seeing power lines loaded with cliff swallows last week >through Friday, I realized that by Sunday they were all gone >from our neighborhood. Is anybody still seeing them and if not, what >day did you last notice them? I'm curious as to whether they all (or at >least the last of them) leave the state at pretty much the same time. > >Don Paseka
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Cliff Swallows Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:11:51 -0500 Hi all, I don't remember seeing a single Cliff Swallow from the hawkwatch last year-- and we see hundreds of migrating swallows and swifts per day at Hitchcock in September. The Cliffs must head south earlier than the Tree and Barn Swallows. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Laurel Badura [mailto:lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 8:14 AM To: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Re: Cliff Swallows Don, I am still seeing cliff swallows, however, I am catching them in southern Nebraska in Franklin and Furnas counties. There were hundreds of them at Funk Lagoon for about 2 weeks and then there were none. They are really on the move!! Laurel Badura Kearney, NE At 09:09 PM 8/24/99 -0500, you wrote: >Dear NeBirders, > > After seeing power lines loaded with cliff swallows last week >through Friday, I realized that by Sunday they were all gone >from our neighborhood. Is anybody still seeing them and if not, what >day did you last notice them? I'm curious as to whether they all (or at > >least the last of them) leave the state at pretty much the same time. > >Don Paseka >
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:10:52 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 8/25/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * August 25, 1999 * NEST9908.25 - Birds Mentioned LESSER GOLDFINCH Townsend's Warbler Ovenbird Black-and-White Warbler Wilson's Warbler Cassin's Kingbird Northern Mockingbird Lesser Black-backed Gull California Gull BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK Ibis sp. - Transcript Tape Number: 402 292-5325 Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com) Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Omaha, for Wednesday, August 25th. In western Nebraska in Kimball County on the 24th at Oliver Reservoir, the male LESSER GOLDFINCH was found again around the area southwest of the stone gates. Other birds seen at Oliver Reservoir on the 24th were: TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER & WILSON'S WARBLER. Also on the 24th, a CASSIN'S KINGBIRD & 2 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS were found south of I-80 Exit 1. In Keith County on the 24th at Lake McConaughy, a first-year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was found in the tailrace with several CALIFORNIA GULLS. In central Nebraska in Clay County on the 23rd & 24th, 2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS were seen again at Sandpiper WPA (or North Hultine WPA). Another bird of note on the 23rd was a plegadis IBIS species. Sandpiper WPA is located 2 miles north and 2 miles west of Saronville. 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: lizprints@webtv.net (elizabeth allen) Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 22:20:49 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Barn Swallows Would you all believe I still have a pair of barn swallows with nestlings. Only one other time have I had this late a nesting. And that time it was early October before they left the vicinity.There were some pretty cold nights and very few insects for them to feed on ! Well these three were "born" August 16-17. Today is the first day I have seen them peeping over the edge of the nest. I've "raised" barn swallows I my breezeway since i984. That's when I move in and I'm sure they had been coming for years before that. In spite of their mess, I think they are a lot of fun to watch ! Betty Allen Omaha, NE
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