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1. Weekend birds at Indian Caves State Park
"Gubanyi,Joe" <jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu>
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:40:17 -0500
2. Seward birds Monday AM
"Gubanyi,Joe" <jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu>
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:51:13 -0500
3. SMRR Broadwings
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:00:08 -0500
4. Re: Polish Herons in Phelps Co.
Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us>
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:11:55 -0500
5. Re: Red-bellied Woodpecker
marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:18:55 -0500
6. Western Panhandle birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:56:02 -0600
7. Re: Red-bellied Woodpecker
Janece Mollhoff <wm14915@navix.net>
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:38:14 -0700
8. EAKI
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:52:11 -0500
9. Attn: Susan Herrick about Hawk Ridge
Alan and Lynette Risor <arisor@gpcom.net>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:03:18 -0500
10. Harris' Sparrow
Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:58:48 -0500 (CDT)
11.
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:34:12 -0000
12. Re: Harris' Sparrow
"Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:43:51 -0500
13. [NEBirds] Migrants in Sarpy County
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:06:38 -0500
14. Re: Saturday birding at Waubonsie and HNA Flash!
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:42:18 -0500
15. [NeBirds] administrative request
marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:47:28 -0500
16. RE: Saturday birding at Waubonsie and HNA Flash!
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:55:36 -0500
17. Thanks
"Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:31:43 -0600
18. ASO fieldtrip
Jerry Toll /Carol Schmid <cjs_jwt@radiks.net>
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:55:04 -0700
19. Re: EAKI
cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:40:59 CDT
20. RE: HNA Third Week
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:52:14 -0500
21. RE: Attn: Susan Herrick about Hawk Ridge
"Susan J. Herrick" <th41814@mail.navix.net>
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:25:55 -0500
22.
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:42:03 -0000
23. [NeBirds] Osprey in Buffalo Co.
marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:54:06 -0500
24. [NeBirds] Barn Starlings and European Swallows
marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:53:03 -0500
25. spring creek news
"POAGUE, Kevin" <KPOAGUE@Audubon.org>
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:15:03 -0400
26. Re: spring creek news
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 01:07:35 -0500
27. Nebraska Birdline for 9/24/99
"Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:13:27 -0500
28.
"Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net>
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:04:58 -0000
29. Seward Co. birds
"Gubanyi,Joe" <jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu>
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:21:04 -0500
30. [NeBirds] Eastern Phoebe eating berries
marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph)
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:32:57 -0500
31. Calamus Birding!
Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:48:48 -0500 (CDT)
32. east. RWB: FINAL REPORT
"Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net>
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:58:09 -0500
33. 9/25 Sandhills
Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net>
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 09:25:56 -0500
34. [NeBirds] Buffalo County Birds
marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:01:02 -0500
35. Panhandle birding.
Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:58:20 -0600
36. Re: Seward Co. birds
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlserve.unl.edu>
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:00:07 -0500
37. RE: HNA Fourth Week
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:51:36 -0500
38. FW: HNA Fourth Week
Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:24:14 -0500
39. NOU Mtg./Grouse season.
"Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlserve.unl.edu>
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:02:39 -0500
40. birds
"Susan J. Herrick" <th41814@mail.navix.net>
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:05:19 -0500
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:40:17 -0500 From: "Gubanyi,Joe" <jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Weekend birds at Indian Caves State Park Several students, my son and I backpacked at Indian Caves State Park this weekend in the southern end of the park with the intent of seeing some fall migrants. It was very dry and birds were hard to see. We were probably a day early. Birds seen on Saturday, Sept. 18: broad-winged hawk - 1 eastern screech owl - heard several barred owl - heard several whip-poor-wills and other goatsuckers - none heard or seen Birds seen on Sunday, Sept. 19: Empidonax flycatcher - 1 immature (buffy wingbars) BALD EAGLE - (immature seen across Missouri River near cave area) great egret - 1 turkey vulture - 12 wild turkey - 6 yellow-billed cuckoo - 2 chimney swift - 2 eastern phoebe - 1 eastern wood pewee - 6 olive-sided flycatcher - 1 tree swallow - 25 northern rough-winged swallow - 100+ barn swallow - 100+ red-breasted nuthatch - 1 house wren - 1 catbird - 3 brown thrasher - 1 ruby-crowned kinglet - 6 blue-headed vireo - 2 red-eyed vireo - 1 black-and white-warbler - 1 Tennessee warbler - 1 c. yellowthroat -1 summer tanager - 1 indigo bunting - 1
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:51:13 -0500 From: "Gubanyi,Joe" <jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Seward birds Monday AM I walked a short trail on Concordia University campus for 30 minutes on Monday morning (September 20) and saw more migrants of interest than I saw at Indian Caves S. P. the previous two days. Birds seen include: peregrine falcon - 1 seen flying overhead barn swallows - 6 house wren - 1 ruby-crowned kinglet - 4 blue-headed vireo - 4 orange-crowned warbler - 10 Nashville warbler - 15 Wilson's warbler - 1 rose-breasted grosbeak - 1 female At several spots, the trees were dripping with warblers. Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE 68434 jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: SMRR Broadwings Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:00:08 -0500 Hi all, I've tried to post this twice already and had it bounced back to me. Third time is the charm...? The SMRR hawkwatch, near Detroit MI, has reported a one day total 513,000 Broad-winged Hawks (not a typo)on 9/17. This is, I believe a new all-time record (at least north of Texas). Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Gubanyi,Joe [mailto:jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu] Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 10:40 AM To: 'NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu' Cc: Gubanyi,Joe Subject: Weekend birds at Indian Caves State Park Several students, my son and I backpacked at Indian Caves State Park this weekend in the southern end of the park with the intent of seeing some fall migrants. It was very dry and birds were hard to see. We were probably a day early. Birds seen on Saturday, Sept. 18: broad-winged hawk - 1 eastern screech owl - heard several barred owl - heard several whip-poor-wills and other goatsuckers - none heard or seen Birds seen on Sunday, Sept. 19: Empidonax flycatcher - 1 immature (buffy wingbars) BALD EAGLE - (immature seen across Missouri River near cave area) great egret - 1 turkey vulture - 12 wild turkey - 6 yellow-billed cuckoo - 2 chimney swift - 2 eastern phoebe - 1 eastern wood pewee - 6 olive-sided flycatcher - 1 tree swallow - 25 northern rough-winged swallow - 100+ barn swallow - 100+ red-breasted nuthatch - 1 house wren - 1 catbird - 3 brown thrasher - 1 ruby-crowned kinglet - 6 blue-headed vireo - 2 red-eyed vireo - 1 black-and white-warbler - 1 Tennessee warbler - 1 c. yellowthroat -1 summer tanager - 1 indigo bunting - 1
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:11:55 -0500 From: Laurel Badura <lteten@ngpc.state.ne.us> Subject: Re: Polish Herons in Phelps Co. I have seen Great Blue Heron's standing on the wire rather than the pole itself! Very funny. Laurel At 08:14 PM 9/19/99 -0500, you wrote: >Nebraska birders, > >On Sunday, Setember 19, Richard Luehrs, Lanny Randolph and I went >birding together. In Phelps County, at the Odessa Platte >River bridge, we saw an Osprey. We saw another one later in the >day along the Platte River at the Kearney/Phelps County line. >Between the Odessa bridge and Funk Lagoon, we saw a Cooper's Hawk >associated with a huge flock of blackbirds. We saw several >giant flocks of blackbirds today and when we were able to >identify them, they were mostly European Starlings, Brown-headed >Cowbirds and Common Grackles with some Yellow-headed Blackbirds >and Red-winged Blackbirds. > >In Phelps County, two miles east of Johnson WPA, we saw a Sharp- >shinned Hawk and three Black-billed Magpies. At Johnson WPA, we >bumped into the birding bubbas (Mark Urwiller, John Kozak and John >Murphy). They had Bruce Eichhorst with them, a new professor at >the University of Nebraska at Kearney. At Johnson WPA, we >saw two Ruddy Ducks. We saw another pair of Ruddys later at Funk >Lagoon. Somewhere between Johnson and Funk WPAs, we saw two silly >Great Blue Herons perched on top of a power pole. I don't remember >ever seeing such a thing before. At Funk Lagoon, we saw about six >Northern Pintails, about 6000 Blue-winged Teal, about 1000 American >Coots, three Great Egrets, a Sora, a Greater White-fronted Goose, >another Cooper's Hawk, an immature Black-crowned Night-Heron and an >American Bittern. Two miles east of Funk Lagoon, in Kearney County, >we saw another Sora. > >Flying over downtown Kearney, we saw about 100 Chimney Swifts. I >thought all the Chimney Swifts had gone since I had not seen any >for a while. Two miles west of our home in Buffalo County, we saw >two Savannah Sparrows. > >What have you been seeing? > >Robin Harding >marshwren@nctc.net >
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:18:55 -0500 From: marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph) Subject: Re: Red-bellied Woodpecker Nebraska birders, Regarding Alice's question about Red-bellied Woodpeckers, they are regular in the Kearney area but I don't know how much further west they go. Robin Harding marshwren@nctc.net Alice wrote: >Greetings, >How far west in Nebraska has anyone seen Red-bellied Woodpeckers? I have >never >seen one in Scotts Bluff County, and I don't think they have ever >been reported >here.
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:56:02 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Western Panhandle birding.
> NEBirders-
I spent much of today birding in Kimball and Scotts
Bluff counties. I saw about 110 species, including a few
noteworthy birds. Here are the highlights:
southwest Kimball County
2 Green-tailed Towhees
2 Common Poorwills (singing before dawn)
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
16 Eastern Bluebirds
Oliver Reservoir
2 Cattle Egrets
1 adult California Gull
6 Common Terns
3 American Pipits
Scotts Bluff National Monument
53 White-throated Swifts
1 Cinnamon Teal east of the Gering sewage lagoons
Scottsbluff sewage lagoons
1 Sanderling
1 Western Sandpiper
1 juvenile Peregrine Falcon at Lake Alice
Lake Minatare
2 adult Herring Gulls
2 Common Terns
14 American Avocets
2 White-throated Sparrows at Winters Creek Lake
southwest Scotts Bluff County
1 Ferruginous Hawk
3 Burrowing Owls
Some other totals for the day:
78 American Kestrels
72 Least Sandpipers
33 Pectoral Sandpipers
132 Stilt Sandpipers
67 Long-billed Dowitchers
8 Wilson's Phalaropes
15 Orange-crowned Warblers
41 Wilson's Warblers
8 Lincoln's Sparrows
NO kingbirds or Lark Buntings
I also saw an American Golden-Plover at Hawk Springs
Reservoir in Wyoming on my way home.
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:38:14 -0700 From: Janece Mollhoff <wm14915@navix.net> Subject: Re: Red-bellied Woodpecker Alice Kenitz wrote: > > Greetings, > How far west in Nebraska has anyone seen Red-bellied Woodpeckers? I > have never seen one in Scotts Bluff County, and I don't think they > have ever been reported here. > Concerning Robin's comment about the Great-blue Herons on power > poles--years ago (probably 25 or so) we had a Great-blue that would > spend the night on a power pole in our front yard. He would stand on > one leg a lot and when it got really windy, he would sit down. He > reminded us of a periscope--up & down a lot--so we nicknamed him > 'Peri'. It was quite a sight. > Good birding, Alice > Alice Maybe I can muddy up the water for you---- about 10 years ago, Doug Kapke the NGPC fish hatchery manager at Crawford, passed along a snapshot of a Red-bellied Woodpecker that he'd taken at his feeder in Crawford. I don't find it listed in the NOURC reports, so I might have just filed it for record. Whoever has the record logbook, or access to the files, could find the particulars. I looked down in the White River bottoms between Ft. Rob and Crawford for evidence of nesting late in the atlas period but didn't find anything. If I can find any more details for you, I'll pass them along. P.S. I see in my decade-old field notes that Doug gave me that photo on 30 March 1989. I think it had been taken just a month or two before. Last I heard, he's now the mgr of the NGPC hatchery at the Calamus Res. near Burwell. But I haven't seen him for a few years. Also, Bill Lemburg told me that they got up the Loup River to his place near Cairo in the '40's. During the atlas, I found them up the Loup to Custer Co. and on the Platte they were reported to Garden Co. Gotta go. Good luck birding Wayne
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: EAKI Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:52:11 -0500 Hello. No real news, but just wanted to pass along that I saw an Eastern Kingbird west of Blair on Monday, Sept 19. Perhaps this will be the last for the year. Joel Jorgensen
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:03:18 -0500 From: Alan and Lynette Risor <arisor@gpcom.net> Subject: Attn: Susan Herrick about Hawk Ridge Hi I am replying about your message about Hawk Ridge. You said you have been there many times. What times of the day is it best to be there? My wife and I have never been there and heard much about it and are planning to go up there this weekend and just wanted some more info from someone who has been there. We are kind of novice birders but are really intereseted in the Raptors. Thank you for your time. Alan Risor arisor@gpcom.net
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:58:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Harris' Sparrow
Tonight I saw my first Harris' Sparrow of the fall season. I checked my
records and the earliest I've seen one before was on October 5. There was
only one bird with two Lincoln's Sparrows.
Ross, is this early?
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From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:34:12 -0000 At Alma tonight we have Franklin's Gulls bug catching all over town and the 183 bridge they look like swarm of bee's lots of Herons and Egrets too. Good birding Wanda and Glen
From: "Ross Silcock" <silcock@sidney.heartland.net> Subject: Re: Harris' Sparrow Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:43:51 -0500 Jan and all: Yes it's fairly early, but early arrival dates cluster at Sep 10,12,12 and there are even 6 earlier recs in September. And even a July specimen! Ross Ross Silcock Tabor, IA silcock@sidney.heartland.net New Zealand Land and Pelagic Trips. Next: Nov 1999 ---------- > From: Jan Johnson <jjohnson@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us> > To: NE birds listserv <NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu>; Ross Silcock <rsilcoc@sidney.heartland.net> > Subject: Harris' Sparrow > Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 5:58 PM > > Tonight I saw my first Harris' Sparrow of the fall season. I checked my > records and the earliest I've seen one before was on October 5. There was > only one bird with two Lincoln's Sparrows. > Ross, is this early? > > > **************************************************************************** ** > > 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, 21 Sep 1999 19:06:38 -0500
Subject: [NEBirds] Migrants in Sarpy County
From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com>
Hi Nebraska birders,
We had an experience similar to what Joe Gubanyi described, also on
Monday, 9/20. We walked the nature trail at Chalco Hills, and in about
an hour saw the following species:
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2, House Wren 4, Catbird 2, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20+,
Blue-headed Vireo 6, Nashville Warbler 20+, Wilson's Warbler 2, American
Redstart 1 female, Magnolia Warbler 1, Common Yellowthroat 1,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 female.
Also seen yesterday were Orange-crowned Warblers and Blue-headed Vireos
along with Nashville Warblers & Ruby-crowned Kinglets at Camp Wakonda,
adjacent to Fontenelle Forest.
Babs & Loren Padelford
Bellevue, NE
lpdlfrd@juno.com
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:42:18 -0500 Subject: Re: Saturday birding at Waubonsie and HNA Flash! From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:49:05 -0500 Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> writes: > Moni, > > No imm. Balds yet. We don't get many until Nov., but one is certainly possible now. > Very good flight today despite intermittent rain. I'll have a full report by > tomorrow evening, but it looks like 204 birds of 11 raptor species. 11 is > better than any day last year in terms of diversity! 1st Merlin and 3rd > Peregrine of season. > Moni & Mark, An immature Bald Eagle was seen at Waubonsie Wildlife Area, near the location of the eagle nest, on August 23rd. An immature BE had also been seen there in May sitting on the eagle nest. We don't think the nest produced any young this year, however. So the bird you saw, Moni, may be the same bird that is hanging around the area. > > Thanks, to Loren, Jerry, Sue, et al and most particularly to famed "Merlin spotter" Babs Padelford! Mark, while I would like to have been the first to spot and identify the Merlin, it was actually Jerry Toll. With Sunday's good numbers, despite bad weather, this is shaping up to be another good hawk watching season at Hitchcock. Babs Padelford Loren 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.
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:47:28 -0500 From: marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph) Subject: [NeBirds] administrative request NeBirders, I've noticed a few messages to NeBirds with a copy of an unrelated message at the bottom as if the sender was replying to an unrelated message from NeBirds. I don't know if everyone else is seeing the same thing as I am but it is confusing and annoying. When you send messages to NeBirds please use this address: NeBirds@rip.physics.unk.edu If you reply to a message from NeBirds, a copy of the original message may be included unless you change your settings. I don't know where to find the settings on other computers. You may need to read your manual or ask someone with a similar computer. If you need help with this particular list, send a message to: autoshare@rip.physics.unk.edu In the body of the message just write the word help. If you would rather write to a person, send me a personal message at: marshwren@nctc.net Thanks for all of your input to NeBirds, it's a great list. Robin Harding
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> Subject: RE: Saturday birding at Waubonsie and HNA Flash! Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:55:36 -0500 Hi all, My humblest apologies to Jerry "Merlin Man" Toll! I, unfortunately, was down at O1 and never saw the Merlin at all... I too hope Sunday was a harbinger of better things and a great closeout to September. I was wondering if we were ever going to get any decent numbers. The more coverage now the better. If anybody is definitely planning to show up this weekend, drop me an e-mail. I want to try and cover all three watchpoints as much as possible during what is usually one of the bigger weekends of the season. Mark O -----Original Message----- From: Loren J. Padelford [mailto:lpdlfrd@juno.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 7:42 PM To: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Subject: Re: Saturday birding at Waubonsie and HNA Flash! On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:49:05 -0500 Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu> writes: > Moni, > > No imm. Balds yet. We don't get many until Nov., but one is certainly possible now. > Very good flight today despite intermittent rain. I'll have a full report by > tomorrow evening, but it looks like 204 birds of 11 raptor species. 11 is > better than any day last year in terms of diversity! 1st Merlin and 3rd > Peregrine of season. > Moni & Mark, An immature Bald Eagle was seen at Waubonsie Wildlife Area, near the location of the eagle nest, on August 23rd. An immature BE had also been seen there in May sitting on the eagle nest. We don't think the nest produced any young this year, however. So the bird you saw, Moni, may be the same bird that is hanging around the area. > > Thanks, to Loren, Jerry, Sue, et al and most particularly to famed "Merlin spotter" Babs Padelford! Mark, while I would like to have been the first to spot and identify the Merlin, it was actually Jerry Toll. With Sunday's good numbers, despite bad weather, this is shaping up to be another good hawk watching season at Hitchcock. Babs Padelford Loren 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: "Alice Kenitz" <akenitz@prairieweb.com> Subject: Thanks Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:31:43 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01BF0470.51823800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to all of you that provided info about sightings of Red-bellied = Woodpeckers in the more westerly parts of Nebraska. Alice ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01BF0470.51823800 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>Thanks to all of you that provided = info about sightings of Red-bellied Woodpeckers in the more westerly parts of Nebraska.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Alice</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01BF0470.51823800--
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:55:04 -0700 From: Jerry Toll /Carol Schmid <cjs_jwt@radiks.net> Subject: ASO fieldtrip Greetings to all, the Audubon Society of Omaha field trip was held September 18th. The best place to see migrants seemed to be in the valley picnic area but, there were alot of area we were unable to visit. We tried doing a hawkwatch in late morning but they weren't flying. 32 species recorded to my knowledge: Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Eastern Wood Peewee Barn Swallow Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet European Starling Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Nashville Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Tanager species Northern Cardinal submitted by Jerry Toll cjs_jwt@radiks.net
From: cnk@scholars.bellevue.edu Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:40:59 CDT Subject: Re: EAKI > From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> > To: <nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu> > Subject: EAKI > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:52:11 -0500 > Reply-to: nebirds@rip.physics.unk.edu Joel, Just curious. Are you planning to come to Halsey for the Field Days Oct 8-10? I'm just trying to get a feel for how many board members plan to be there. Clem Klaphake > > Hello. > > No real news, but just wanted to pass along that I saw an Eastern Kingbird > west of Blair on Monday, Sept 19. Perhaps this will be the last for the > year. > > Joel Jorgensen >
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Subject: RE: HNA Third Week
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:52:14 -0500
Greetings,
The Hitchcock Nature Area (HNA) is located in the Loess Hills on the
Iowa side of the Iowa-Nebraska border overlooking the Missouri River Valley
to the west. The watch is easily accessible from the intersection of
Interstate Highways 680 and 29; take Iowa 988 into the town of
Crescent,Iowa. From Crescent, take Route 183 north to HNA. Some counting has
been
done at HNA since 1992. This year, counting of raptors, vultures and other
migrants is being done on a part-time basis during the September 1-December
15 period. There are three watchpoints at HNA; most counting, however, has
been done from the deck of the park's lodge. HNA will remain an undercounted
site until staffing improves or a higher vantage point is created.
September 1999
Things continue on the slow side here despite a strong flight of 207 hawks
and vultures accompanying the stormy passage of the cold front on 9/19.
Non-raptors have also been less numerous than in past years. Diversity of
all migrants has been quite good, however, and we have extraordinary numbers
of some species. The seasonal Osprey record fell on 9/19. A full "dicky
bird" report will be posted at the end of the month.
We have learned of the big Broad-winged Hawk numbers posted on the Great
Lakes and eastern ridges with envy. We are too far west to see large kettles
of Broad-winged Hawks regularly. Indeed, BW numbers here so far this year
have been exceptionally poor.
We are about to enter the last week of September, traditionally one of our
biggest weeks. As we have been getting above average Swainson's Hawk numbers
so far, I'm hoping for a good-sized push before 9/30.
9/14,9/15,9/16 = no counter
9/13, 9/20 = counters present, but we haven't been able to transfer the data
yet. I'll include these numbers with the next post. Thus our totals are a
bit higher than is reflected below.
Species 9/17 9/18 9/19 YTD
Turkey Vulture 30 36 69 325
Osprey 1 5 9 40#
Northern Harrier 0 0 4 8
Sharp-sh. Hawk 4 11 48 116
Cooper's Hawk 0 3 11 40
Swainson's Hawk 0 1 2 17*
Broad-wing.Hawk 1 8 33 83
Red-tailed Hawk 5** 4 9 54**
Amer. Kestrel 2 1 14 45
Merlin 0 0 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 0 1 3
unid. raptor 1 0 8 17
Totals 6/44 8/69 11/207 11/760
# Indicates new seasonal record.
*Indicates 1 dark morph individual.
** Indicates 1 dark morph (indeterminate) individual. There was an early
immature Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk on 9/17.
Total Hours: 3.0 8.25 7.5 61.5
Max Obs: 1 1 7
Points manned: 1 1 2
H.Temp: 80 84 65
Wind: SE Calm/SE N
Skies: Mostly Clear Cloudy/
Clear Stormy
Best wishes,
Mark Orsag
morsag@doane.edu
From: "Susan J. Herrick" <th41814@mail.navix.net> Subject: RE: Attn: Susan Herrick about Hawk Ridge Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:25:55 -0500 Hawk Ridge is a great place to go birding all day, the morning is typically the easiest time to see the hawks because many are coming up out of the trees and just gaining altitude. The whole day can be spectacular if the weather is right, wind out of the north west. The better the conditions the higher the flight. Even in damp south winds birding can be really good in Duluth because one can go to the lake shore and see peregrines, shore birds, etc. If it isn't too busy there ask if you can make arrangements to go to the banding station. Good Luck, I hope this information isn't getting to you too late. I'm anxious to hear what you see there. PS Take warm clothes, it is often windy! -----Original Message----- From: Alan and Lynette Risor [SMTP:arisor@gpcom.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 12:03 PM To: NeBirds Subject: Attn: Susan Herrick about Hawk Ridge Hi I am replying about your message about Hawk Ridge. You said you have been there many times. What times of the day is it best to be there? My wife and I have never been there and heard much about it and are planning to go up there this weekend and just wanted some more info from someone who has been there. We are kind of novice birders but are really intereseted in the Raptors. Thank you for your time. Alan Risor arisor@gpcom.net
From: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:42:03 -0000 At a Football game in Alma tonight we counted 50+ Chimney Swift's also over the lake coming in to spend the night we had over 100 + White Pelican's Good birding Wanda and Glen
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:54:06 -0500 From: marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph) Subject: [NeBirds] Osprey in Buffalo Co. NeBirders, At our home near the Platte River in Buffalo County, I saw an Osprey fly over just before sundown on September 23. By the way, we have added an article about the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (N.O.U.) Records Committee to the N.O.U. web site. Please take a look and tell me what you think of it. The address is http://rip.physics.unk.edu/nou/ Robin Harding marshwren@nctc.net
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:53:03 -0500 From: marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph) Subject: [NeBirds] Barn Starlings and European Swallows Hi Nebraska Birders, This past Sunday, Monday and Tuesday there were at least 500 Barn Swallows (I counted 500 with more remaining) flying over the cornfields southwest of our home which is in Buffalo County three and a half miles southeast of Gibbon. Thursday and last evening there were about 300 European Starlings trying their best to mimic the Barn Swallows. They flew a lot better than I had thought starlings could. But they looked awful compaired to the graceful flight of the swallows. I believe that starlings wouldn't do that unless there was an above average number of insects. I wonder if all the swallows headed south. If any of those swallows were left in the area, wouldn't they still be taking advantage of such an easy meal that even starlings can utilize it? good birding and goodbye, Lanny
From: "POAGUE, Kevin" <KPOAGUE@Audubon.org> Subject: spring creek news Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:15:03 -0400 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_001_01BF06A7.F515186E Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Folks, Could there have been a nicer morning for a bird walk than this one (Friday, 9/24)? I think not. Fall migration is a little more evident out here at Spring Creek. Here's a roundup of what I saw. ruby-crowned kinglet chimney swift eastern and western meadowlark field sparrow gray catbird Northern flicker (everywhere) great blue heron red-winged blackbird brown thrasher (more than a few; most I have seen out here) Eastern phoebe Lincoln's sparrow (first one I have seen this year) palm warbler magnolia warbler (a first for Spring Creek!) red-breasted nuthatch (another first for Spring Creek, and the first I have seen this year) What have apparently flown south are Eastern kingbirds, orioles, and red-headed woodpeckers. Prairie is looking great. It's amazing what a little reduced grazing can do for grasses. Kevin ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF06A7.F515186E Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>spring creek news</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Folks,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Could there have been a nicer morning for a bird = walk than this one (Friday, 9/24)? I think not. Fall migration is a = little more evident out here at Spring Creek. Here's a roundup of what = I saw.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>ruby-crowned kinglet</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>chimney swift</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>eastern and western meadowlark</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>field sparrow</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>gray catbird</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Northern flicker (everywhere)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>great blue heron</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>red-winged blackbird</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>brown thrasher (more than a few; most I have seen = out here)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Eastern phoebe</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Lincoln's sparrow (first one I have seen this = year)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>palm warbler</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>magnolia warbler (a first for Spring Creek!)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>red-breasted nuthatch (another first for Spring = Creek, and the first I have seen this year)</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>What have apparently flown south are Eastern = kingbirds, orioles, and red-headed woodpeckers.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Prairie is looking great. It's amazing what a little = reduced grazing can do for grasses.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Kevin</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF06A7.F515186E--
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 01:07:35 -0500 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: Re: spring creek news Kevin, Thanks for the birding report. Still have kestrels and vultures up here. I'm working on the letter for Dave. It should be in your office tomorrow if he is going to be working on Saturday. Yesterday I gave 20 minute bluebird informational sessions to all the classes at the Springview Grade School. They had an all achool science fair. I had to taylor the talk to the age group and used a group of 7 slides as the starting point. Worked quite well. Lots of discussion and I always brought in the Migratory Bird Act and the protection of all species except the house sparrow and the European starling. Also bird banding, why we do it and what to do with the band if you find a banded bird. Amazed at how young kids have bb-guns. The first grade boys were the ones who seemed to be "potting" all kinds of birds. "Couldn't they even shoot BLACKBIRDS?" I'm almost certain their parents have told them they could shoot BLACKBIRDS and barn swallows. Now to bluebirds. A gal from Long Pine told me she had probably 40 eastern bluebirds in her birdbaths yesterday morning when the temperature was about 55 degrees. She wanted to know if they were"herding" (she is a ranch wife) up to migrate? I told her they were forming "flocks" and they would quite possibly move further south since we do not seem to have a lot of berries on the red cedar trees. Certainly looking an feeling a lot like fall. On the drive to Springview yesterday morning, at about 8:20 AM, the reds of the sumac and the yellow ash just seemed to "glow" against the green pines and the browns/reds/green of the prairie grasses! I wish I was a painter because the view north across the Niobrara river was stunning. All for now, back to the letter writing. Carolyn
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:13:27 -0500 Subject: Nebraska Birdline for 9/24/99 From: "Loren J. Padelford" <lpdlfrd@juno.com> - RBA * Nebraska * Statewide * September 24, 1999 * NEST9909.24 - Birds Mentioned Common Poorwill Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Green-tailed Towhee Cattle Egret California Gull Common Tern American Pipit Cinnamon Teal Sanderling Western Sandpiper White-throated Swift Ferruginous Hawk Burrowing Owl Eastern Phoebe Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-crowned Kinglet Palm Warbler Magnolia Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Peregrine Falcon Blue-headed Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Wilson's Warbler Great Egret Bald Eagle Eastern Wood-Pewee Olive-sided Flycatcher Black-and-White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Summer Tanager American Redstart Harris's Sparrow Osprey American White Pelican - 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, September 24th. In western Nebraska on the 20th in southwest Kimball County 2 COMMON POORWILLS, a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER & 2 GREEN-TAILED TOWHEES were seen. Also on the 20th, 2 CATTLE EGRETS, an adult CALIFORNIA GULL, 6 COMMON TERNS & 3 AMERICAN PIPITS were found at Oliver Reservoir. In Scotts Bluff County on the 20th, a CINNAMON TEAL was seen east of the Gering sewage lagoons & a SANDERLING & a WESTERN SANDPIPER were found at the Scottsbluff sewage ponds. Also on the 20th, 53 WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were seen at Scotts Bluff National Monument. In southwest Scotts Bluff County on the 20th, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK & 3 BURROWING OWLS were found. In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 24th at Spring Creek Prairie south of Denton the following birds were seen: EASTERN PHOEBE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PALM WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER & LINCOLN'S SPARROW. On the 20th in Seward County, a PEREGRINE FALCON, 4 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 10 ORANGE- CROWNED WARBLERS, 15 NASHVILLE WARBLERS & a WILSON'S WARBLER were seen on Concordia University campus. In Richardson County at Indian Cave State Park the following birds were seen on the 19th: a GREAT EGRET, an immature BALD EAGLE, an EASTERN PHOEBE, 6 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES, an OLIVE- SIDED FLYCATCHER, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 6 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 BLUE- HEADED VIREOS, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a TENNESSEE WARBLER & a SUMMER TANAGER. In Sarpy County on the 20th at Chalco Hills Recreation Area, 20 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 6 BLUE- HEADED VIREOS, 20 NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS & an AMERICAN REDSTART were seen on the nature trail. In Dixon County on the 21st, a HARRIS'S SPARROW & 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were seen northwest of Wakefield. In central Nebraska in Buffalo County on the 23rd, an OSPREY was seen 3 miles southeast of Gibbon. In Harlan County on the 23rd, 100 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were seen at Harlan Reservoir, & on the 21st, GREAT EGRETS were seen there. 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: "Wanda Hoge" <jacana@swnebr.net> Subject: Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:04:58 -0000 At Alma tonight we saw 500+ D.C. Cormorants 5 B.C. Nightherons 130+ Great Egret and 54 Cattle Egret Also had C Geese and Pelicans 1 Nighthawk. Good birding Wanda and Glen
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:21:04 -0500 From: "Gubanyi,Joe" <jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu> Subject: Seward Co. birds On Friday, Sept. 24, seen flying overhead in Seward: common nighthawk - 1 broad-winged hawk - 1 chimney swifts - 6 Friday evening I attempted to walk through the marsh at Straight Water WMA south of Tamora and discovered it is considerably deeper than I thought. Nevertheless, The following birds were seen: pied-billed grebe - 7 great egrets - 6 sora - 1 rail species - 1 common snipe - 4 The walk, in search of migrating rail species, was disappointing. The water was too deep. Does anyone know of good marshes not too far from Seward which might be good for a rail walk? On Saturday morning (before the winds kicked up) on Concordia University campus in Seward Co., the following birds were seen: red-eyed vireo - 1 warbling vireo - 1 blue-headed vireo - 1 house wrens - 3 Carolina wren - 1 ruby-crowned kinglets - >10 orange-crowned warblers - 6 Nashville warblers - 3 Joseph Gubanyi Concordia University Seward, NE jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 22:32:57 -0500 From: marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph) Subject: [NeBirds] Eastern Phoebe eating berries Hi Nebraska birders, Saturday, September 25, in Buffalo County from our yard near the river south of Gibbon we saw at least one Eastern Bluebird and a Lincoln's Sparrow. We saw a Chipping Sparrow and two Savannah Sparrows three miles southeast of Gibbon. A mile and a half southeast of Gibbon we saw two more Savannah Sparrows. In Hall County at Lilley Sandpits which is two miles southeast of the Wood River I-80 exit we saw a Green Heron, six or seven Wood Ducks, an Eastern Phoebe eating berries, a Blue-headed Vireo, seven Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Cedar Waxwings, ten Orange-crowned Warblers, a Nashville Warbler, a Wilson's Warbler, and another Lincoln's Sparrow. In the Platte River Valley in the southwest corner of Hall County we saw a red-shafted Northern Flicker. Back in Buffalo County on the Platte River near the Shelton Bridge we saw an American White Pelican. 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: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 16:48:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Brogie <mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us>
Subject: Calamus Birding!
Dave Heidt and I birded the Calamus Reservoir area on Sat. 09/25/99.
Highlighs are as follows:
Best bird of the trip:
Black-throated Blue Warbler (adult male)
Other notables:
Black-bellied Plover (3)
Sanderling (13)
Semipalmated Plover (1)
Long-billed Dowitcher (2)
Least Sandpiper (25)
Bairds Sandpiper (10)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (5)
Other warblers:
Wilson's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sparrows:
Harris's Sparrow (1)
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Clay-colored Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Pipit (1)
Hundreds of migrating swallows mostly Barn with some
Tree Swallows mixed in.
Mark A. Brogie - Science Dept. HOME:
Creighton Community Schools Mark A. Brogie
1609 Redick Ave., Box 10 508 Seeley St., Box 316
Creighton, NE 68729 Creighton, NE 68729
(402) 358-3663 (402) 358-5675
FAX (402) 358-3804
mbrogie@mother.esu1.k12.ne.us
From: "Joel Jorgensen" <zrtac@genesisnet.net> Subject: east. RWB: FINAL REPORT Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:58:09 -0500 Hello all, I birded the eastern Rainwater Basin on both Saturday and Sunday, and as the thread says, this will be the final comprehensive report for the region by me. It really isn't because I want it to be, but duck hunting season opens next saturday and the few marshes that have water will be overrun by hunters on saturday (many hunters were out today checking things out). I will likely check some basins for birds in October while I work on other pursuits in the area, but it will likely be very sporadic. As alot of you probably figured out, the main reason I have been going out to the eRWB is to look for, and count, shorebirds. I have been out there every weekend since March 20, which means I'm either living the hardcore birding dream or I'm in desperate need of a girlfriend. Regardless, this weekend was very interesting. I recorded more shorebirds on Saturday (948) than I have since May 30 (it should be noted that this fall hasn't been that great overall for shorebirds), but I didn't even count half as many (423) on Sunday. Below is what I found. Joel Jorgensen ------------------------------ Saturday, 25 Sept., eRWB 1 Cattle Egret 11 Great Egrets 5 Black-crowned Night-herons 31 plegadis/ presumed White-faced Ibis lots and lots of puddle ducks 5 Black-bellied Plovers 116 American Golden-plover (record single day fall count for me, found none on Sunday) 345 Killdeer 41 American Avocets 50 Greater Yellowlegs 77 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers 93 Least Sandpipers 12 Pectoral Sandpipers 38 Stilt Sandpipers 196 Long-billed Dowitchers 7 Common Snipe 5 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Merlin 1 Swainson's Hawk 2 Bank Swallows 5 Tree Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow (all swallows were at Freeman L) 4 Sedge Wren several House Wrens *1 Palm Warbler (in a tree near Kirkpatrick WMA) 40 Leconte's Sparrows (Kirkpatrick WMA) 26 Sept, Sunday, eRWB 1 Cattle Egret 2 Great Egrets 5 Black-crowned Night-herons 2 Black-bellied PLovers no American Golden-plovers 41 Avocets 32 Greater Yellowlegs 22 Lesser Yellowlegs no Semipalmated Sandpipers 37 Least Sandpipers 7 Baird's Sandpipers 8 Pectoral Sandpipers 84 Stilt Sandpipers 78 Long-billed Dowitchers 1 Swainson's Hawk 4 Merlins 1 imm. Bald Eagle 1 Eastern Pheobe 42 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Wilson's Warblers 2 Yellow Warblers 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 09:25:56 -0500 From: Carolyn Hall <cjhall@huntel.net> Subject: 9/25 Sandhills Yesterday a friend and I were going to take pictures of the beautiful fall colors along the Niobrara River. Well, it was too hazy and flat light for photography so we watched for bird life. South of Bassett 1/2 mile there were 4 Great Blue herons and about 125 white pelicans on the pond west of Highway 183. We drove about 50 miles of country roads and saw Savanna sparrows (lots), 3 kestrels, one turkey vulture, a number of red-tailed hawks, northern flickers, one red-headed woodpecker, common crows, and meadowlarks, Out at the ranch, 1/4 mile north of the Niobrara River, we hear lots of white-breasted nuthatches and chickadees in the dead cottonwood trees. Back in my yard here in Bassett, I had American robins in the birdbath. Autumn is in full swing. The potato trucks are rolling from sunup to sundown, soybean harvest is in full swing and most people have their silage harvested and the hay bales are being hauled to their final destination. The local cattle auction will hold one sale per week from now to sometime in March then they go to a sale every other week. We will sell all of our yearling steers this Wednesday. They are weighing 850-925 pounds coming off grass pasture. Hope the price remains good. Well, I have run on long enough. Carolyn Hall, Bassett, Ne NW wind most of the day. The migrating birds will ride south today.
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:01:02 -0500 From: marshwren@nctc.net (Harding and Randolph) Subject: [NeBirds] Buffalo County Birds Hi Nebraska birders, Sunday, September 26, our local Audubon chapter held a nature walk in Buffalo County at Rowe Sanctuary. Before the walk, Robin and I saw about 300 Common Grackles in and around our yard which is about three and a half miles southeast of Gibbon also in Buffalo County. During the walk we saw an American White Pelican, two Double-crested Cormorants, an Eastern Screech Owl, a Great Horned Owl, about thirty Barn Swallows and about 140 Cliff Swallows. The birding bubbas were also on the walk. They got there before we did and walked back to the parking lot on different paths than we did, so they saw interesting birds that we missed. On our way home we saw another estimated 200 Barn Swallows. At home we saw about 200 Brewer's Blackbirds, there were a few of them right beside European Starlings. The blackbirds were barely larger than the starlings. good birding and goodbye, Lanny
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 21:58:20 -0600
From: Steve_Dinsmore@usgs.gov (Steve Dinsmore)
Subject: Panhandle birding.
> NEBirders-
I spent the day birding in the Panhandle, mostly in
Kimball, Scotts Bluff, and Keith counties. My total for the
day was 98 species, including a few "goodies". There was a
good passerine fallout today, but the aquatic birds were a
bit disappointing. Here are the highlights:
southwest Kimball County
**1 Sage Thrasher (at the Kimball Airport)
2 Rock Wren
16 Mountain Bluebird
Bushnell cemetery
**1 imm. male Townsend's Warbler
Oliver Reservoir
**1 imm. female Black-throated Blue Warbler
**2 Townsend's Warblers
1 Swamp Sparrow
Scotts Bluff National Monument
36 White-throated Swift
2 Townsend's Solitaire
Clear Creek marshes, Keith Co.
**2 Baird's Sparrows
7 Grasshopper Sparrows
1 Prairie Falcon
150 Chestnut-collared Longspur
Lake McConaughy
35,000++ Western Grebes (probably conservative, most
were at west end)
11 Clark's Grebes
1 Sharp-tailed Grouse
Lake Ogallala
**1 first-alternate/second-basic Lesser Black-backed
Gull (probably the same bird I saw in August)
5 Osprey
Stephen J. Dinsmore
Fort Collins, CO
steve_dinsmore@usgs.gov
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:00:07 -0500
From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlserve.unl.edu>
Subject: Re: Seward Co. birds
Joe,
Seeing your note here reminded me that I got approval for the morning
of Oct 19th. Lets talk details sometime soon.
TEL
"Gubanyi,Joe" wrote:
> On Friday, Sept. 24, seen flying overhead in Seward:
> common nighthawk - 1
> broad-winged hawk - 1
> chimney swifts - 6
> Friday evening I attempted to walk through the marsh at Straight Water
> WMA south of Tamora and discovered it is considerably deeper than I
> thought. Nevertheless, The following birds were seen:
> pied-billed grebe - 7
> great egrets - 6
> sora - 1
> rail species - 1
> common snipe - 4
> The walk, in search of migrating rail species, was disappointing. The
> water was too deep. Does anyone know of good marshes not too far from
> Seward which might be good for a rail walk?
>
> On Saturday morning (before the winds kicked up) on Concordia University
> campus in Seward Co., the following birds were seen:
> red-eyed vireo - 1
> warbling vireo - 1
> blue-headed vireo - 1
> house wrens - 3
> Carolina wren - 1
> ruby-crowned kinglets - >10
> orange-crowned warblers - 6
> Nashville warblers - 3
> Joseph Gubanyi
> Concordia University
> Seward, NE
> jgubanyi@seward.cune.edu
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Subject: RE: HNA Fourth Week
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 13:51:36 -0500
Greetings,
The Hitchcock Nature Area (HNA) is located in the Loess Hills on the
Iowa side of the Iowa-Nebraska border overlooking the Missouri River Valley
to the west. The watch is easily accessible from the intersection of
Interstate Highways 680 and 29; take Iowa 988 into the town of
Crescent,Iowa. From Crescent, take Route 183 north to HNA. Some counting has
been
done at HNA since 1992. This year, counting of raptors, vultures and other
migrants is being done on a part-time basis during the September 1-December
15 period. There are three watchpoints at HNA; most counting, however, has
been done from the deck of the park's lodge. HNA will remain an undercounted
site until staffing improves or a higher vantage point is created.
September 1999
A very welcome change here with one dark cloud remaining on the horizon...
The last weekend of September was by far the most rewarding of our month;
this is often the case here. The expected push of Turkey Vultures came like
clockwork. The " big storks" should continue for about another 2 weeks
before they trickle away to nothing by the third week of October. Our
timetable is decidedly different than those of more easterly watches, which
will record TVs into early November.
As we approach the end of the month, Sharp-shinned Hawks, American
Kestrels, and, to a lesser extent Broad-winged Hawks, have picked up. Our
Broad-winged Hawk seasonal numbers still look to be on the low side,
however. Our Osprey and Cooper's Hawk totals have blitzed old marks and
numbers continue to climb. We are off to an above average start for Northern
Harrier and Red-tailed Hawk.
As far as the rarer species go, we have one Merlin, a shockingly high 6
Peregrine Falcons, and a very surprising two Red-shouldered Hawks (a species
we were skunked on for the season last year). We probably won't record a
Mississippi Kite again this year, but everything else is still in play.
The one sour note has been the Swainson's Hawks, which are still only
trickling through. I'm afraid their highly concentrated push here will occur
mid-week when we don't have coverage. Speculation that yesterday would be
"the day" proved fruitless.
Night observation debuted here on the 24th. Results were a bit
disappointing: one resident Barred Owl briefly seen, another one heard, some
big insect swarms observed. The nv gear performed well, however, and we'll
give it another go soon.
We have, however, had increased diurnal movements of other migrants such as
Double-crested Cormorants and Blue Jays. A full report on these other
migrants will be posted at the end of the month.
There is still some data missing, but we should be totally caught up by next
week...
9/21,9/22,9/23 = no counter
9/13, 9/20 = counters present, but we haven't been able to transfer the data
yet. I'll include these numbers with the next post. Thus our seasonal totals
are a bit higher than is reflected below.
Species 9/24 9/25 9/26 YTD
Turkey Vulture 43 303! 41 712#
Osprey 0 2 9 51#
Northern Harrier 0 1 11 20
Sharp-sh. Hawk 4 51 44 215
Cooper's Hawk 6 2 14 62#
Red-should. Hawk 1 0 1 2=
Swainson's Hawk 0 7 2 26*
Broad-wing.Hawk 0 29 32 164
Red-tailed Hawk 4 12 42 112**
Amer. Kestrel 3 7 14 69#
Merlin 0 0 0 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2 6
unid. raptor 0 7 9 32
Totals 6/61 10/422 11/221 12/1464
! New day record.
= Ties existing seasonal record.
# Indicates new seasonal record.
*Indicates 1 dark morph individual.
** Indicates 1 dark morph (indeterminate) individual. There was also an
early immature Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk on 9/17.
Total Hours: 3.0 10.5 9.0 84.0
Raptors +vultures/hour= 17.4 (That is about average for us).
Max Obs: 1 3 13
Points manned: 1 2 2
H.Temp: 85 85 70
Wind: ESE S N
Skies: Mostly Clear Cloudy/
Clear Drizzle
Best wishes,
Mark Orsag
morsag@doane.edu
From: Mark Orsag <MOrsag@doane.edu>
Subject: FW: HNA Fourth Week
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:24:14 -0500
Greetings,
The Hitchcock Nature Area (HNA) is located in the Loess Hills on the
Iowa side of the Iowa-Nebraska border overlooking the Missouri River Valley
to the west. The watch is easily accessible from the intersection of
Interstate Highways 680 and 29; take Iowa 988 into the town of
Crescent,Iowa. From Crescent, take Route 183 north to HNA. Some counting has
been
done at HNA since 1992. This year, counting of raptors, vultures and other
migrants is being done on a part-time basis during the September 1-December
15 period. There are three watchpoints at HNA; most counting, however, has
been done from the deck of the park's lodge. HNA will remain an undercounted
site until staffing improves or a higher vantage point is created.
September 1999
A very welcome change here with one dark cloud remaining on the horizon...
The last weekend of September was by far the most rewarding of our month;
this is often the case here. The expected push of Turkey Vultures came like
clockwork. The " big storks" should continue for about another 2 weeks
before they trickle away to nothing by the third week of October. Our
timetable is decidedly different than those of more easterly watches, which
will record TVs into early November.
As we approach the end of the month, Sharp-shinned Hawks, American
Kestrels, and, to a lesser extent Broad-winged Hawks, have picked up. Our
Broad-winged Hawk seasonal numbers still look to be on the low side,
however. Our Osprey and Cooper's Hawk totals have blitzed old marks and
numbers continue to climb. We are off to an above average start for Northern
Harrier and Red-tailed Hawk.
As far as the rarer species go, we have one Merlin, a shockingly high 6
Peregrine Falcons, and a very surprising two Red-shouldered Hawks (a species
we were skunked on for the season last year). We probably won't record a
Mississippi Kite again this year, but everything else is still in play.
The one sour note has been the Swainson's Hawks, which are still only
trickling through. I'm afraid their highly concentrated push here will occur
mid-week when we don't have coverage. Speculation that yesterday would be
"the day" proved fruitless.
Night observation debuted here on the 24th. Results were a bit
disappointing: one resident Barred Owl briefly seen, another one heard, some
big insect swarms observed. The nv gear performed well, however, and we'll
give it another go soon.
We have, however, had increased diurnal movements of other migrants such as
Double-crested Cormorants and Blue Jays. A full report on these other
migrants will be posted at the end of the month.
There is still some data missing, but we should be totally caught up by next
week...
9/21,9/22,9/23 = no counter
9/13, 9/20 = counters present, but we haven't been able to transfer the data
yet. I'll include these numbers with the next post. Thus our seasonal totals
are a bit higher than is reflected below.
Species 9/24 9/25 9/26 YTD
Turkey Vulture 43 303! 41 712#
Osprey 0 2 9 51#
Northern Harrier 0 1 11 20
Sharp-sh. Hawk 4 51 44 215
Cooper's Hawk 6 2 14 62#
Red-should. Hawk 1 0 1 2=
Swainson's Hawk 0 7 2 26*
Broad-wing.Hawk 0 29 32 164
Red-tailed Hawk 4 12 42 112**
Amer. Kestrel 3 7 14 69#
Merlin 0 0 0 1
Peregrine Falcon 0 1 2 6
unid. raptor 0 7 9 32
Totals 6/61 10/422 11/221 12/1464
! New day record.
= Ties existing seasonal record.
# Indicates new seasonal record.
*Indicates 1 dark morph individual.
** Indicates 1 dark morph (indeterminate) individual. There was also an
early immature Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk on 9/17.
Total Hours: 3.0 10.5 9.0 84.0
Raptors +vultures/hour= 17.4 (That is about average for us).
Max Obs: 1 3 13
Points manned: 1 2 2
H.Temp: 85 85 70
Wind: ESE S N
Skies: Mostly Clear Cloudy/
Clear Drizzle
Best wishes,
Mark Orsag
morsag@doane.edu
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:02:39 -0500
From: "Thomas E. Labedz" <tlabedz@unlserve.unl.edu>
Subject: NOU Mtg./Grouse season.
While not having laid final plans for attending the NOU meeting, I was
wondering if any others are considering taking advantage of the overlap
of grouse season and the NOU meeting at Halsey?
Thomas Labedz, Lincoln
From: "Susan J. Herrick" <th41814@mail.navix.net> Subject: birds Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:05:19 -0500 Sunday and Monday mornings in my neighborhood near 70th. and Holdredge in Lincoln, as I watched the monarchs migrating there were also 4 Sharp Shins, 2 Broad Wings, 2 Red Tails, 2 Kestrels and 3 unidents. Monday morning, especially, the birds were going with the wind and just cruising over head very very fast, they looked really cool. Robins, and Bluejays are invading the backyard bird bath and it constantly needs refilling. Susan Herrick
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