Counts scheduled on the same day are listed in alphabetical order.

GRAND ISLAND CBC:

Contact Eric Volden at ericv_1(at)charter. n e t

KEARNEY CBC:  December 16, 2006

Meet at the Chamber lot in Kearney at 8:00 am.

OMAHA CBC:  December 16, 2006

The Omaha CBC, is centered on the Base Lake in Bellevue and extends into
Lake Manawa and down towards Plattsmouth and Glenwood.

The Omaha CBC was held on Saturday, Dec. 16 in really mild weather. We
started off with a lot of fog near the river, but weather just got better
throughout the day. Considerable open water on the lakes and the river,
helped us with waterfowl counts this year also. However, thirty-three people
tallied only 64 species on count day and 15,262 individual birds. We did add
6 species during count week, including more waterfowl and our Pileated
Woodpecker in Fontenelle Forest. High counts were enjoyed by Wild Turkeys
(301) and Red-bellied Woodpeckers (152); really no surprising misses. We
just notice that our count circle is becoming more and more developed with
houses and businesses; our parks and refuges becoming all the more critical
to our counts.

Of course, by now, everyone knows of our one outstanding find; the
Slaty-backed Gull. It and the weather have been most accommodating,
to say nothing of the birders and it has been viewed by many people
from our mid west region. I'll bet more than one of us would like to
start our 2007 list with this one.

   1    Pied-billed Grebe
  cw    American White Pelican
   1    Double-crested Cormorant
   2    Great Blue Herons
  17    Snow Geese
1827    Canada Geese
  cw    Wood Duck
   7    Gadwalls
  cw    American Wigeon
 660    Mallards
   1    Northern Shoveler
   2    Northern Pintails
  44    Green-winged Teal
  cw    Canvasback
  cw    Ring-necked Duck
   1    Lesser Scaup
 108    Common Goldeneye
   7    Hooded Mergansers
 104    Common Mergansers
  24    Bald Eagles
   3    Northern Harrier
   5    Sharp-shinned Hawks
   1    Cooper's Hawks
   1    Accipiter species
  76    Red-tailed Hawks
  14    American Kestrels
   1    falcon species
   1    Ring-necked Pheasant
 301    Wild Turkeys
  12    Northern Bobwhites
   4    American Coots
  43    Ring-billed Gulls
   1    Slaty-backed Gull
 672    Rock Pigeons
  64    Mourning Doves
   1    Great Horned Owl
   5    Barred Owls
   7    Belted Kingfishers
   1    Red-headed Woodpecker
 152    Red-bellied Woodpeckers
   1    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 122    Downy Woodpeckers
  22    Hairy Woodpeckers
  85    Yellow-shafted Northern Flickers
  cw    Pileated Woodpeckers
  52    Blue Jays
 216    American Crows
 364    Black-capped Chickadees
  34    Tufted Titmouses (titmice?)
   1    Red-breasted Nuthatche
 229    White-breasted Nuthatches
  13    Brown Creepers
  22    Carolina Wrens
   1    Winter Wren
   4    Golden-crowned Kinglets
  54    Eastern Bluebirds
 354    American Robins
 165    Cedar Waxwings
6502    European Starlings
   2    Yellow-rumped Warblers (Myrtle)
 258    Northern Cardinals
 441    American Tree Sparrows
  17    Song Sparrows
   5    White-throated Sparrows
  39    Harris's Sparrows
 755    Dark-eyed Juncos (Slate)
 250    Red-winged Blackbird
  25    Meadowlark species
   6    Purple Finch
  63    House Finches
 216    American Goldfinches
 775    House Sparrows

15,264    Total individuals
    64    Total species
 

Betty Grenon
Bellevue - Compiler
(402)731-2383, grenon925(at)aol.c o m

SCOTTSBLUFF CBC:  December 16, 2006

Here are the preliminary results of the Scottsbluff CBC held last Saturday, Dec. 16. Good thing we did it last weekend as some of the roads would not be suitable for 'stop-and-look' birding now!!

We ended with 59 species, about 20,000 individuals, plus 3 species during the count week.

Great Blue Heron 4
Trumpeter Swan Count Week First
Snow Goose 4
Cackling Goose 56 (high)
Canada Goose 6381 (I thought there were more!!)
Gadwall 18
Am. Wigeon 355
Mallard 8123
N. Shoveler 2
N. Pintail 133
Green-winged Teal 15
Canvasback 1
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 37
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 8
Common Goldeneye 508 high
Hooded Merganser 6 high
Ruddy Duck 1 1st time
Bald Eagle 5 adults, 1 immature
N. Harrier 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Rough-legged Hawk 2
Am. Kestrel 21
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Wild Turkey 10 Lowest since 1987
Am. Coot 49
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 250
Eurasian Collared-Dove 88 High
Eastern Screech-Owl 3 High
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker Count Week
Downy Woodpecker 10
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 27
Northern Shrike 1
Blue Jay 34
Black-billed Magpie 6 Lowest since 1976
Am. Crow 19
Horned Lark 120
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 First since 1966
Townsend's Solitaire 5
Am. Robin 384
E. Starling 1764
Cedar Waxwing 17
Am. Tree Sparrow Low
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 102
N. Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1111
meadowlark species Count Week
House Finch 239
Pine Siskin 76
Am. Goldfinch 400
House Sparrow 234

Everybody enjoying the snow???

Alice Kenitz
Gering
(308)436-2959, akenitz(at)prairieweb.c o m

SEWARD/BRANCHED OAK LAKE CBC:  December 16, 2006

Our circle includes all of Branched Oak Lake (we like to have a minimum of three parties work Branched Oak), most of Twin Lakes, the west end of Pawnee Lake, all of Meadowlark Lake WMA, two other WMAs
and lots of good road driving with bridges over creeks and wooded areas.  We have had as many as 88 species on a single count and have seen 126 species in our 12-year history.  The Branched Oak Lake area and Twin Lakes have lots of potential and that is where we can always use help.  Twin Lakes is closed to the public during the fall and therefore is always exciting to cover (in 2000 I had a Bohemian waxwing there during count week). Most years there is still open water and therefore plenty of waterfowl in the area at both Twin Lakes and Branched Oak Lake.

The Seward-Branched Oak Lake CBC was carried out on December 16, 2006.
This was a record year in terms of participants. With 20 observers in
10 parties, we actually made a good effort to cover the whole circle for
the first time. In addition, 14 feeders were watched for all or part of
the day. I highly recommend that count organizers recruit feeder
watchers. Were it not for feeder watchers in this count, four species
would have been missed. Total number of species tallied was 73.
Notable misses or low numbers on the count were the following:

snow geese (fourth time missed in 14 years)

belted kingfisher (third time missed in 14 years; possible drought effect??)

black-billed magpie (third time missed in 14 years; possible West Nile effect??)

black-capped chickadee (still low at 47 but better than the counts of
28, 11, and 14 for 2003-2005; unfortunately, this year's number may be a
reflection of the greater number of observers in the field; the 10-year
average for 1993-2002 is 169).

Notable species or high numbers on the count were the following:

Prairie falcon (third observation in 14 years)

Loggerhead shrike (described and documented by observer; second
observation in 14 years)

Brown thrasher (described and documented by observer; second observation
in 14 years; coming to a suet feeder)

Eastern bluebird (143 is high count in 14 years; previous high was last
year's count of 80)

Numbers for all species follows:

BIRDS TOTAL

Cackling Goose 142
Canada Goose 439
Gadwall 3
American Wigeon 3
Mallard 544
Northern Pintail 2
Common Goldeneye 194
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 137
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 16
Wild Turkey 16
Northern Bobwhite 41
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 10
Northern Harrier 29
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 84
Harlan's Hawk 2
Rough-legged Hawk 4
Buteo sp. 2
American Kestrel 10
Merlin 1
Prairie Falcon 1
hawk species 1
Ring-billed Gull 272
Herring Gull 47
Rock Dove 190
Eurasian Collared Dove 26
Mourning Dove 11
Eastern Screech Owl 3
Great Horned Owl 7
Barred Owl 3
Long-eared Owl 14
Red-bellied Woodpecker 65
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 63
Hairy Woodpecker 18
yellow-shafted flicker 55
yellowXred flicker 1
red-shafted flicker 3
Northern Flicker (race?) 32
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Northern Shrike 7
Shrike sp. 1
Blue Jay 146
American Crow 403
Horned Lark 73
Black-capped Chickadee 47
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 60
Brown Creeper 6
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
Eastern Bluebird 143
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 531
Brown Thrasher 1
Starling 1180
Cedar Waxwing 351
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
American Tree Sparrow 712
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 13
White-throated Sparrow 1
Harris' Sparrow 92
slate-colored junco 276
Oregon junco 4
Dark-eyed Junco (race?) 660
Total juncos 940
Lapland Longspur 53
Northern Cardinal 134
Red-winged Blackbird 203
Meadowlark species 35
Rusty Blackbird 34
Common Grackle 1
Purple Finch 21
House Finch 114
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 705
House Sparrow 451

Total Individuals 9001
Total Species 73

Joseph Gubanyi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Concordia University
800 North Columbia
Seward, NE 68434
(402) 643-7316
Joseph.Gubanyi(at)cune.edu
 

LINCOLN CBC:  December 17, 2006

Lincoln Nebraska 2006 Christmas Bird Count Results- Linda R. Brown compiler

The National Audubon Society's 107th Annual Christmas Count was conducted in
the Lincoln area on December 17th. It was the 65th such count to be
conducted in Lincoln, the first having been held in 1909. A total of 74
species and 14,741 individuals were tallied, by 26 field observers and 8
feeder-watchers. This total is somewhat above the average of recent years,
probably owing to the moderate weather occurring during the week preceding
the count. Lakes and creeks were free of ice, with the result that more
species and higher numbers of waterfowl were seen. A first-ever Christmas
bird count pied-billed grebe was counted at Holmes Lake. In fact, the seven
duck species counted at Holmes Lake, including a record high count of
northern shovelers, reflect a fine renovation of the lake. Cackling geese,
a recently recognized species that was split from the larger Canada goose,
showed up for the first time at both Salt Lake (Capital Beach) and Conestoga
Lake. Also reflecting the mild winter was the presence of six species of
icterids (blackbirds and their relatives), as well as an edge-of-wintering
range fox sparrow and northern mockingbird. The species with the highest
count totals were European starling (5,679), followed by Canada goose
(3,293) and dark-eyed junco (859). Black-capped chickadees seem to be on the
increase. For most of the last thirty years chickadee totals ranged between
200-400 individual birds per count. In 2003, after West Nile virus hit
Nebraska, the count was down to 26. Gradually, the chickadee numbers have
increased: 2004 (27), 2005 (56), 2006 (79).

Collectively, field observers spent nearly 55.5 party-hours on
foot, and logged nearly 291 car miles. The following people participated:
George Alexander, Irene Alexander (IA), Sue Allen, Al Brown, Linda R. Brown
(LB), Jackie Canterbury, Lynn Darling, Barbara DiBernard, Jamie Eades, Rick
Eades (RE), Larry Einemann (LE), Doug Griffin, Joe Gubanyi (JG), Mathew
Hansen (MH), Barb Hopkins, Paul Johnsgard (PJ), Tim Knott, Josef Kren (JK),
Thomas Labedz (TL), Dan Leger (DL), Linda Maslowski, Pete Maslowski (PM),
John Miller, Kathy Putensen, Juan Ramirez, Ken Reitan, Jules Russ, Laura
Safarik, Charles Spence, Leo Spence, Brooke Stansberry, and Usasz Moni
(MU). Thanks to Rick Eades for coordinating the observers and to Linda Brown
for compiling and entering the information on the CBC website:
<http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc>http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc

A list of species seen and numbers of individuals recorded follows. If only
one or two field groups observed the species, the initials of the person
reporting the sighting follow the data.

Snow Goose, 1 (JK)
Cackling Goose, 55 (JK, TL)
Canada Goose, 3,293
Wood Duck, 2 (LE, PM)
Gadwall, 9 (JK, MH)
Mallard, 815
Northern Shoveler, 109 (JK, MH)
Northern Pintail, 3 (JK, MH)
American Green-winged Teal, 7 (LE)
Redhead, 8 (RE, MH)
Ring-necked Duck, 1 (JK)
Lesser Scaup, 4 (JK, MH)
Bufflehead, 4 (MH)
Common Goldeneye, 25
Hooded Merganser, 6 (MH)
Common Merganser, 7 (TL, RE)
Ring-necked Pheasant, 21 (IA, LE)
Pied-billed Grebe, 1 (MH)
Great Blue Heron, 14
Northern Harrier, 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 9
Cooper's Hawk, 3, (JK, PJ)
Accipiter sp., 6
Red-tailed Hawk, 38
Krider's Red-tailed Hawk, 1 (DL)
Rough-legged Hawk, 1 (RE)
Buteo sp., 1
American Kestrel, 17
Merlin, 1 (LE)
American Coot, 66 (MH)
Killdeer, 2 (LB)
Ring-billed Gull, 65
Rock Pigeon, 737
Mourning Dove, 190
Eastern Screech-Owl, 2 (TL, RE)
Great Horned Owl, 9
Barred Owl, 3
Belted Kingfisher, 13
Red-headed Woodpecker, 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 50
Downy Woodpecker, 112
Hairy Woodpecker, 12
Northern Flicker, 24
Red-shafted, 3
Yellow-shafted, 21
Northern Shrike, 3 (RE, JG)
shrike sp., 1
Blue Jay, 190
American Crow, 70
Horned Lark, 2 (RE)
Black-capped Chickadee, 79
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 11
White-breasted Nuthatch, 97
Brown Creeper, 24
Carolina Wren, 14
Winter Wren, 1 (MU)
Golden-crowned Kinglet, 34
Eastern Bluebird, 7
American Robin, 33
Northern Mockingbird, 1 (TL)
European Starling, 5679
Cedar Waxwing, 60
Spotted Towhee, 5 (LE)
American Tree Sparrow, 448
Fox Sparrow, 1 (IA)
Song Sparrow, 11
White-throated Sparrow, 29
Harris's Sparrow, 11 (IA, RE)
Dark-eyed Junco, 688
Slate-colored, 158
Oregon, 13 (TL, PJ)
Northern Cardinal, 212
Red-winged Blackbird, 1 (JK)
meadowlark sp. 3 (DL, RE)
Brewer's Blackbird, 1 (LE)
Common Grackle, 1 (count week) (RE)
Great-tailed Grackle,  1
Brown-headed Cowbird,  1
House Finch, 166
Pine Siskin, 2 (RE)
American Goldfinch, 298
House Sparrow, 606
 

CALAMUS CBC:  December 23, 2006

2260    Canada Geese
   6    Cackling Geese
   1    Snow Goose
3550    Mallards
   7    Gadwalls
  30    Green-winged Teal
   2    Redheads
   2    Ring-necked Ducks
   1    Lesser Scaup
   1    Bufflehead
 170    Common Goldeneyes
   4    Hooded Mergansers
1700    Common Mergansers
   1    Bufflehead
  11    Bald Eagles (adults)
   4    Bald Eagles (immatures)
   4    Northern Harriers
   1    Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1    Cooper's Hawk
  11    Red-tailed Hawks
   1    Rough-legged Hawk
   2    American Kestrels
   1    Merlin
   6    Ring-necked Pheasants
  20    Sharp-tailed Grouse
  41    Greater Prairie-Chickens
  62    Wild Turkeys
   6    Wilson's Snipes
  50    Ring-billed Gulls
   2    Herring Gulls
 200    Gull species
   7    Rock Pigeons
  30    Eurasian Collared-Doves
   2    Eastern Screech-Owls
   3    Belted Kingfishers
   2    Red-bellied Woodpeckers
   4    Downy Woodpeckers
   4    Hairy Woodpeckers
   2    Northern Flickers (yellow-shafted)
   1    Northern Flicker (red-shafted)
   6    Northern Flickers
   5    Northern Shrikes
   2    Blue Jays
1840    American Crows
   6    Horned Larks
   4    Golden-crowned Kinglets
   1    Eastern Bluebird
 220    American Robins
   1    Hermit Thrush
  44    European Starlings
  11    Cedar Waxwings
 126    American Tree Sparrows
   1    Song Sparrow
   1    White-crowned Sparrow
 188    Dark-eyed Juncos
   4    Northern Cardinals
   4    Snow Buntings
   3    Red-winged Blackbirds
   1    Meadowlark species
  28    House Finches
  91    American Goldfinches
  28    House Sparrows

  58    Number of Species

10,828    Total Number Seen

Contact Dave Heidt, (402)371-3412, daveh(at)northeastcollege. c o m

PONCA CBC:  December 23, 2006

The 2nd annual(official)CBC was held Sat, 23 December when 14 experienced birders
met at the park. Weather was mild with flowing water open, still water
frozen and no snow cover.

44 species were located, down from the 46 species located under more wintry
conditions Dec 2005. Most notable sightings were a single Pine Siskin, two
Long-eared Owls, 5 Rusty Blackbirds and two red-shafted flickers among the
31 Northern Flickers. Unseasonal birds included a single Great Blue Heron.
Mallards were most plentiful at 2211, while American Robins were second, and
ubiquitous, at 1156.

Misses from 2005 included Gadwalls, N. Pintail, Turkey(!), Golden Eagle,
Red-headed Woodpecker, Black-billed Magpie, Horned Lark, Winter Wren,
Lapland Longspur and Purple Finch. Additions this year were Snow Goose,
Great Blue Heron, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, Eastern Screech and
Great-Horned Owls, Rusty Blackbird and Pine Siskin.

Bill Huser
140 Oakmont Drive
South Sioux City, NE  68776

home  402-494-1657
bus.  712-258-0638  ext. 3127

DeSOTO/BOYER CHUTE CBC:  December 23

The count area includes considerable high quality habitat along the Missouri river including:
DeSoto NWR, Boyer Chute NWR, Wilson Island State Park, Neale Woods Nature Center, Hitchcock Nature Center, N. P. Dodge park, Hummel park, and the grassland portion of damsite 13.

The DeSoto/Boyer Chute CBC was held Saturday December 23 under some of the best weather conditions for the count in recent memory.
20 counters, more or less, thoroughly covered the count circle. The unofficial final tally was 66 species/39,288 individuals.
Open water at DeSoto proved great for waterfowl. The most populous species was mallard at 28,278. There were 12 species of water fowl including 6 Ross', 8 Trumpeter Swans, and a White-winged Scoter. Raptors were well represented (not too surprising considering all the hawkwatchers we have on the count). All 3 accipiters, including a Goshawk, and also a Merlin, and a Rough-legged hawk. There were 4 species of owls including a Saw-whet at Boyer Chute. Other highlights are:
3 Red-breasted Nuthatches
Winter Wren
2 Lapland Longspur
9 Common Redpolls
14 E. Collared Doves
and a singing W. Meadowlark

Jerry Toll
Hitchcock Hawkwatch
jertol(at)radiks.n e t
402.453.9239

or

Compiler, Bob Barry, biologist, DeSoto NWR
bob_barry(at)fws.g o v

NORFOLK CBC:  December 23, 2006

1    Great Blue Heron
490  Canada Geese
6    Cackling Geese
1673 Mallards
1    Ring-necked Duck
3    Common Goldeneyes
32   Bald Eagles (26 adults and 6 immatures)
4    Northern Harriers
4    Sharp-shinned Hawks
1    Cooper's Hawk
2    Accipiter species
40   Red-tailed Hawks
2    Rough-legged Hawks
33   American Kestrels
2    Merlins
21   Ring-necked Pheasants
33   Wild Turkeys
3    Northern Bobwhites
5    Wilson's Snipes
423  Rock Pigeons
8    Mourning Doves
5    Eastern Screech-Owls
8    Great Horned Owls
1    Long-eared Owl
1    Northern Saw-whet Owl
4    Belted Kingfishers
1    Red-headed Woodpecker
17   Red-bellied Woodpeckers
42   Downy Woodpeckers
9    Hairy Woodpeckers
16   Northern Flickers
63   Horned Larks
17   Blue Jays
43   American Crows
31   Black-capped Chickadees
7    Red-breasted Nuthatches
55   White-breasted Nuthatches
2    Brown Creepers
16   American Robins
50   Cedar Waxwings
4    Northern Shrikes
7872 European Starlings
29   Northern Cardinals
550  American Tree Sparrows
4    Song Sparrows
24   Harris's Sparrows
275  Dark-eyed Juncos
26   Red-winged Blackbirds
62   Western Meadowlarks
6    Rusty Blackbirds
5    Common Grackles
2    Brown-headed Cowbirds
54   House Finches
3    Pine Siskins
160  American Goldfinches
331  House Sparrows

55   Total Species
12,580   Total individuals

Contact Duane Wolf, (402) 841-0130

BEAVER VALLEY CBC (near Petersburg in Boone Co.):  December 28, 2006

Here is the unofficial (but pretty official) accounting of the Beaver
Valley CBC. We need to contact our feeder watcher yet but Petersburg is
without electricity from the icy rain and our contact is not home. We
had 9 participants on an overcast, calm winter day.

We had 41 species of birds with a total of 2227 seen. Best birds of the
day would be a Wilson's Snipe that Wayne Mollhoff conjured up for us all
to see, 3 Purple Finch, Great horned Owls and 10 Chickadees. We saw 47
WBNuthatches and notably absent were the hundreds of Blackbirds that we
typically see at one of our circle sites. The total list minus the
feeder watcher is as follows:

Mallards, Ring-necked Pheasant, Gr. Prairie Chicken, Wild Turkey, Bald
Eagle, No. Harrier, RT Hawk (inc. 1 Dk. Western), RLHawk, Am. Kestrel,
EC Dove (first time on the count), Rock Pigeon, E. Screech Owl, GHOwl,
Purple Finch, House Finch, Am. Goldfinch, House Sparrow, RBWoodpecker,
Downey Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, No. Flicker, Blue Jay, Am. Crow,
Horned Lark, Chickadee, WB Nuthatch, Br. Creeper, Golden-Crowned
Kinglet, Robin, Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Am. Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow,
Harris's Sparrow, DEJunco, Cardinal, Brewer's Blackbird, Lapland
Longspur, Wilson's Snipe.
 

Don and Colleen Noecker
Albion in Boone Co.
dcnoecker(at)cablene.c o m
(402)395-6250

AMES CBC:  Rescheduled for Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The count circle, which is bisected by the Platte River, includes land
in both Dodge and Saunders Counties.  Areas covered included Camp
Calvin Crest, Hormel Park and the Fremont Lakes SRA.

Here is the final tally for the Ames Christmas Bird Count, held (after a
weather postponement) on Jan. 3, 2007. We had 51 species, 3 more than
last year. The lakes were open on the original date but frozen on the
actual count date, which lost us some duck species. Some highlights
were 9 Collared Doves, 7 Carolina Wrens, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 65
Eastern Bluebirds and 2 Purple Finches.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Don and Janis Paseka
Ames NE

   0     Snow Goose
2262     Canada Goose
  cw     Gadwall
5310     Mallard
  cw     Canvasback
  cw     Ring-necked Duck
  cw     Lesser Scaup
   5     Common Goldeneye
   1     Common Merganser
  16     Ring-necked Pheasant
  11     Wild Turkey
   0     Northern Bobwhite
   5     Great Blue Heron
  18     Bald Eagle (12 adult, 6 imm)
   4     Northern Harrier
   2     Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1     Cooper's Hawk
  45     Red-tailed Hawk
   0     Rough-legged Hawk
  13     American Kestrel
 842     Rock Pigeon
   9     Eurasian Collared Dove
  33     Mourning Dove
   0     Eastern Screech-Owl
   4     Great Horned Owl
   1     Barred Owl
   5     Belted Kingfisher
  34     Red-bellied Woodpecker
  32     Downy Woodpecker
  12     Hairy Woodpecker
  58     Northern Flicker
  17     Blue Jay
  24     American Crow
  38     Horned Lark
  61     Black-capped Chickadee
   2     Red-breasted Nuthatch
  57     White-breasted Nuthatch
   2     Brown Creeper
   7     Carolina Wren
  10     Golden-crowned Kinglet
  65     Eastern Bluebird
   0     Hermit Thrush
 493     American Robin
3357     European Starling
  86     Cedar Waxwing
   1     Yellow-rumped Warbler
  68     American Tree Sparrow
   1     Fox Sparrow
   3     Song Sparrow
   1     White-throated Sparrow
   5     Harris' Sparrow
 250     Dark-eyed Junco
   0     Lapland Longspur
  30     Northern Cardinal
 300     Red-winged Blackbird
  24     Western Meadowlark
  26     Meadowlark sp.
   1     Common Grackle
   2     Purple Finch
   4     House Finch
   0     Red Crossbill
 144     American Goldfinch
 365     House Sparrow

51 TOTAL SPECIES
14167 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS
 

Don and Janis Paseka
Ames  NE
paseka(at)tvsonline. n e t

LAKE McCONAUGHY CBC:  Rescheduled on December 28, 2006

The Lake McConaughy CBC was held on December 28 in what was probably be the best
weather conditions for the next several days. I apologize to anyone planning/hoping
to make the scheduled 30 December count, but the reality of the weather forecast
sank in at 4 a.m. this morning (Dec. 28) and I decided it was today or no count
this year.

So, Bill Huntley, myself, and a faithful group of 15 feeder watchers ran the
count today and tallied a very respectable 90 species. Makes me wonder if the
count record of 108 would have been in jeopardy with a regular group of
counters... Anyway, here are the highlights:

19 sp. of waterfowl
single Red-necked and Clark's grebes
2 American White Pelicans
1 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Greater Yellowlegs
single Lesser Black-backed and Glaucous gulls
5 owl species that included 1 Barn at Lake Ogallala and 1 juv. Snowy at Lemoyne
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
36 Snow Buntings
2 Common Redpolls

and...

1 INCA DOVE! This bird was frequenting the feeder in Keystone, which is
located just south of the junction of Jefferson and Washington streets on the
west side of the road. I suspect this bird is there for the winter.

Notable also were the birds we missed today, which is not too surprising given
the minimal field effort. The biggies were Trumpeter Swan, Canvasback, N.
Bobwhite, all accipiters, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Brown Creeper, both bluebirds, and several icterids.

Stephen J. Dinsmore
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
339 Science II, Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50014
515-294-1348 (office)
cootjr(at)iastate.e d u
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cootjr/

SIOUX COUNTY/HARRISON CBC:  January 02, 2007

The Harrison CBC (Sioux Co) was run on 2 Jan 2007, in good weather, with a temperature range 16 - 46 F. Participants were Bruce and Donna Walgren and Wayne Mollhoff.

The following birds were tallied:
ferruginous hawk - 1
rough-legged hawk - 14
golden eagle - 1 imm.
Am. kestrel - count week only
wild turkey - 52
Wilson's snipe - 1
rock pigeon - 5
Eur. collared-dove - 10
eastern screech-owl - 2
great horned owl - 3
downy woodpecker - 1
hairy woodpecker - 2
northern shrike - 1
Am. crow - 60
horned lark - 53
black-capped chickadee - 9
red-breasted nuthatch - 2
white-breasted nuthatch - 4
pygmy nuthatch - 20
Townsend's solitaire - 2
Am. robin - 5
Eur. starling - 56
Am. tree sparrow - 37
Song sparrow - 1
dark-eyed junco - 45
Oregon junco - 3
snow bunting - 21
red crossbill - 8
Am. goldfinch - 54
house sparrow - 56

Wayne Mollhoff
Ashland, NE
 

CRAWFORD CBC:  January 03, 2007

The Crawford CBC was conducted on Wednesday January 3, 2007 with six participants: Kathy DeLara, Phyllis Drawbaugh, Ruben Siegfried, John Flavin, Donna and Bruce Walgren. We also had one feeder watcher: Marilee Cargill. Thanks to all who participated. Temperature range was from 26 degrees in the morning to 36 degrees in late afternoon. Skies were mostly cloudy until late in the day when partly cloudly skies produced a magnificent sunset. Most ponds were frozen while the running water creeks and the White River were mostly open. Snow cover was from 0 to 6 inches - the Crawford area didn't receive as much snow as areas of the southern panhandle did.

Thirty-five species and 1,349 individual birds were counted. The seven American Kestrels and 25 Ringed-neck Pheasants were highs for the count while the species numbers and total individuals were below average for the 13 times that the count has been done.

The results:
Mallard 79
Bald Eagle, Immature 1 and adult cw
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Rough-legged Hawk  cw
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 1
Prairie Falcon 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 25
Wild Turkey 80
Rock Pigeon 99
Eurasian Collared-Dove 46
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) 1
Horned Lark 79
Blue Jay 4
Black-billed Magpie 11
American Crow 46
Black-capped Chickadee 62
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Pygmy Nuthatch 10
Townsend's Solitare 2
Northern Shrike 6
European Starling 154
American Tree Sparrow 113
Dark-eyed Junco - Unkown form 19
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 21
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 29
Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco 3
Dark-eyed (White-winged) Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 34
Western Meadowlark 1
House Finch 12
Red Crossbill 6
Pine Siskin 14
American Goldfinch 191
House Sparrow 205
Total 1349

Bruce and Donna Walgren
Casper, WY
bwalgren(at)coffey.c o m
(307)234-7455

Christmas Bird Counts can also ve viewed at http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc