N.O.U. FIELD CARD OF NEBRASKA BIRDS

DATE: ______________ TIME: ____________to____________

WEATHER: Temp:______-______ Sky:_____________________

Wind:___________ -__________ mph from________________

LOCATION(s):_________________________________________

OBSERVER(s):_________________________________________

TOTAL SPECIES:___________INDIVIDUALS:________________

The 352 birds listed below are those most commonly reported in Nebraska and certain species for which reports are requested. Some accidentals (except for Eskimo Curlew) and many casuals have been omitted. Species names are from the Sixth A.O.U. Checklist (1983) and supplements through 1995. THE OFFICIAL LIST OF THE BIRDS OF NEBRASKA was last published in 1996 (see current updated list). This list included 427 species whose occurrence in Nebraska has been documented to the satisfaction of the NOU Records Committee. To obtain a copy of this document, please contact the NOU Librarian.

REPORTING YOUR SIGHTINGS: Unusual sightings should always be documented by notes taken at the time of observation and with photographs if possible. Species which should be documented for the N.O.U. Records Committee include those marked with an * on this card AND Casual or accidental species not listed. Written documentation and photos, if available, should be forwarded to:

Librarian
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
University of Nebraska State Museum
Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.

Please send information, including date and location of observation(s), for species identified by the following symbols:

# Sightings (This is a partial listing from the full list below.)

$ Nests (This is a partial listing from the full list below.)

% Nests and/or sightings (This is a partial listing from the full list below.)

NEBRASKA BIRDLINE: Share your unusual sightings with others by reporting them as soon as possible to the Nebraska Birdline (402)292-5325.

INFORMATION: The Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU) is a non-profit organization committed to the study, appreciation and protection of birds. Membership information, field cards and report forms may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the NOU Librarian, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.

N.O.U. FIELD CARD PRINTED BY THE NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION WITH FUNDING FROM THE NONGAME WILDLIFE INCOME TAX CHECKOFF.

Gaviiformes/Gaviidae

________Common Loon

Podicipediformes/Podicipedidae

________Pied-billed Grebe

________Horned Grebe

________Eared Grebe $

________Western Grebe $

________Clark's Grebe *

PeIecaniformes/PeIecanidae

________American White Pelican $

PeIicaniformes/PhaIacrocoracidae

________Double-crested Cormorant $

Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae

________American Bittern $

________Least Bittern $

________Great Blue Heron $

________Great Egret $

________Snowy Egret

________Little Blue Heron

________Cattle Egret $

________Green Heron

________Black-crowned Night-Heron $

________Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ciconiiformes/Threskiornithidae

________White-faced Ibis $

Anseriformes/Anatidae

________Tundra Swan *

________Trumpeter Swan $

________Greater White-fronted Goose

________Snow Goose

________Ross' Goose

________Canada Goose

________Wood Duck

________Green-winged Teal

________American Black Duck

________Mallard

________Northern Pintail

________Blue-winged Teal

________Cinnamon Teal

________Northern Shoveler

________Gadwall

________Eurasian Wigeon *

________American Wigeon

________Canvasback

________Redhead

________Ring-necked Duck

________Greater Scaup

________Lesser Scaup

________Oldsquaw

________Black Scoter *

________Surf Scoter *

________White-winged Scoter *

________Common Goldeneye

________Barrow's Goldeneye *

________Bufflehead

________Hooded Merganser

________Common Merganser

________Red-breasted Merganser

________Ruddy Duck

Falconiformes/Cathartidae

________Turkey Vulture

Falconiformes/Accipitridae

________Osprey $

________Mississippi Kite $*

________Bald Eagle $

________Northern Harrier $

________Sharp-shinned Hawk $

________Cooper's Hawk $

________Northern Goshawk

________Red-shouldered Hawk $

________Broad-winged Hawk $

________Swainson's Hawk

________Red-tailed Hawk

________Ferruginous Hawk $

________Rough-legged Hawk

________Golden Eagle $

Falconiformes/Falconidae

________American Kestrel

________Merlin $

________Peregrine Falcon %

________Gyrfalcon #*

________Prairie Falcon $

Galliformes/Phasianidae

________Gray Partridge $

________Ring-necked Pheasant

________Greater Prairie-Chicken

________Sharp-tailed Grouse

________Wild Turkey

________Northern Bobwhite

Gruiformes/Rallidae

________Yellow Rail *

________Black Rail $*

________King Rail $*

________Virginia Rail

________Sora

________Common Moorhen $*

________American Coot

Gruiformes/Gruidae

________Sandhill Crane

________Whooping Crane #

Charadriiformes/Charadriidae

________Black-bellied Plover

________American Golden-Plover

________Snowy Plover *

________Semipalmated Plover

________Piping Plover %

________Killdeer

________Mountain Plover %*

Charadriiformes/Recurvirostridae

________Black-necked Stilt $

________American Avocet

Charadriiformes/Scolopacidae

________Greater Yellowlegs

________Lesser Yellowlegs

________Solitary Sandpiper

________Willet

________Spotted Sandpiper

________Upland Sandpiper

________Whimbrel *

________Long-billed Curlew $

________Eskimo Curlew #*

________Hudsonian Godwit

________Marbled Godwit

________Ruddy Turnstone

________Red Knot *

________Sanderling

________Semipalmated Sandpiper

________Western Sandpiper

________Least Sandpiper

________White-rumped Sandpiper

________Baird's Sandpiper

________Pectoral Sandpiper

________Dunlin

________Stilt Sandpiper

________Buff-breasted Sandpiper

________Short-billed Dowitcher

________Long-billed Dowitcher

________Common Snipe $

________American Woodcock $

________Wilson's Phalarope

________Red-necked Phalarope

________Red Phalarope *

Charadriiformes/Laridae

________Laughing Gull *

________Franklin's Gull

________Bonaparte's Gull

________Ring-billed Gull

________California Gull

________Herring Gull

________Thayer's Gull *

________lceland Gull *

________Lesser Black-backed Gull *

________Glaucous Gull

________Great Black-backed Gull *

________Black-legged Kittiwake *

________Caspian Tern

________Common Tern

________Forster's Tern $

________Least Tern %

________Black Tern $

Columbiformes/Columbidae

________Rock Dove

________Mourning Dove

Cuculiformes/Cuculidae

________Black-billed Cuckoo

________Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Strigiformes/Tytonidae

________Barn Owl

Strigiformes/Strigidae

________Eastern Screech-Owl

________Great Horned Owl

________Snowy Owl #

________Burrowing Owl $

________Barred Owl $

________Long-eared Owl

________Short-eared Owl $

________Northern Saw-whet Owl $

Caprimulgiformes/Caprimulgidae

________Common Nighthawk

________Common Poorwill $

________Chuck-will's-widow $

________Whip-poor-will $

Apodiformes/Apodidae

________Chimney Swift

________White-throated Swift $

________Ruby-throated Hummingbird

________Broad-tailed Hummingbird *

________Rufous Hummingbird *

Coraciiformes/Alcedinidae

________Belted Kingfisher

Piciformes/Picidae

________Lewis' Woodpecker $

________Red-headed Woodpecker

________Red-bellied Woodpecker

________Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

________Red-naped Sapsucker *

________Downy Woodpecker

________Hairy Woodpecker

________Northern Flicker

________Pileated Woodpecker %*

Passeriformes/Tyrannidae

________Olive-sided Flycatcher

________Western Wood-Pewee $

________Eastern Wood-Pewee

________Yellow-bellied Flycatcher *

________Acadian Flycatcher

________Alder Flycatcher

________Willow Flycatcher

________Least Flycatcher

________Cordilleran Flycatcher $

________Eastern Phoebe

________Say's Phoebe

________Great Crested Flycatcher

________Cassin's Kingbird

________Western Kingbird

________Eastern Kingbird

________Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Passeriformes/Alaudidae

________Horned Lark

Passeriformes/Hirundinidae

________Purple Martin

________Tree Swallow

________Violet-green Swallow $

________Northern Rough-winged Swallow

________Bank Swallow

________Cliff Swallow

________Barn Swallow

Passeriformes/Corvidae

________Blue Jay

________Pinyon Jay

________Clark's Nutcracker *

________Black-billed Magpie

________American Crow

Passeriformes/Paridaea

________Black-capped Chickadee

________Tufted Titmouse

Passeriformes/Sittidae

________Red-breasted Nuthatch

________White-breasted Nuthatch

________Pygmy Nuthatch $

Passeriformes/Certhiidae

________Brown Creeper $

Passeriformes/Troglodytidae

________Rock Wren

________Carolina Wren $

________Bewick's Wren *

________House Wren

________Winter Wren

________Sedge Wren $

________Marsh Wren

Passeriformes/Muscicapidae

________Golden-crowned Kinglet

________Ruby-crowned Kinglet

________Blue-gray Gnatcatcher $

________Eastern Bluebird

________Mountain Bluebird

________Townsend's Solitaire $

________Veery

________Gray-checked Thrush

________Swainson's Thrush

________Hermit Thrush

________Wood Thrush

________American Robin

________Varied Thrush *

Passeriformes/Mimidae

________Gray Cathird

________Northern Mockingbird

________Sage Thrasher $*

________Brown Thrasher

Passeriformes/MotaciIIidae

________American Pipit

________Sprague's Pipit *

Passeriiformes/Bombycillidae

________Bohemian Waxwing

________Cedar Waxwing

Passeriformes/Laniidae

________Northern Shrike

________Loggerhead Shrike $

Passeriformes/Sturnidae

________European Starling

Passeriformes/Vireonidae

________White-eyed Vireo $

________Bell's Vireo $

________Solitary Vireo $

________Yellow-throated Vireo $

________Warbling Vireo

________Philadelphia Vireo

________Red-eyed Vireo

Passeriformes/Emberizidae/Subfamily Parulinae

________Blue-winged Warbler *

________Golden-winged Warbler

________Tennessee Warbler

________Orange-crowned Warbler

________Nashville Warbler

________Northern Parula

________Yellow Warbler

________Chestnut-sided Warbler

________Magnolia Warbler

________Cape May Warbler *

________Black-throated Blue Warbler *

________Yellow-rumped Warbler

________Townsend's Warbler *

________Black-throated Green Warbler

________Blackburnian Warbler

________Yellow-throated Warbler

________Pine Warbler *

________Palm Warbler

________Bay-breasted Warbler

________Blackpoll Warbler

________Cerulean Warbler $

________Black-and-white Warbler

________American Redstart

________Prothonotary Warbler $

________Worm-eating Warbler *

________Ovenbird

________Northern Waterthrush

________Louisiana Waterthrush $

________Kentucky Warbler $

________Connecticut Warbler *

________Mourning Warbler

________MacGillivray's Warbler *

________Common Yellowthroat

________Hooded Warbler *

________Wilson's Warbler

________Canada Warbler

________Yellow-breasted Chat

Passeriformes/Emberizidae/Thraupinae

________Summer Tanager $

________Scarlet Tanager

________Western Tanager $

Passeriformes/Emberizidae/Cardinalinae

________Northern Cardinal

________Rose-breasted Grosbeak

________Black-headed Grosbeak

________Blue Grosbeak

________Lazuli Bunting $

________Indigo Bunting

________Dickcissel

Passeriformes/Emberizidae/Emberizinae

________Green-tailed Towhee *

________Eastern Towhee

________Spotted Towhee

________Cassin's Sparrow *

________American Tree Sparrow

________Chipping Sparrow

________Clay-colored Sparrow

________Brewer's Sparrow

________Field Sparrow

________Vesper Sparrow

________Lark Sparrow

________Lark Bunting

________Savannah Sparrow

________Baird's Sparrow *

________Grasshopper Sparrow

________Henslow's Sparrow $*

________LeConte's Sparrow

________Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow *

________Fox Sparrow

________Song Sparrow

________Lincoln's Sparrow

________Swamp Sparrow $

________White-throated Sparrow

________White-crowned Sparrow

________Harris' Sparrow

________Dark-eyed Junco

________McCown's Longspur $

________Lapland Longspur

________Smith's Longspur *

________Chestnut-collared Longspur $

________Snow Bunting

Passeriformes/Emberizidae/Icterinae

________Bobolink

________Red-winged Blackbird

________Eastern Meadowlark

________Western Meadowlark

________Yellow-headed Blackbird

________Rusty Blackbird

________Brewer's Blackbird $

________Great-tailed Grackle

________Common Grackle

________Brown-headed Cowbird

________Orchard Oriole

________Baltimore Oriole

________Bullock's Oriole

Passeriformes/Fringillidae

________Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

________Pine Grosbeak *

________Purple Finch

________Cassin's Finch *

________House Finch

________Red Crossbill $

________White-winged Crossbill *

________Common Redpoll

________Pine Siskin

________American Goldfinch

________Evening Grosbeak

Passeriformes/Passeridae

________House Sparrow

Additional Species:

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________Mute Swan % , please report sightings and nests of FREE FLYING BIRDS ONLY to The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Wildlife Division
2200 North 33rd Street
Lincoln, NE 68503

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