THE NEBRASKA BIRD REVIEW

A Magazine of Ornithology of the Nebraska Region
Published by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc. (Founded in 1899)

Table of Contents

Winter Field Report, by Silcock and Jorgensen...................................................2
Species Accounts......................................................................................4
Two winter records of Pacific Loons at Lake McConaughy by Stephen J. Dinsmore.......16
The 1998-99 Nebraska Christmas Bird Count Summary by Stephen J. Dinsmore..........17
Common Crane in Central Platte Valley, Nebraska, March 1999, and a Discussion of
Prior North American Records. By W. Ross Silcock and Stephen J. Dinsmore............28
Cooperative Whooping Crane Tracking Project.................................................30
Two poems by William Kloefkorn................................................................35
The Age of Birds in Nebraska by Paul A. Johnsgard..........................................37

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The Nebraska Bird Review is edited by Drs. Bill Clemente and Tom Klubertanz.

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