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 361 birds listed below are those most commonly reported in Nebraska. Most accidentals have been omitted. Species names are from the Seventh A.O.U. Checklist (1998) and supplements through 2000.

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

$ Nests

% Nests and/or sightings

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

________* Red-throated Loon *

________Pacific Loon

________Common Loon

Podicipediformes/Podicipedidae

________Pied-billed Grebe

________Horned Grebe

________Red-necked 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 $

Falconiformes/Cathartidae

________Turkey Vulture

Anseriformes/Anatidae

________Greater White-fronted Goose

________Snow Goose

________Ross' Goose

________Canada Goose

________$ Trumpeter Swan $

________Tundra Swan

________Wood Duck

________Gadwall

________* Eurasian Wigeon *

________American Wigeon

________American Black Duck

________Mallard

________Blue-winged Teal

________Cinnamon Teal

________Northern Shoveler

________Northern Pintail

________Green-winged Teal

________Canvasback

________Redhead

________Ring-necked Duck

________Greater Scaup

________Lesser Scaup

________Surf Scoter

________White-winged Scoter

________Black Scoter

________Long-tailed Duck

________Bufflehead

________Common Goldeneye

________Barrow's Goldeneye

________Hooded Merganser

________Common Merganser

________Red-breasted Merganser

________Ruddy Duck

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 $

________#* Gyrfalcon #*

________% Peregrine Falcon %

________$ Prairie Falcon $

Galliformes/Phasianidae

________$ Gray Partridge $

________Ring-necked Pheasant

________Sharp-tailed Grouse

________Greater Prairie-Chicken

________Wild Turkey

Galliformes/Odontophoridae

________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 $

________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

________Pomarine Jaeger

________* Laughing Gull *

________Franklin's Gull

________Little 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

________Sabine's Gull

________Caspian Tern

________Common Tern

________$ Forster's Tern $

________% Least Tern %

________$ Black Tern $

Columbiformes/Columbidae

________Rock Dove

________* Eurasian Collared-Dove *

________$* White-winged 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 $

Apodiformes/Trochilidae

________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/Laniidae

________$ Loggerhead Shrike $

________Northern Shrike

Passeriformes/Vireonidae

________$* White-eyed Vireo $*

________$ Bell's Vireo $

________$ Yellow-throated Vireo $

________Plumbeous Vireo

________Cassin's Vireo

________Blue-headed Vireo

________Warbling Vireo

________Philadelphia Vireo

________Red-eyed Vireo

Passeriformes/Corvidae

________Stellar's Jay

________Blue Jay

________Pinyon Jay

________* Clark's Nutcracker *

________Black-billed Magpie

________American Crow

Passeriformes/Alaudidae

________Horned Lark

Passeriformes/Hirundinidae

________Purple Martin

________Tree Swallow

________$ Violet-green Swallow $

________Northern Rough-winged Swallow

________Bank Swallow

________Cliff Swallow

________Barn Swallow

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/Regulidae

________Golden-crowned Kinglet

________Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Passeriformes/Sylviidae

________$ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher $

Passeriformes/Turdidae

________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/Sturnidae

________European Starling

Passeriformes/MotaciIIidae

________American Pipit

________* Sprague's Pipit *

Passeriiformes/Bombycillidae

________Bohemian Waxwing

________Cedar Waxwing

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/Thraupidae

________$ Summer Tanager $

________Scarlet Tanager

________$ Western Tanager $

Passeriformes/Emberizidae

________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

________Grasshopper Sparrow

________* Baird's Sparrow *

________$ Henslow's Sparrow $

________LeConte's Sparrow

________Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

________Fox Sparrow

________Song Sparrow

________Lincoln's Sparrow

________$ Swamp Sparrow $

________White-throated Sparrow

________Harris's Sparrow

________White-crowned Sparrow

________Dark-eyed Junco

________$ McCown's Longspur $

________Lapland Longspur

________* Smith's Longspur *

________$ Chestnut-collared Longspur $

________Snow Bunting

Passeriformes/Cardinalidae

________Northern Cardinal

________Rose-breasted Grosbeak

________Black-headed Grosbeak

________Blue Grosbeak

________$ Lazuli Bunting $

________Indigo Bunting

________Dickcissel

Passeriformes/Icteridae

________Bobolink

________Red-winged Blackbird

________Eastern Meadowlark

________Western Meadowlark

________Yellow-headed Blackbird

________Rusty Blackbird

________$ Brewer's Blackbird $

________Common Grackle

________Great-tailed 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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________ The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission also desires birders' observations on the following two species:

________Mute Swan % , please report sightings and nests of FREE FLYING BIRDS ONLY.

________Eskimo Curlew - Report all sightings.

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

Include your name, address and phone number.

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