New Members
 
 

Debra Beck	Barbara DiBernard	Mike Grieneisen
Omaha	Lincoln (Life Member)	Davis, CA
Dan LaShelle	Jeanne and Steve Miller	Tom and Molly O'Dell
Topeka, KS	Bennington	Omaha
Juanita Rice	Carolyn Rieke	Paul Roisen
Omaha	Lincoln	Sioux City, IA
William Wells	Mary Sue and Clinton Shoemaker
Lincoln	North Platte

Upcoming Events

2007 NOU Spring Conference North Platte May 18th-20th

2007 Kansas Ornithological Society Spring Field Trip - Doniphan, Nemaha, and Brown Counties (KS),
possibly Indian Caves SP (NE) and Squaw Creek (MO).  Info at KSBIRDS website
http://www.ksbirds.org/SpringMtg07.htm

2007 NOU Fall Conference Nebraska National Forest-Halsey

Reminder that Dues are Due
If you haven't renewed your membership yet, please do so.  The form is here.

2006 NEBRASKA COUNTY LIST REPORT (click here)

Accidental and Casual Bird Species that the NOU Records Committee Actively Seeks Documentation:
 

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Red Knot	White-eyed Vireo
Bean Goose	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Black-capped Vireo
Emperor Goose	Curlew Sandpiper	Gray Jay
Brant	Ruff	Steller's Jay
Eurasian Wigeon	Red Phalarope	Chihuahuan Raven
American Black Duck	Pomarine Jaeger	Common Raven
Mottled Duck	Parasitic Jaeger	Cave Swallow
Garganey	Long-tailed Jaeger	Mountain Chickadee
Tufted Duck	Laughing Gull	Canyon Wren
King Eider	Little Gull	Bewick's Wren
Common Eider	Black-headed Gull	American Dipper
Harlequin Duck	Mew Gull	Varied Thrush
Red-throated Loon	Glaucous-winged Gull	Curve-billed Thrasher
Yellow-billed Loon	Black-legged Kittiwake	Bohemian Waxwing
Brown Pelican	Ross's Gull	Phainopepla
Neotropic Cormorant	Arctic Tern	blue-winged Warbler
Anhinga	Ancient Murrelet	Virginia's Warbler
Tricolored Heron	Band-tailed Pigeon	Cape May Warbler
Reddish Egret	Inca Dove	Black-throated Gray Warbler
White Ibis	Common Ground-Dove	Hermit Warbler
Roseate Spoonbill	Groove-billed Ani	Pine Warbler
Wood Stork	Northern Hawk Owl	Prairie Warbler
Black Vulture	Great Gray Owl	Worm-eating Warbler
Swallow-tailed Kite	Boreal Owl	Swainson's Warbler
White-tailed Kite	Costa's Hummingbird	Connecticut Warbler
Harris's Hawk	Calliope Hummingbird	Hepatic Tanager
Gyrfalcon	Acorn Woodpecker	Black-throated Sparrow
Ruffed Grouse	Williamson's Sapsucker	Sage Sparrow
Greater Sage-Grouse	Red-naped Sapsucker	Golden-crowned Sparrow
Yellow Rail	Am. Three-toed Woodpecker	Smith's Longspur
Black Rail	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Painted Bunting
Clapper Rail	Hammond's Flycatcher	Scott's Oriole
King Rail	Gray Flycatcher	Brambling
Purple Gallinule	Dusky Flycatcher	Black Rosy-finch
Common Moorhen	Vermilion Flycatcher	Pine Grosbeak
Common Crane	Ash-throated Flycatcher	Cassin's Finch
		Hoary Redpoll
		Lesser Goldfinch
		Evening Grosbeak

Send all 2007 documentations and comments to:
    Mark A. Brogie
    NOURC Chairperson
    508 Seeley
    Box 316
    Creighton, NE  68729

Program:

Friday night speaker is John Sidle.  Threatened, endangered and sensitive species coordinator for the U.S. Forest Service - Chadron office.  His topic will be the burrowing owl project in the National Grasslands.

Saturday night speaker is Dr. Josef Kren.  Biology professor at Midland Lutheran College in Fremont.  His topic is The Neurobiology of Bird Song:  Why and How do They Sing?
 

Information will be sent in the May newsletter (which should be out in late April--barring another computer glitch).
 

Hotel rooms are available for 1-4 person occupancy at the rate of $69.00 (plus tax) if reservations are made by May 4th at:
Quality Inn and Suites
2102 South Jeffers
North Platte, NE  69101
(800)760-3333 or (308)535-6163

(E-mail addresses have been altered to fight spam.  Replace (at) with the appropriate symbol
and remove the blank spaces.)

President and Newsletter Editor:
David Heidt, 1703 Hilltop Drive, Norfolk, NE 68701-2031
Phone: 402-371-3412
daveh(at)northeastcollege. c o m

Vice-President:
Urban Lehner, 15526 Pierce Circle, Omaha, NE 68510
Phone: 402-330-3888
urban.lehner(at)dtn.c o m

Secretary:
Kevin Poague, 4274 'A' Street, Lincoln, NE 68510
402-489-1418
kpoague(at)audubon.o r g

Treasurer:
Betty Grenon, 1409 Childs Road East, Bellevue, NE 68005
402-731-2383
grenon925(at)aol. c o m

Editor, Nebraska Bird Review:
Janis Paseka, 1585 Co. Rd. 14 Blvd, Ames, NE 68621
402-727-9229
paseka(at)tvsonline. n e t

Librarian:
Mary Lou Pritchard, 6325 'O' Street, Lincoln, NE 68510
402-486-2428

Past President:
Alice Kenitz, 190648 Co. Rd. 22, Gering, NE 69341
Phone:  308-436-2959
E-mail Address:  akenitz(at)prairieweb. c o m

Directors:
Jan Uttecht, Box 823, Stanton, NE 68779 (2007)
402-439-2114
jautek(at)stanton. n e t

Loren Padelford, 1405 Little John Road, Bellevue, NE 68005 (2008)
402-292-5556
lpdlfrd(at)juno. c o m

Steve Lamphere, 3101 Washington St., Apt. 98, Bellevue, NE 68005 (2006)
402-291-9149
kingfisher65(at)aol. c o m

Breeding Bird Atlas and Nest Records Committee:
Wayne Mollhoff, 2354 Euclid St., Ashland, NE 68003
402-944-2243
wmollhoff(at)netscape. n e t

Occurrence Reports:
Ross Silcock, P. 0. Box 57, Tabor, IA 51653
712-629-5865
silcock(at)rosssilcock. c o m

Nebraka Birdline:
Josef Kren
402-721-5487 ext. 6490
800-642-8382 ext. 6490
nebraskabirds@yahoo.com

NOU Website: http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/

Nebraska Birding Trails:  http://www.nebraskabirdingtrails.com
 

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3745 Garfield
Lincoln, NE 68506