FIELD CARD OF ROWE SANCTUARY BIRDS

DATE: ______________ TIME: ____________to____________
WEATHER: Temp:______-______ Sky:_____________________
Wind:___________ -__________ mph from________________
LOCATION(s):_________________________________________
OBSERVER(s):_________________________________________
TOTAL SPECIES:___________INDIVIDUALS:________________

The 154 birds listed below are those that have been seen at Rowe Sanctuary.
If you have seen a bird species not on this list, please report it to the Sanctuary
staff. Their mailing address is 44450 Elm Island Road, Gibbon, Nebraska 68840.
Their phone number is (308) 468-5282 and their e-mail address is rowe at nctc dot net.
(the e-mail address has been altered to deter spam. Replace "at" with "@" and "dot"
with "." 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 Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Records
Committee include those marked with an * on this card.
Written documentation and photos, if available, should be forwarded to:

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

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission requests information, including the date
and location of observation(s), for species identified by the following symbols:

# Sightings
$ Nests
% Nests and/or sightings
TO: The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Wildlife Division, 2200 North
33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503. Include your name address and phone number.

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

Class - AVES
Order/Family/Common Name

GREBES (Podicipediformes/Podicipedidae)
________Pied-billed Grebe

PELECANS (PeIecaniformes/PeIecanidae)
________$ American White Pelican $

CORMORANTS (PeIicaniformes/PhaIacrocoracidae)
________$ Double-crested Cormorant $

HERONS AND EGRETS (Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae)
________$ Great Blue Heron $
________$ Great Egret $
________Snowy Egret
________$ Cattle Egret $
________Green Heron

VULTURES (Falconiformes/Cathartidae)
________Turkey Vulture

GEESE AND DUCKS (Anseriformes/Anatidae)
________Greater White-fronted Goose
________Snow Goose
________Canada Goose
________Wood Duck
________American Wigeon
________Mallard
________Blue-winged Teal
________Northern Shoveler
________Northern Pintail
________Green-winged Teal
________Bufflehead
________Common Merganser

HAWKS AND EAGLES (Falconiformes/Accipitridae)
________$ Osprey $
________$ Bald Eagle $
________$ Northern Harrier $
________$ Sharp-shinned Hawk $
________$ Cooper's Hawk $
________$ Swainson's Hawk $
________Red-tailed Hawk
________$ Ferruginous Hawk $
________Rough-legged Hawk

FALCONS (Falconiformes/Falconidae)
________American Kestrel
________% Peregrine Falcon %
________$ Prairie Falcon $

PHEASANTS, CHICKENS AND TURKEYS (Galliformes/Phasianidae)
________Ring-necked Pheasant
________Greater Prairie-Chicken
________Wild Turkey

QUAIL (Galliformes/Odontophoridae)
________Northern Bobwhite

RAILS AND COOTS (Gruiformes/Rallidae)
________American Coot

CRANES (Gruiformes/Gruidae)
________$ Sandhill Crane $
________# Whooping Crane #
________* Common Crane *

PLOVERS (Charadriiformes/Charadriidae)
________Black-bellied Plover
________Semipalmated Plover
________% Piping Plover %
________Killdeer

SANDPIPERS (Charadriiformes/Scolopacidae)
________Greater Yellowlegs
________Lesser Yellowlegs
________Solitary Sandpiper
________Spotted Sandpiper
________Upland Sandpiper
________Semipalmated Sandpiper
________Least Sandpiper
________White-rumped Sandpiper
________Baird's Sandpiper
________Pectoral Sandpiper
________Long-billed Dowitcher

GULLS AND TERNS (Charadriiformes/Laridae)
________Franklin's Gull
________Bonaparte's Gull
________Ring-billed Gull
________Herring Gull
________Common Tern
________$ Forster's Tern $
________% Least Tern %
________$ Black Tern $

DOVES (Columbiformes/Columbidae)
________* Eurasian Collared-Dove *
________Mourning Dove

CUCKOOS (Cuculiformes/Cuculidae)
________Black-billed Cuckoo
________Yellow-billed Cuckoo

OWLS (Strigiformes/Strigidae)
________Eastern Screech-Owl
________Great Horned Owl

GOATSUCKERS (Caprimulgiformes/Caprimulgidae)
________Common Nighthawk

SWIFTS (Apodiformes/Apodidae)
________Chimney Swift

KINGFISHERS (Coraciiformes/Alcedinidae)
________Belted Kingfisher

WOODPECKERS (Piciformes/Picidae)
________Red-headed Woodpecker
________Red-bellied Woodpecker
________Downy Woodpecker
________Hairy Woodpecker
________Northern Flicker

FLYCATCHERS (Passeriformes/Tyrannidae)
________Olive-sided Flycatcher
________Eastern Wood-Pewee
________Acadian Flycatcher
________Willow Flycatcher
________Least Flycatcher
________Eastern Phoebe
________Great Crested Flycatcher
________Western Kingbird
________Eastern Kingbird

SHRIKES (Passeriformes/Laniidae)
________$ Loggerhead Shrike $
________Northern Shrike

VIREOS (Passeriformes/Vireonidae)
________$ Bell's Vireo $
________Warbling Vireo
________Red-eyed Vireo

JAYS (Passeriformes/Corvidae)
________Blue Jay
________Black-billed Magpie
________American Crow

LARKS (Passeriformes/Alaudidae)
________Horned Lark

SWALLOWS (Passeriformes/Hirundinidae)
________Tree Swallow
________Northern Rough-winged Swallow
________Bank Swallow
________Cliff Swallow
________Barn Swallow

CHICKADEES (Passeriformes/Paridaea)
________Black-capped Chickadee

NUTHATCHES (Passeriformes/Sittidae)
________White-breasted Nuthatch

WRENS (Passeriformes/Troglodytidae)
________House Wren
________$ Sedge Wren $

KINGLETS (Passeriformes/Regulidae)
________Ruby-crowned Kinglet

THRUSHES (Passeriformes/Turdidae)
________Eastern Bluebird
________American Robin

THRASHERS (Passeriformes/Mimidae)
________Gray Cathird
________Northern Mockingbird
________Brown Thrasher

STARLINGS (Passeriformes/Sturnidae)
________European Starling

WAXWINGS (Passeriiformes/Bombycillidae)
________Cedar Waxwing

WARBLERS (Passeriformes/Emberizidae/Subfamily Parulinae)
________Orange-crowned Warbler
________Nashville Warbler
________Yellow Warbler
________Chestnut-sided Warbler
________Yellow-rumped Warbler
________Palm Warbler
________Mourning Warbler
________Common Yellowthroat
________Wilson's Warbler
________Yellow-breasted Chat

TOWHEES AND SPARROWS (Passeriformes/Emberizidae)
________Spotted Towhee
________Eastern Towhee
________American Tree Sparrow
________Chipping Sparrow
________Clay-colored Sparrow
________Field Sparrow
________Vesper Sparrow
________Savannah Sparrow
________Grasshopper Sparrow
________Song Sparrow
________Lincoln's Sparrow
________White-throated Sparrow
________Harris's Sparrow
________White-crowned Sparrow
________Dark-eyed Junco

GROSBEAKS AND BUNTINGS (Passeriformes/Cardinalidae)
________Northern Cardinal
________Rose-breasted Grosbeak
________Black-headed Grosbeak
________Dickcissel

BLACKBIRDS AND ORIOLES (Passeriformes/Icteridae)
________Bobolink
________Red-winged Blackbird
________Eastern Meadowlark
________Western Meadowlark
________Yellow-headed Blackbird
________Common Grackle
________Brown-headed Cowbird
________Orchard Oriole
________Baltimore Oriole

FINCHES (Passeriformes/Fringillidae)
________House Finch
________Pine Siskin
________American Goldfinch

HOUSE SPARROW (Passeriformes/Passeridae)
________House Sparrow

Additional Species:
________
________
________

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission also desires birders' observations of Mute Swans.
Please report sightings and nests of FREE FLYING BIRDS ONLY.

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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