April 01, 1999

Birds Mentioned

COMMON CRANE

Great Blue Heron

American White Pelican

Ross's Goose

Lesser Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Cinnamon Teal

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Common Snipe

Eastern Phoebe

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Fox Sparrow

- Transcript
Tape Number: 402-292-5325
Compilers: Babs and Loren Padelford
Transcriber: Loren Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com)

Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha, for Thursday, April 1st.

In central Nebraska in Kearney County on Sunday, the 28th, the COMMON
CRANE was spotted again between 2:30 and 3:30 about a half mile south of Rowe
Sanctuary headquarters.

In Phelps County on the 28th, 5 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 3 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS, 15 species of waterfowl, including 2 ROSS'S GEESE, 7 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS and 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were found at Funk Lagoon.

In Buffalo County on the 31st, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen at a
feeder at 30th St. and Avenue C in Kearney.

In eastern Nebraska in Fillmore County on the 28th, a CINNAMON TEAL was
seen at Griess WPA. Other birds seen in the eastern Rainwater Basin area
on the 28th were: 76 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 106 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS, 11 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 20 LONG- BILLED DOWITCHERS and 26
COMMON SNIPES.

In Lancaster County on the 29th, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES were seen at Audubon
Spring Creek Prairie south of Denton and on the 30th, 3 COMMON SNIPES were
found there.

In Douglas County on the 30th at Hummel Park, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and 3 FOX SPARROWS were seen along Ponca Creek.

In Washington County on the 31st, a COMMON SNIPE was found at Nathan's
Lake north of Neale Woods.

In Sarpy County on the 31st, a FOX SPARROW was seen at Elbow Bend south
of Offutt Air Force Base.