April 12, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Red-shouldered Hawk

Louisiana Waterthrush

Osprey

Rough-winged Swallow

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Harris's Sparrow

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

Carolina Wren

Eared Grebe

American Avocet

Marbled Godwit

Lesser Yellowlegs

Baird's Sandpiper

Bonaparte's Gull

Swainson's Hawk

Semipalmated Plover

Say's Phoebe

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Garganey (Iowa)

Whooping Crane (Iowa, not found)

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

Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha, for Monday, April 12th.

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 12th in Bellevue, a
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were found in Fontenelle
Forest. On the 11th, an OSPREY, 75 ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 47
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and 4 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS were seen in Fontenelle Forest. On the 12th, a YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER was seen in the Birdline backyard in Bellevue. In Douglas
County on the 12th, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 4 HARRIS'S SPARROWS were
seen in Elkhorn. On the 11th in Omaha at Zorinsky Lake, 14 AMERICAN
WHITE PELICANS and over 100 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen.

In Lancaster County on the 10th in Lincoln, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS, a CAROLINA WREN and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen at Pioneer's
Park. On the 10th at Branched Oak Lake the following species were seen:
EARED GREBES, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 2 MARBLED GODWITS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

In Dodge County on the 10th, a SWAINSON'S HAWK was seen 5 miles north and a
mile west of Ames.

In central Nebraska in Harlan County on the 10th, an EARED GREBE, 3
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 10 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 8
BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen at Harlan Reservoir. On the 11th, 3 SAY'S
PHOEBES, VESPER SPARROWS and SAVANNAH SPARROWS were found in Harlan County.

In Buffalo County on the 10th, 2 FIELD SPARROWS and 20 HARRIS'S SPARROWS
were seen 3 miles southeast of Gibbon.

In Iowa in Fremont County on the 12th, the GARGANEY was seen again close
to the road on the south shore of Forney Lake south of Bartlett. On the
12th, the 6 WHOOPING CRANES that had spent the last three days in fields
east of DeSoto NWR were not seen again after 11:00 a.m. The three
WHOOPING CRANES north of Essex in Page County were not found after
11:00 am on the 12th.