Nebraska Rare Bird Alert
April 27, 1999

Birds Mentioned
Whooping Crane
White-faced ibis
Wilson's Phalarope
Black-crowned Night-heron
Pileated Woodpecker
Chimney Swift
Orange-crowned Warbler
Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's race)
Common Yellowthroat
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-winged Dove
Cattle Egret
Whip-poor-will
Red-headed Woodpecker
Winter Wren
Brown Thrasher
Lark Sparrow
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Say's Phoebe
Pinyon Jay
Townsend's Solitaire
Mountain Bluebird
Red Crossbill

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

Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha , for Tuesday, April 27th.

In central Nebraska in Phelps County on the 26th, 5 WHOOPING CRANES were
still present in a corn field on the southeast side of Funk Lagoon. Also
seen on the 26th at Funk Lagoon were 6 WHITE- FACED IBIS & 200 WILSON'S PHALAROPES.

In Buffalo County on the 26th, 8 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen in
a slough south of Ravenna.

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County in Bellevue on the 26th, 2 PILEATED
WOODPECKERS were seen in Fontenelle Forest north of the deer exclosure on
North Stream Trail. Also seen in Fontenelle on the 26th, were CHIMNEY
SWIFTS, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 PARULAS, a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (Audubon's race), a COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, LINCOLN'S SPARROWS & WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.

In Knox County on the 26th, the WHITE-WINGED DOVE was seen again at 508
Seeley St. in Creighton.

In Otoe County on the 25th the following species were seen 8 miles south
of Nebraska City: 3 CATTLE EGRETS, 7 WHIP-POOR-WILLS, 2 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS, 3 WINTER WRENS, 15 BROWN THRASHERS & 8 LARK SPARROWS.

In western Nebraska on the 24th & 25th in southwest Morrill County, an
OSPREY, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE, SAY'S PHOEBES, PINYON JAYS, TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRES, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS & RED CROSSBILLS were seen in canyons
southwest of Redington.

In Iowa south of Council Bluffs on the 26th, a HORNED GREBE, 8 EARED
GREBES, a WESTERN GREBE, 300 FRANKLIN'S GULLS, 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS & 12
FORSTER'S TERNS were seen at Lake Manawa.

For more information on this week's sightings, you may call 402-292-5556.
To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and
your report after the tone at the end of this message.
Thank you for calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding!
- End transcript

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