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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 Monday, August 2nd.
In central Nebraska in Clay County on the 1st, 2 BLACK-BELLIED
WHISTLING-DUCKS were found at North Harvard Basin. The birds flew out of
the area and could not be relocated there or at nearby Harvard WPA or
Koenig Basin. The first year WHITE IBIS could not be found on the 1st at
Kissinger Basin just north of Fairfield. It was last reported on July
25th. Birds seen at Kissinger on the 1st were a NORTHERN HARRIER,
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 9 STILT SANDPIPERS, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
and 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES. On the 1st in the eastern Rainwater Basin the
following birds were seen: 85 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 27 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY
EGRETS, 11 CATTLE EGRETS, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 109 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, 6 WILLETS, 3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 91
STILT SANDPIPERS, 32 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and 2 COMMON SNIPES.
In Buffalo County on the 1st at Funk Lagoon the following species were
seen: 19 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 20 GREAT EGRETS, 1 immature SNOWY EGRET, 2
immature LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 2 WHITE-FACED
IBIS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 4
WILLETS, an UPLAND SANDPIPER, 7 MARBLED GODWITS, 3 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, about 120 LEAST SANDPIPERS, about 115 STILT SANDPIPERS, 9
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and
55 BLACK TERNS. Two miles east of Funk Lagoon about 10,000 CLIFF
SWALLOWS were spotted.
In Harlan County on the 1st, 40 TURKEY VULTURES, a GREEN HERON and a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were seen at Harlan Reservoir.
In western Nebraska in Sioux County on July 25th, 2 MACGILLIVRAY'S
WARBLERS were seen at the north end of the Gilbert Baker Campground.
In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 2nd, a KENTUCKY WARBLER was
seen in a Papillion yard.
In Douglas County, from July 26th-28th, a CAROLINA WREN visited a yard in
west Omaha.
In Iowa east of Nebraska City in Fremont County on the 1st, an immature
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at the west end of old Highway 2 by
the abandoned gas station. On the 1st at Forney Lake south of Bartlett,
7 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 100 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and 3 WOOD DUCKS were found.
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. Be sure to
include the date of the sighting. Thank you and good birding!
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