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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 Tuesday, August 10th.
In central Nebraska on the 7th in the eastern Rainwater Basin the
following species were seen: 18 GREAT EGRETS, 3 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, a
LEAST BITTERN, 3 CATTLE EGRETS, 6 SORAS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 9
UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 14 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 98 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 23
STILT SANDPIPERS, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 32 LONG- BILLED DOWITCHERS,
a FRANKLIN'S GULL and 60 SEDGE WRENS.
In Clay County on the 7th at Kissinger WPA, 5 GREAT EGRETS, an AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 40 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 7 STILT
SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 35 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, a WESTERN
SANDPIPER and 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES were found.
In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 5th, 2 COMMON LOONS were found
at Lake Ogallala.
In eastern Nebraska in Richardson County on the 8th, an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, a CAROLINA WREN and a SUMMER TANAGER were seen in Indian Cave
State Park. In Nemaha County on the 8th, 3 GREAT EGRETS and a SEDGE WREN
were found south of Brownville.
In Douglas County on the 8th at Neale Woods, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a
SEDGE WREN were found in Jonas Valley. On the 10th, an ALDER FLYCATCHER
was heard singing in a yard in the Florence area of north Omaha.
In Lancaster County on the 8th, 56 KILLDEER, 6 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 3
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 27 LEAST SANDPIPERS and a
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER were seen at Olive Creek SRA. On the 6th at Olive
Creek, 11 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and a WESTERN SANDPIPER were seen.
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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