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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 Sunday, August 22nd.
In western Nebraska in Kimball County on the 21st at Oliver Reservoir,
a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE and a LESSER GOLDFINCH were found near the main
entrance. The LESSER GOLDFINCH was a male of the green-backed race.
Other birds seen at Oliver Reservoir on the 21st include: WESTERN GREBE,
COMMON MERGANSER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BLACK-
HEADED GROSBEAK and 4 LAZULI BUNTINGS.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 21st at Lake Minatare, a GREAT EGRET,
a SNOWY EGRET, an immature BALD EAGLE, a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 20 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS, 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a SANDERLING, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER and
a CALIFORNIA GULL were found. On the 21st at Wildcat Hills Nature Center,
6 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, RED CROSSBILLS and PINE SISKINS were seen.
In central Nebraska in Clay County on the 21st and 22nd, 2 BLACK-BELLIED
WHISTLING-DUCKS were found at Sandpiper WPA (or North Hultine WPA) with
about 1,000 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Sandpiper WPA is located 2 miles north and
2 miles west of Saronville. Other birds of note seen on the 22nd in the
Eastern Rainwater Basin are: 44 GREAT EGRETS, 3 SNOWY EGRETS, 1 CATTLE
EGRET, 2 plegadis sp. IBIS, 7 SORAS, 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 2 AMERICAN
AVOCETS, 45 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 4 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, a SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER, 3 COMMON SNIPES, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER,
3 WILSON'S WARBLERS and 2 BOBOLINKS.
In Buffalo County on the 22nd, 64 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were spotted in a
field 3 miles south of Gibbon. In northeastern Kearney County on the
22nd, 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS,
30 UPLAND SANDPIPERS and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were found in flooded fields
in the Rainwater Basin. Also on the 22nd, a BLUE GROSBEAK, a SAVANNAH
SPARROW and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were seen 3.5 miles southwest of Heartwell.
In eastern Nebraska in Dixon County on the 22nd, a WESTERN KINGBIRD,
6 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES, 8 YELLOW WARBLERS, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, an AMERICAN
REDSTART, a BLUE GROSBEAK and 18 BALTIMORE ORIOLES were seen northwest of Wakefield.
In Sarpy County on the 22nd south of Offutt Air Force Base on Harlan
Lewis Road and La Platte Road the following species were found: 2 GREEN
HERONS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER and 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
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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