July 02, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Burrowing Owl

Northern Mockingbird

Cassin's Sparrow

Mountain Plover

McCown's Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Cordilleran Flycatcher

Pygmy Nuthatch

Red-breasted nuthatch

Townsend's Solitaire

Merlin

Bullock's Oriole

Clark's Grebe

California Gull

Caspian Tern

Prairie Falcon

White-throated Swift

Violet-green Swallow

Great Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White-faced Ibis

American Avocet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Upland Sandpiper

Marbled Godwit

Wilson's Phalarope

Black Tern

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Swamp Sparrow

Great-tailed Grackle

Cattle Egret

Broad-winged Hawk

Carolina Wren

Scarlet Tanager

Gray Catbird

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Piping Plover

Western Kingbird

Blue Grosbeak

- 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 Friday, July 2nd.

In western Nebraska in Dundy County on June 26th, 2 BURROWING OWLS and 2
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS were seen at Rock Creek SRA and Fish Hatchery, and 8
CASSIN'S SPARROWS were seen just east of there. In Kimball County on the
27th, a MOUNTAIN PLOVER was found in a disked field just west of the
Kimball airport. Also on the 27th, 3 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS were seen
south of I-80 Exit One. On the 27th, 6 MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS and 13
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were found 2 miles north of the Colorado
state line and 2 to 7 miles west of Highway 71.

In Sioux County on the 27th, 5 CORDILLERAN FLYCATCHERS, PYGMY NUTHATCHES
and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES were seen in Sowbelly and Monroe Canyons. Also
on the 27th, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen south of the Sowbelly Bed and
Breakfast. On the 28th, a MERLIN, 51 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS, 17
MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS and 2 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES were seen near Agate Fossil Beds.

In Keith County on the 26th, 3 CLARK'S GREBES were seen at Omaha Beach on
Lake McConaughy and a CALIFORNIA GULL and a CASPIAN TERN were seen on Lake Ogallala.

In Scotts Bluff County on the 27th, a PRAIRIE FALCON, WHITE-THROATED
SWIFTS and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were spotted at Scotts Bluff National Monument.

In central Nebraska in Phelps County on the 27th, a GREAT EGRET, a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 4 WHITE-FACED IBIS, an AMERICAN AVOCET, a
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 27 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 9 WILLETS, an UPLAND SANDPIPER,
6 MARBLED GODWITS, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 12 BLACK TERNS, 2 SEDGE WRENS, a
MARSH WREN, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS and 12 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were found at
Funk Lagoon. Also on the 27th, 6 CATTLE EGRETS were seen 3 miles east of
the Funk-Odessa Expressway along the road south of the Platte River.

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County in Bellevue on the 28th, a
BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen at Camp Wakonda south of Fontenelle Forest, and
a CAROLINA WREN and a SCARLET TANAGER were seen on Prairie Trail in the
Forest. In Washington County on the 26th, a GRAY CATBIRD and a ROSE-
BREASTED GROSBEAK were seen at Boyer Chute NWR.

In Iowa south of Council Bluffs on July 1st, a PIPING PLOVER, 2 WESTERN
KINGBIRDS and a BLUE GROSBEAK were seen at the Mid-American south pond.

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!
- End transcript

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