Nebraska Rare Bird Alert
July 05, 1999

Birds Mentioned
WHITE IBIS
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Great Egret
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
American Avocet
Willet
Swamp Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
Solitary Sandpiper
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Bobwhite
Mountain Bluebird
Yellow-breasted Chat
Lazuli Bunting
Carolina Wren
Kentucky Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
American White Pelican
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Common Moorhen

- 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 Monday, July 5th.

In central Nebraska in Clay County on the 4th & 5th, a first year WHITE
IBIS was seen in the southwest corner of Kissinger WMA. On the 5th, 14
LESSER YELLOWLEGS & a GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen in Clay County. Also
seen in Clay County on the 4th were 2 GREAT EGRETS & a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.

In Phelps County on the 4th at Funk Lagoon, 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, a SNOW GOOSE, 6 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a WILLET, 2
SWAMP SPARROWS & a BLUE GROSBEAK were spotted. In Kearney County on the
4th, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER was found in the sandhills between the Platte
River & the Rainwater Basin south of Gibbon.

In western Nebraska in Scotts Bluff County on the 4th, a SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK, a NORTHERN BOBWHITE, 3 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS &
LAZULI BUNTINGS were seen on Stage Hill Road (the old highway through the
Wildcat Hills).

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County in Bellevue on the 4th at Schramm
Park, 3 CAROLINA WRENS, a KENTUCKY WARBLER & pair of SCARLET TANAGERS were found.

In Iowa in Fremont County on the 5th, 40 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 15
CATTLE EGRETS, 9 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 6 COMMON MOORHENS & 2
WILLETS were found at Forney Lake.

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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