June 08, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Least Bittern

Lesser Scaup

Little Blue Heron

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Hooded Merganser

Hudsonian Godwit

Semipalmated Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Cattle Egret

Bufflehead

Bell's Vireo

Bewick's Wren

Black-necked Stilt

Clark's Grebe

Ferruginous Hawk

Long-billed Curlew

Burrowing Owl

Say's Phoebe

Western Wood-Pewee

Northern Mockingbird

Swainson's Thrush

Grasshopper Sparrow

Dickcissel

Piping Plover

Least Tern

- Transcript
Tape Number: (402)292-5325
Compilers: Babs & 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, June 8th.

In central Nebraska in Dawson County on the 5th, a SCISSOR-TAILED
FLYCATCHER was seen briefly sitting on a powerline 3 miles south of Sumner.

In Clay County on the 6th, a LEAST BITTERN & a LESSER SCAUP were seen at
Kissinger WMA. At Harvard WPA on the 6th, an adult LITTLE BLUE HERON & 2
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were found. At Hultine WPA, a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, several SNOW GEESE & 2 HOODED MERGANSERS were seen
on the 6th. Shorebirds seen in the Eastern Rainwater Basin on the 6th
include: 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 182 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER & 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS.

In Kearney County on the 6th, a CATTLE EGRET & a BUFFLEHEAD were seen at
Youngson WPA. At Jensen WPA on the 6th, 2 BELL'S VIREOS were heard singing.

In Antelope County on the 2nd, the BEWICK'S WREN was still being seen and
heard below the visitor's center at Ashfall State Historical Park. From
the Visitor's Center, walk towards the Rhino Barn, stop at the Discovery
Sign with the yellow flag & look in the trees to the west. If you see
the Bewick's Wren, please notify the Birdline.

In western Nebraska in Sheridan County on the 5th, 2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS
were spotted along Highway 2 just east of Lakeside. Other species seen
from Crescent Lake NWR in Garden County north to Sheridan County were:
CLARK'S GREBE, FERRUGINOUS HAWK, LONG-BILLED CURLEW (with young),
BURROWING OWL, SAY'S PHOEBE, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD &
SWAINSON'S THRUSH.

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County, 2 LEAST BITTERNS were found at La
Platte Bottoms last week. In Bellevue on the 7th, a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
& a DICKCISSELS were heard singing south of the K-Mart store.

In Iowa on the 7th south of Council Bluffs, a SNOW GOOSE, a PIPING
PLOVER, 17 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, a LEAST TERN & a BELL'S VIREO were
found at the Mid-American south pond.