June 12, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mountain Plover

Golden Eagle

Cassin's Kingbird

Least Bittern

Great-tailed Grackle

King Rail

Sora

Virginia Rail

Northern Mockingbird

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-shouldered Hawk

Double-crested Cormorant

Ring-necked Duck

Common Merganser

Piping Plover

Least Tern

White-rumped Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

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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 Saturday, June 12th.

In central Nebraska in Buffalo County on the 9th, 5 EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVES were seen at 402 E. 32nd Street in Kearney.

In western Nebraska in Kimball County on the 4th, a MOUNTAIN PLOVER was
found southwest of the Kimball airport in a bare plowed field. Also on
the 4th in Banner County, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES & 3 CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS were
found in Long Canyon west of Harrisburg.

In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 7th, a LEAST BITTERN & a
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE were seen at Arbor Lake Wildlife Area. On the 2nd,
a KING RAIL was found at the Saline Wetlands Nature Area in Lincoln.
Also on the 2nd, a SORA & a VIRGINIA RAIL were seen at Chet Ager Nature
Center in Lincoln.

In Douglas County on the 11th, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen south of
Pawnee Road at Cunningham Lake. In Sarpy County on the 12th in Bellevue,
the PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen in Fontenelle Forest along the railroad
tracks. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was also seen in Fontenelle Forest on the 12th.

In Iowa on the 9th south of Council Bluffs, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, a
RING-NECKED DUCK, a female COMMON MERGANSER, 8 PIPING PLOVERS & 15 LEAST
TERNS were found at the Mid-American north pond. Two PIPING PLOVERS were
seen at the Mid-American south pond. Other birds seen at the ponds on
the 9th were a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER & 5 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.