November 09, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Red-necked Grebe

Thayer's Gull

Northern Shrike

American Woodcock

Trumpeter Swan

Merlin

Long-eared Owl

Pacific Loon

Horned Grebe

Hooded Merganser

Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Killdeer

American Avocet

Greater Yellowlegs

Least Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Dunlin

Long-billed Dowitcher

Common Snipe

Bonaparte's Gull

Lapland Longspur

Double-crested Cormorant

Canvasback

Ring-necked Duck

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Cooper's Hawk

Carolina Wren

Marsh Wren

American Pipit

Common Redpoll

Short-eared Owl

Cedar Waxwing

Pine Siskin

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Eastern Towhee

Black-billed Magpie

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Red-headed Woodpecker

Golden-crowned Kinglet

- Transcript
Tape Number: 402-292-5325
Compilers: Babs and 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, November 8th.

In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 6th, an immature RED-NECKED
GREBE was seen on Lake Ogallala. In Lincoln County on the 6th, a
fourth-basic THAYER'S GULL and a NORTHERN SHRIKE were found at Sutherland Reservoir.

In Garden County on the 6th an AMERICAN WOODCOCK was seen at the
Headquarters at Crescent Lake NWR. Also seen at Crescent Lake on the 6th
were 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, a MERLIN and 2 LONG- EARED OWLS.

In Kimball County on the 6th, 2 first-basic PACIFIC LOONS and 133 HORNED
GREBES were seen at Lake Minatare, and 112 HOODED MERGANSERS were seen at Lake Alice.

In central Nebraska on the 7th in Clay County, 16 SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS
were found at Sandpiper WPA 5 miles west of Sutton. Other birds seen in
the eastern Rainwater Basin on the 7th were: 3 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS, 3
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 161 KILLDEER, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 9 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, a LEAST SANDPIPER, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 7 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, 6 DUNLINS, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 2 COMMON SNIPES, 2
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a LONG-EARED OWL, 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES and thousands of
LAPLAND LONGSPURS.

In Harlan County on the 7th, 2,000 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 40
CANVASBACKS, 10 RING- NECKED DUCKS, LESSER SCAUP, 8 BUFFLEHEAD, a
COOPER'S HAWK, 4 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 3 CAROLINA WRENS, 2 MARSH WRENS and
AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Harlan Reservoir.

In eastern Nebraska in Douglas County on the 7th, 3 COMMON REDPOLLS were
seen again in the garden at Neale Woods Nature Center.

In Washington County on the 6th, a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen hunting in
corn fields between Fort Atkinson and Boyer Chute at the intersection of
County Roads 34 and 49.

In Sarpy County on the 6th in Bellevue, 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS and 6 PINE
SISKINS were seen at a feeder across from Wake Robin School. In Douglas
County on the 2nd, 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and an EASTERN TOWHEE were
seen in a yard in the University-Dundee area of Omaha.

In Lancaster County on the 7th, 2 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES were seen 5 miles
east of Branched Oak Lake on the winery road.

In Otoe County on the 7th in Nebraska City, a flock of HARRIS'S,
WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS were found at Arbor Lodge State Park.

In Iowa east of Nebraska City on the 7th, 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS and
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were found at Waubonsie State Park.

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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