October 10, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Sedge Wren

Hermit Thrush

Brown Thrasher

Le Conte's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

Solitary Sandpiper

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Eastern Bluebird

Black-headed Grosbeak

Spotted Towhee

Eastern Phoebe

Marsh Wren

Winter Wren

Palm Warbler

Clay-colored Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Great Egret

Greater Yellowlegs

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Cooper's Hawk

Vesper Sparrow

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Field Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Pine Siskin

- 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 Sunday, October 10th.

In eastern Nebraska in Washington County on the 9th at Boyer Chute NWR
the following species were found: 8 SEDGE WRENS, a HERMIT THRUSH, a BROWN
THRASHER, 11 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS, 10 SWAMP SPARROWS and
a HARRIS'S SPARROW. Also on the 9th, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were seen just
north of the Washington County line in a flooded area east of the River Road.
On the 8th, 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 50 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS and
a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK were seen near Fort Calhoun.

In Douglas County on the 7th, a SPOTTED TOWHEE visited a yard near 114th
and Center in Omaha. In Sarpy County on the 5th, a HERMIT THRUSH came to a
bird bath in Bellevue west of Fontenelle Forest. On the 6th in Bellevue,
3 EASTERN PHOEBES, a MARSH WREN, a WINTER WREN, a PALM WARBLER, a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a FOX SPARROW were seen in Fontenelle Forest. On
the 8th, a GREAT EGRET, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
2 EASTERN PHOEBES, 7 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS,
25 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a NASHVILLE WARBLER and
a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT were seen at Chalco Hills Recreation Area southwest of Millard.

In Lancaster County on the 8th the following birds were seen at Spring
Creek Prairie south of Denton: a COOPER'S HAWK, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER,
a SEDGE WREN, a BROWN THRASHER, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, many
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and a VESPER SPARROW.

In Seward County on the 4th, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was found along
Plum Creek on the edge of Concordia University campus. On the 8th along
Plum Creek a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER,
a FIELD SPARROW, 3 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, 3 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS
and a DARK-EYED JUNCO were seen.

In Iowa north of Council Bluffs, 8 PINE SISKINS were seen at a feeder on the 6th.