October 15, 1999

Birds Mentioned

American Bittern

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Ferruginous Hawk

Sandhill Crane

Sora

American Pipit

Golden Eagle

Merlin

Prairie Falcon

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Black-billed Magpie

American Tree Sparrow

Red Crossbill

Plegadis IBIS sp.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

American Avocet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Common Snipe

Sedge Wren

Brewer's Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Cattle Egret

Semipalmated Plover

Savannah Sparrow

Winter Wren

Carolina Wren

Nashville Warbler

Swamp Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Pine Siskin

American Bittern

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

- 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 Friday, October 15th.

In western Nebraska on the 9th in Brown County at Willow Lake the
following birds were seen: a WESTERN GREBE, an AMERICAN BITTERN, a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, SANDHILL CRANES,
a SORA, and an AMERICAN PIPIT. In Thomas County on the 9th the following species
were found at Halsey National Forest: a GOLDEN EAGLE, a MERLIN, a PRAIRIE
FALCON, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, SANDHILL CRANES, a BLACK-BILLED
MAGPIE, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and RED CROSSBILLS.

In central Nebraska in the eastern Rainwater Basin on the 10th the
following birds were found: a BLACK- CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, a Plegadis IBIS
sp., 300 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 17 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 456
KILLDEERS, 33 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 45 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 17 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, a SANDERLING, a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER,
107 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 32 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS,
11 STILT SANDPIPERS, 381 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a COMMON SNIPE,
a MERLIN, 3 SEDGE WRENS, 25 BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS and a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE.

In Adams County on the 11th, a CATTLE EGRET, 75 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 4 LEAST
SANDPIPERS and 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS were found at Thirty-two Mile Creek Marsh
2 miles east of Kenesaw.

In eastern Nebraska in Douglas County on the 15th, 6 WINTER WRENS, 2
CAROLINA WRENS, a NASHVILLE WARBLER and 30 SWAMP SPARROWS
were found in Neale Woods north of Omaha. On the 12th, a HARRIS'S SPARROW and 2
DARK-EYED JUNCOS were found at Cunningham Lake.

In Lancaster County on the 14th at Little Salt Fork Marsh east of
Raymond, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 3 COMMON
SNIPE, 2 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS and a PINE SISKIN were seen.

In York County on the 14th, an AMERICAN BITTERN, a SORA, 4 COMMON
SNIPES, 3 MARSH WRENS, 8 LE CONTE'S SPARROWS, 6 NELSON'S
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were found at Spike Rush WMA 1 mile west of Waco.

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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