October 26, 1999

Birds Mentioned

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Canvasback

Redhead

Lesser Scaup

Ruddy Duck

Barn Swallow

Brown Creeper

Yellow-rumped Warbler

American Tree Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Bald Eagle

Bonaparte's Gull

Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Common Nighthawk

Merlin

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Varied Thrush (not seen)

Cattle Egret

Ferruginous Hawk

American Woodcock

Winter Wren

American White Pelican

- 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 Tuesday, October 26th.

In central Nebraska in Gosper County on the 24th at Johnson Lake, 2
immature PACIFIC LOONS, a COMMON LOON, 6 EARED GREBES, 5 WESTERN GREBES,
500 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, a CANVASBACK, 500 REDHEADS, 20 LESSER
SCAUPS, 500 RUDDY DUCKS, 4 BARN SWALLOWS, 5 BROWN CREEPERS and 8
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were found.

In Phelps County on the 24th, 10 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS, a FIELD SPARROW,
3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, a SONG SPARROW , a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 20 HARRIS'S
SPARROWS and 7 WHITE- CROWNED SPARROWS were found 3 miles southeast of the
Overton Platte River bridge.

In Harlan County on the 24th, 2,500 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, an
immature BALD EAGLE, 11 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and good numbers of FRANKLIN'S and
RING-BILLED GULLS were seen at Harlan Reservoir. On the 20th, a COMMON
NIGHTHAWK was seen in Alma.

In the mostly dry eastern Rainwater Basin area on the 24th the following
species were found: a MERLIN, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, an AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, 294 KILLDEER, 14 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS,
3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a STILT SANDPIPER and 25
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS.

In eastern Nebraska in Madison County, the last report of the VARIED
THRUSH in Norfolk was on the 20th.

In Lancaster County on the 25th, a BROWN CREEPER, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
and a HARRIS'S SPARROW were found at Spring Creek Prairie south of Denton.

In Cass County on the 20th, 19 CATTLE EGRETS, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK and 10
BONAPARTE'S GULLS were reported near Plattsmouth along the Missouri River.

In Douglas County on the 19th at Neale Woods north of Omaha, an AMERICAN
WOODCOCK and a WINTER WREN were seen on the Missouri River Ecology Trail.
In Sarpy County on the 23rd west of Papillion, 12 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS, 23 KILLDEER and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS were found at Chalco Hills
Recreation Area.

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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