November 21, 2000

- Birds Mentioned

Black-legged Kittiwake
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Grebe
Bald Eagle
Long-tailed Duck
Canvasback
Redhead
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Herring Gull
Winter Wren
Northern Goshawk
Red Crossbill
Great-tailed Grackle
Glaucous Gull
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-necked Grebe
Trumpeter Swan
White-winged Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Purple Finch
Thayer's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Snow Bunting
Northern Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Woodcock

- Transcript
Tape Number: (402) 292-5325
Compilers: Babs and Loren Padelford (402) 292-5556
Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com)

Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha, for Tuesday, November 21st.

In eastern Nebraska in Douglas County on the 18th, a first winter
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was found again at Standing Bear Lake northwest of
Omaha.  On the 20th, a FRANKLIN'S GULL and 200 RING- BILLED GULLS were seen
at Cunningham Lake north of Omaha.  Also on the 20th, a WESTERN GREBE was
found at Zorinsky Lake.  On the 17th and 18th, west of Eppley Airport, 40
BALD EAGLES were found at Carter Lake.

In Sarpy County on the 20th, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, a CANVASBACK, a
REDHEAD, 2 RED- BREASTED MERGANSERS and 7 HOODED MERGANSERS were found at
Wehrspann Lake northwest of Papillion.  On the 21st south of Bellevue, 7
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 5 BALD EAGLES, 215 RING-BILLED GULLS and 2
HERRING GULLS were seen at Offutt Lake.

In Washington County on the 17th at Neale Woods, a WINTER WREN was seen
on the Missouri River Ecology Trail.

In Knox County on the 18th, an immature  NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen 5
miles west and 2 miles north of Center.  On the 17th, 2 RED CROSSBILLS were
seen at a feeder in Creighton.

In Saunders County on the 16th, 60 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were spotted
west of Ceresco.

In central Nebraska in Harlan County on the 21st, a GLAUCOUS GULL was
seen at Harlan Reservoir north of the dam at Gremlin Cove Park.

In western Nebraska in Garden County on the 19th, a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
was found at Ash Hollow State Park.  On the 19th, in Keith County at Lake
Ogallala, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, a  TRUMPETER SWAN, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, a
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and a PURPLE FINCH were
seen.  On the 19th at Lake McConaughy, 7 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen.

On the 19th  in Lincoln County, an adult THAYER'S GULL, an adult LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, a 1st basic GLAUCOUS GULL and a SNOW BUNTING were found
at Sutherland Reservoir.

In Iowa west of Missouri Valley on the 18th, a NORTHERN ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK, 12 BALD EAGLES and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were spotted in a field east of
DeSoto Refuge, and an AMERICAN WOODCOCK was seen at the north end of Wilson
Island State Park.
-End transcript

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