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Tape Number: (402) 292-5325
Compilers: Babs and Loren Padelford (402) 292-5556
Transcriber: Loren Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com)
Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha, for Monday, April 24th.
In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 22nd, a TUFTED DUCK, 10 GREATER
SCAUP, 2 SURF SCOTERS and 6 OLDSQUAWS were seen at Lake Ogallala and
on the 23rd, an UPLAND SANDPIPER, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD and 3
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen there. On the 22nd, a BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, 2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS and 264 MARBLED GODWITS were found at Lake
McConaughy, and on the 23rd, a SNOWY EGRET was seen there. Also on the
23rd, a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT was found at the Clear Creek Marshes. In Scotts
Bluff County on the 22nd, 19 WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS were spotted at Scotts
Bluff National monument.
In eastern Nebraska in Fillmore County on the 22nd, a SNOWY PLOVER was
seen at Mallard Haven and 300 BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS were seen in a field
being plowed. Also on the 22nd in Clay County a SNOWY PLOVER and 2 CASPIAN
TERNS were found at Massie WPA. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was singing at
Harvard WPA on the 22nd. Other birds of note found in the eastern
Rainwater Basin on the 22nd were 140 WILLETS, 47 HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 3
MARBLED GODWITS.
In Sarpy County in Bellevue on the 22nd, a GREAT EGRET, an OSPREY, a
BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW were found in Fontenelle Forest.
On the 23rd, at Chalco Hills Recreation Area, 2 WILLETS were seen and a
WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen north of Chalco Hills on Giles Road. On the
21st at Chalco Hills, 2 COOPER'S HAWKS and a HERMIT THRUSH were found. On
the 23rd at Walnut Creek Recreation Area, a COMMON LOON was seen. In
Douglas County on the 21st, a WHIP-POOR-WILL was calling near 84th and
Dodge in Omaha. In Washington County on the 21st, a YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER was seen on the Missouri River Ecology Trail at Neale Woods.
In Lancaster County on the 22nd at Branched Oak Lake the following birds
were seen: 2 WESTERN GREBES, a HORNED GREBE, 8 EARED GREBES, a SANDHILL
CRANE, 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 8 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. At Branched Oak on
the 21st, 6 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were displaying at area #9. On the 22nd
at Little Salt Fork Marsh, an AMERICAN BITTERN, a SORA, 3 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS and 3 SEDGE WRENS were found. On the 22nd at Pawnee Lake, a COMMON
LOON, 29 AMERICAN AVOCETS and 12 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen.
In Knox County on the 21st, 43 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SNOWY EGRETS, 15 CATTLE
EGRETS, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, a WHITE-FACED IBIS, 14 GREATER
PRAIRIE CHICKENS, a SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, AMERICAN
WOODCOCK, 11 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and a WHIP-POOR-WILL were found.
In Dixon County on the 21st CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen northwest of
Wakefield and on the 23rd, a CHIMNEY SWIFT was spotted there. On the 23rd,
19 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 30 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
were seen at Fahrenholz Ponds northwest of Allen.
Also on the 23rd, a GREEN HERON was spotted 1 mile south of Highway 29 on
582 Ave.
In central Nebraska in Buffalo County on the 23rd, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
was seen 10 miles east and 3 miles south of Ravenna.
In Phelps County on the 23rd at Funk Lagoon the following species were
seen: 1 EARED GREBE, 8 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 17
WILLETS, 25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 45 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 45 WILSON'S
PHALAROPES, 10 FORSTER'S TERNS, a MARSH WREN, an AMERICAN PIPIT and 35
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES.
For more information on this week's sightings you may call 402-292-5556.
To report your sightings, please leave you 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!
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