June 04, 2001

Birds Mentioned

Least Bittern

Cattle Egret

Wilson's Phalarope

Black-bellied Plover

Sanderling

White-rumped Sandpiper

Dunlin

Great Egret

Ross's goose

Hooded Merganser

Peregrine Falcon

Wood Thrush

Bell's Vireo

Blue Grosbeak

Canvasback

Lesser Scaup

Black Tern

Stilt Sandpiper

Willow Flycatcher

Hermit Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Mountain Plover

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Blackpoll Warbler

Summer Tanager

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Pacific Loon

Red-breasted Merganser

California Gull

Caspian Tern

Alder Flycatcher

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Herring Gull

Common Tern

Least Tern

- 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 Monday, June 4th.

In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 2nd, a LEAST BITTERN, 2
CATTLE EGRETS and 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES were found at Cracker Barrel Marsh
at I-80 and No. 27th St. in Lincoln.

In the eastern Rainwater Basin on the 2nd and 3rd, 12 species of shorebirds
were found including: 2 BLACK- BELLIED PLOVERS, a SANDERLING, 501
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a DUNLIN. Other birds seen in the eastern
Rainwater Basin were: 7 GREAT EGRETS, 11 CATTLE EGRETS, 2 ROSS'S GEESE, 3
HOODED MERGANSERS and a PEREGRINE FALCON.

In southeast Otoe County on the 3rd, a GREAT EGRET, a WOOD THRUSH, 4
BELL'S VIREOS and 3 BLUE GROSBEAKS were seen.

In central Nebraska on the 2nd in Harlan County, 3 CANVASBACKS, 5 LESSER
SCAUP, 150 BLACK TERNS and 5 STILT SANDPIPERS were found in Alma on the
east and south sewage ponds.

In Buffalo County on the 2nd, 4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 2 BELL'S VIREOS, 3
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES and 5 BOBOLINKS were seen at Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary
near Gibbon.

In western Nebraska on the 2nd in south Sioux County, a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, 3 HERMIT THRUSHES and 5 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were found at Wind
Springs Ranch.

In southwest Kimball County on the 3rd, a MOUNTAIN PLOVER was seen.

In Garden County on the 3rd, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, a BLACKPOLL
WARBLER and a SUMMER TANAGER were found at Crescent Lake NWR. Also on the
3rd, a EURASIAN COLLARED- DOVE was seen in Oshkosh. Another EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE was found in Potter in Cheyenne County on the 3rd.

In Keith County on the 3rd at Lake Ogallala, a PACIFIC LOON, 2
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 71 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 3 CALIFORNIA GULLS,
5 CASPIAN TERNS and an ALDER FLYCATCHER were seen. Also on the 3rd, a
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was found at Cedar Point Biological Station.
At Lake McConaughy on the 3rd, 79 SANDERLINGS, 65 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, 3 HERRING GULLS and a COMMON TERN were seen.