December 04, 2001

Birds Mentioned

Varied Thrush

Herring Gull

Winter Wren

Mountain Bluebird

Northern Shrike

Eared Grebe

Horned Grebe

American White Pelican

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Long-eared Owl

Double-crested Cormorant

Red-breasted Merganser

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Prairie Falcon

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Rough-legged Hawk

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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, December 4th. The next birdline update
will be on Friday, December 14th.

In central Nebraska in Adams County on the 2nd, a VARIED THRUSH visited a
yard briefly in Hastings.

In Dawson County on the 2nd, a HERRING GULL and a WINTER WREN were found at
Plum Creek Reservoir.

In Frontier County on the 2nd, 3 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were seen 2.5 miles
south of Eustis and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was found 7 miles south of Eustis.

In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 2nd, at Branched Oak Lake
an EARED GREBE, 79 HORNED GREBES, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, 2 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 400 SNOW GEESE, and several ROSS'S GEESE were found.
On November 30th, a LONG-EARED OWL was seen there. On the 2nd, 6 EARED
GREBES, 3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and 2 RED- BREASTED MERGANSERS were
seen at Pawnee Lake.

In Seward County on the 1st, a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in Seward.

In Dodge County on the 1st, a PRAIRIE FALCON was spotted about 7 miles
northwest of Ames.

In Clay County on the 2nd, 2 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, 18 COMMON GRACKLES
and 12 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were seen in Grafton. Also on the 2nd, a
PRAIRIE FALCON was seen in Clay County.

In Madison County on the 2nd in Norfolk, 4 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES and a
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET were found at the cemetery on Maple Street.