January 10, 2001

Birds Mentioned

Golden Eagle

Black Rosy-Finch

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Townsend's Solitaire

Pygmy Nuthatch

Prairie Falcon

Barrow's Goldeneye

Glaucous Gull

Red-breasted Merganser

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Green-winged Teal

Northern Pintail

American Wigeon

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Horned Lark

Cedar Waxwing

Red-winged Blackbird

Northern Shrike

Pileated Woodpecker

Merlin

Short-eared Owl

Red-headed Woodpecker

Eastern Phoebe

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

Rusty Blackbird

Purple Finch

- Transcript
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 Wednesday, January 10th.

In western Nebraska in Sioux County on the 6th, a GOLDEN EAGLE, 2 BLACK
ROSY-FINCHES and over a hundred GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES were seen at Wind
Springs Ranch. In Scotts Bluff County on the 6th, a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE
was found at the Gering Rest Home. Also on the 6th, several PYGMY
NUTHATCHES were seen at the Wildcat Hills Nature Center feeders.

In Keith County on the 6th, a PRAIRIE FALCON was spotted below the
Keystone diversion dam. On the 7th at Lake Ogallala, a male BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE, a hybrid GOLDENEYE/HOODED MERGANSER and an adult GLAUCOUS GULL
were seen.

In central Nebraska on the 7th in Gosper County, 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, 124 BALD EAGLES and a NORTHERN HARRIER were seen at Johnson
Lake.

In Dawson County on the 7th south of Lexington, 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2
NORTHERN PINTAILS, an AMERICAN WIGEON and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK were found.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was also spotted in Dawson County.

In northwestern Phelps County on the 7th, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 350
HORNED LARKS, 8 CEDAR WAXWINGS and 250 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were found.

In Buffalo County on the 7th, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen a mile east of
the Gibbon I-80 Exit.

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County in Bellevue on the 9th at Fontenelle
Forest, a PILEATED WOODPECKER was spotted at 4 p.m. flying past the
Wetlands Learning Center on Gifford Rd.

The DeSoto/Boyer Chute NWR CBC on December 17th tallied 61 species.
Highlights were: 43 BALD EAGLES, 14 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, a MERLIN, 3
SHORT-EARED OWLS, 6 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, an EASTERN PHOEBE, 13
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a CHIPPING SPARROW, 23 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, a
FOX SPARROW, 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, 2 SNOW BUNTINGS, 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and 2
PURPLE FINCHES.

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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