March 19, 2001

Birds Mentioned

American White Pelican

Snow Goose

Bald Eagle

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Clark's Grebe

Greater Scaup

Ross's Goose

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Red Crossbill

Evening Grosbeak

Mountain Bluebird

Wood Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Green-winged Teal

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-breasted Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Loggerhead Shrike

Rough-legged Hawk

Canada Goose

White-fronted Goose

Bufflehead

Ferruginous Hawk

Greater Prairie Chicken

Prairie Falcon

- 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, March 19th.

In western Nebraska on the 17th in Keith County at Lake McConaughy, 19
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, an estimated 20,000 SNOW GEESE, 72 BALD EAGLES,
a second-basic LESSER BLACK- BACKED GULL and a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL
were found, and a CLARK'S GREBE and 43 GREATER SCAUP were seen at Lake
Ogallala. Also on the 17th, 100 ROSS'S GEESE were seen flying over the
town of Ogallala.

In Scotts Bluff County on the 16th, 4 GREATER SCAUP were seen at Winters
Creek Lake. On the 16th, 3 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were found in
Mitchell just south of the water tower. Also on the 16th at Wildcat
Hills Nature Center, 2 RED CROSSBILLS and 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen.
In Kimball County on the 16th, 55 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were found.

In eastern Nebraska in Sarpy County on the 17th, WOOD DUCKS, BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, GREEN- WINGED TEAL and 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS were found north of
Gifford Road in Fontenelle Forest.
In Lancaster County on the 18th at Branched Oak Lake, 19 species of
waterfowl were seen including a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and a HOODED
MERGANSER. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was spotted on North 27th St. between
Bluff and Waverly Roads. In Seward County on the 18th, a black phase
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Twin Lakes.

In Antelope County on the 18th, 112 ROSS'S GEESE were seen along with
large numbers of SNOW GEESE, CANADA GEESE and WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in wet
meadows east of Creighton.

In the eastern Rainwater Basin on the 17th, 21 species of waterfowl were
found including 23 BUFFLEHEADS and 8 GREATER SCAUP. Very large numbers of
geese were found throughout the Rainwater Basin. In Clay County on the
17th, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK was spotted on the west side of the Meat Animal
Research Center.

In central Nebraska on the 18th in Franklin County, 18 GREATER PRAIRIE
CHICKENS were seen dancing on a lek and a PRAIRIE FALCON was seen nearby.
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