March 26, 2001

Birds Mentioned

Glaucous Gull

Snowy Owl

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Vesper Sparrow

Greater White-fronted Goose

Red-breasted Merganser

Great-tailed Grackle

Eurasian Wigeon

Redhead

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Eastern Phoebe

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Fox Sparrow

Sandhill Crane

Thayer's Gull

Glaucous Gull

Mew Gull

Franklin's Gull

California Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Baird's Sandpiper

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Prairie Falcon

Rough-legged Hawk

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Greater Yellowlegs

Horned Grebe

- 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 Monday, March 26th.

In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 26th, the first winter
GLAUCOUS GULL was seen again on the ice shelf on the south side of
Branched Oak Lake. On the 25th at Branched Oak Lake, a SNOWY OWL was
seen sitting on the ice shelf. Also seen at Branched Oak Lake were 4000
RING-BILLED GULLS, 150 HERRING GULLS and a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL. On
the 24th, 18 species of waterfowl, a BONAPARTE'S GULL and a VESPER SPARROW
were found at Branched Oak Lake. On the 25th, 100 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and an estimated 11,000 RING-BILLED GULLS
were seen at Pawnee Lake. Also on the 25th, 40 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES
were seen at Cracker Barrel Marsh on north 27th St. in Lincoln.

In Clay County on the 24th, a EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted at Anderson
Basin (private) 1.5 miles south of Eckhardt WPA. Large numbers of
REDHEADS were seen in the eastern Rainwater Basin on the 24th, including
a high count of 3700 at Ayr Lake in Adams County.

In Douglas County on the 22nd and 23rd, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen
at 114th and Gold Streets (one block north of Center) in Omaha. On the
24th, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and 3 FOX SPARROWS were
seen at the north end of Cunningham Lake.

In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 25th, 7 SANDHILL CRANES, 8
THAYER'S GULLS, 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS, an adult MEW GULL, 2 FRANKLIN'S GULLS,
6 CALIFORNIA GULLS and a LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULL were found. On the 23rd
at Lake McConaughy, 6 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and 4 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS
were seen. In Lincoln County on the 25th, 8,400 SNOW GEESE and 5,600
ROSS'S GEESE were seen at a pond on I-80 at mile marker 168.

In central Nebraska in Phelps County on the 25th, a PRAIRIE FALCON was
spotted 7.5 miles south of the Odessa I-80 exit. At Funk Lagoon on the
25th, 2 ROSS'S GEESE were seen with a flock of 150,000 SNOW GEESE. In
Buffalo County on the 25th, a dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen 2
miles west of the Minden I-80 exit. In Kearney County on the 25th, 2
GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS were spotted 2 miles southwest of Lowell. In
Hall County on the 25th, 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen south of the Alda I-80 exit.

In Harlan County on the 24th, 2 HORNED GREBES, a BONAPARTE'S GULL and 2
FRANKLIN'S GULLS were seen at Harlan Reservoir.
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