October 22, 2003

Birds Mentioned:

AMERICAN PIPIT

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN

BONAPARTE'S GULL

BUFFLEHEAD

COOPER'S HAWK

EASTERN PHOEBE

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE

FERRUGINOUS HAWK

FORSTER'S TERN

FOX SPARROW

FRANKLIN'S GULL

GOLDEN EAGLE

GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

LE CONTE'S SPARROW

LESSER YELLOWLEGS

LINCOLN'S SPARROW

LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER

NELSON SHARP-TAILED SPARROW

NORTHERN BOBWHITE

NORTHERN GOSHAWK

NORTHERN HARRIER

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER

OSPREY

PECTORAL SANDPIPER

PIED-BILLED GREBE

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET

RUDDY DUCK

SANDHILL CRANE

SAVANNAH SPARROW

SPRAGUE'S PIPITS

SWAINSON'S THRUSH

SWAMP SPARROW

TRUMPETER SWAN

WESTERN GREBE

WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE

Compiler: Josef Kren
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In Southwest NE on the 16th, Western Grebes, 6 American White Pelicans, and 4 Sandhill
Cranes were seen in McPherson County, also a Eurasian Collared-Dove in the village of
Tryon. A Pied-billed Grebe, hundreds of Western Grebes, a Ruddy Duck, a Bufflehead,
a Cooper's Hawk, an Osprey, a Bonaparte's Gull, a Forster's Tern, an Eastern Phoebe,
and at least 15 American Pipits were recorded in Lincoln County.

In Cherry County on the 17th, about 35 American Pipits, a Bufflehead, a Northern Harrier,
4 Trumpeter Swans, and 2 Greater Yellowlegs were observed.

In Sarpy County on the 17th, a Northern Goshawk was recorded at Wehrspann Lake.

In Douglas County on the 18th, sixteen species of sparrows were seen around Nathan's Lake;
among others were 2 Le Conte's Sparrows, a Nelson Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 2 Fox Sparrows
and 2 Savannah Sparrows.

In Custer County on the 18th, 2 Ferruginous Hawks, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, at least two
Orange-crowned Warblers, and 640 Sandhill Cranes were seen at various sites.

In Lancaster County on the 18th, a Golden Eagle was seen near Wildwood
State Wildlife Management Area.

In Lancaster County on the 18th and 19th, Swamp Sparrows, LeConte's Sparrows, Nelson
sharp-tailed Sparrows, Lincoln's sparrows, 5 American White Pelicans, 255 Franklin's
Gulls, a Bonaparte's Gull, 63 White-fronted Goose, a Lesser Yellowlegs, 38 Long-billed
Dowitchers, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 31 American pipits, 2 Ruddy ducks and 1 Osprey were
seen at Cracker Barrel Marsh, Arbor Lake and adjacent Little Salt Creek, Branched Oak
Lake, and in Wilderness Park (Lincoln).

In Dixon County on the 19th, a Swainson's Thrush and Fox Sparrows were seen in Wakefield.

In Cheyenne County on the 19th, 2 Northern Bobwhites were seen in Sidney.

In Lancaster County on the 21st, 2 Sprague's Pipits, 11 Greater Prairie-Chickens,
an Osprey, a Northern Harrier, and a Northern Mockingbird were seen at Spring Creek
Prairie near Denton.