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In Lincoln County on the 24th, a Carolina Wren and 4 Townsend's Solitaires were seen
along the North Platte River at the Scouts Rest Ranch (Buffalo Bill State Historical Park).
In Lincoln County on the 25th, 12 Eurasian Collared-doves were recorded at a feeders
in Brady.
In northern Fillmore County on the 27th, 2 LeConte's Sparrows were seen.
In Lancaster County on the 27th, 6 Eurasian Collared-doves were seen S.E. of Lincoln.
In Otoe County on the 27th, a Carolina Wren, a Winter Wren and 2 Purple Finch were seen.
In eastern Buffalo County on the 29th, 3 Whooping Cranes went from north to
south over Shelton.
In Logan County on the 29th, 45-60 Greater Prairie-chickens and 4 Mountain Bluebirds
were seen about 10 miles west of Stapleton.
In Sarpy County on the 30th, 15 Purple Finches, a Fox Sparrow, 4 Rusty Blackbirds and
about a dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen on South Stream Trail and Marsh Trail
in Fontenelle Forest.
In Knox County on the 31st, a White-winged Scoter and a Surf Scoter were observed on
marsh south east of Standing Bear Bridge (east of Niobrara).
In Dodge County on November 1st, 2 Common Loons, 5 Horned Grebes, 200 Snow Geese,
48 Hooded Mergansers, 1 American Golden-plover and 15 Bonaparte's Gulls were seen at
Cunningham Lake. Five Greater Yellowlegs were recorded at Standing Bear Lake. Eight
Horned Grebes, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Long-billed Dowitcher,
35 Bonaparte's Gulls and 1 Forster's Tern were recorded at Wehrspann Lake.
In Dodge County on November 1st, 50 Hooded Mergansers and 14 Pied-billed
Grebes were seen at Carter lake.
In Knox/Cedar Counties on November 1st, a 2nd winter Little Gull was seen at Gavin's
Point Dam.
In Lancaster County on November 2nd, 5 Common Loons, 1 Western Grebe, 4 Greater Scaups,
36 American Avocets, a Baird's Sandpiper and 50 Bonaparte's Gulls were observed at
Branched Oak Lake. Three Common Loons, a Western Grebe and a White-winged Scoter were
seen at Pawnee Lake. A Cattle Egret, and a Red-breasted Merganser were seen at
Stagecoach Lake. A Black Scoter was observed at Wagon Train Lake.
In Dodge County on November 2nd, 2 Greater Scaups, 62 Hooded Mergansers, 7 Greater
Yellowlegs, a Dunlin, and 3 Long-billed Dowitchers were recorded at Wehrspann Lake.
Sixty-five Hooded Mergansers and a Greater Yellowlegs were seen at Cunningham Lake.
In Sarpy County on November 2nd, 12 Hooded Mergansers, 21 Lesser Scaups, a Common Snipe,
and 12 Pied-billed Grebes were seen at Walnut Creek Lake south of Papillion.
In Douglas County on November 2nd, 4 Common Loons, 6 Horned Grebes, and 2 Hooded
Mergansers were seen at Carter Lake. Two Common Loons were recorded at Offutt Lake,
south of Bellevue.
In Gosper County on November 2nd, a Common Loon, a Eared Grebe, 525 Greater White-fronted
Geese, 7 Ruddy Ducks, 167 Bonaparte's Gulls, 86 Hooded Mergansers and 35 Sandhill Cranes
(flying over) were were seen.
In Sarpy County on November 2nd, 12 Horned Grebes, at least 60 Hooded Mergansers,
2 Common Mergansers and 24 Bonaparte's Gulls were seen at Wehrspann Lake.
In Douglas County on November 2nd, 16 Bonaparte's Gulls, 5 Hooded Mergansers, a
Common Loon, and 5 Ruddy Ducks were seen at Cunningham Lake. A Common Loon, and
8 Pied-billed Grebes were observed at Zorinsky Lake.
In Lincoln County on November 3rd, 3 Whooping Cranes were seen west and north of Scouts
Rest Ranch (Buffalo Bill State Historic Park).
In Burt County on November 4th, a White-winged Scoter was seen at Summit Lake. Also 21
Red-breasted Mergansers and 13 Franklin's Gulls at the Tekamah Sewage Lagoons.
In Lincoln County on November 4th, hundreds of Greater White-fronted Geese, thousands of
Snow Geese, 15 Hooded Merganser and 30 Sandhill Cranes were seen around the North Platte
NGPC Office and Hatchery Ponds.
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