January 27, 2004

Birds Mentioned:

Purple Finch

Fox Sparrow

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Gadwall

Green-winged Teal

Great Black-backed Gull

Grey Catbird

Greater White-fronted Goose

Prairie Falcon

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Northern Shrike

Eastern Bluebird

Greater Prairie-chicken

Northern Harrier

Western Grebe

American White Pelican

Canvasback

Lesser Scaup

Hooded Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ferruginous Hawk

American Coot

Song Sparrow

Lapland Longspur

Common Redpoll

Rough-legged Hawk

Brown-headed Cowbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Rough-legged Hawk

Northern Goshawk

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In Lancaster County on the 17th, 9 Purple Finches and 2 Fox Sparrows were seen at
Wagontrain Lake, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was recorded at Stagecoach Lake, and
a Red-headed Woodpecker in Wilderness Park.

In Lincoln County on the 17th, 22 Gadwalls and 2 Green-winged Teals were seen at a
North Platte sewage lagoon, a Greater White-fronted Goose was observed in North
Platte, and a Prairie Falcon west of North Platte. A Yellow-rumped Warbler was
recorded at Sutherland Reservoir.

In Dawson County on the 17th, an Eurasian Collared-Dove was seen at Cozad.

In Lincoln County on the 18th, 10 Green-winged Teals were seen east of North Platte,
2 Northern Shrikes were recorded in Cottonwood Canyon, and 11 Eastern Bluebirds
in Snell Canyon.

In Keith County on the 19th, a Great Black-backed Gull was seen at Lake McConaughy.

In Adams County on the 19th, a Grey Catbird was seen at Hastings.

In Burt County on the 19th, a Northern Shrike was observed at Summit Lake SRA near
Tekamah.

In Buffalo County on the 20th, a Northern Shrike was recorded two miles northeast
of the Gibbon I-80 exit.

In Lancaster County on the 21st, 10 Greater Prairie-chickens were seen around the
SW 72nd Street and Saltillo Road area (several miles east of Spring Creek Prairie).

In Lincoln County on the 22nd, a Northern Harrier was seen along Highway 83 about
10 miles south of North Platte, and 2 Northern Shrikes around Wellfleet and Curtis.

In Keith County on the 23rd, a Western Grebe, an American White Pelican, 6 Canvasbacks,
about 30 Lesser Scaups, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 14 male Red-breasted Mergansers,
an American Coot, 2 Northern Shrikes and 2 Song Sparrows were recorded at Kingsley Dam
and Lake Ogallala.

In Lincoln County on the 23rd, 2 Ferruginous Hawks and a Northern Shrike were seen.

In Keith, Lincoln and Perkins Counties on the 23rd, hundreds of Lapland Longspurs
were seen in winter wheat and disked crop fields.

In Washington County on the 24th, a Common Redpoll was seen at a feeder between
Neale Woods and Boyer Chute NWR (SW part of the county).

In Hamilton County on the 24th, 2 Rough-legged Hawks and a Lapland Longspur were
recorded in central part of the county.

In Adams County on the 24th, 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds and a Brewer's Blackbird were
seen in Hastings.

In Custer County on the 25th, a Northern Goshawk was seen 14 miles south and a mile
east of Arnold, and Lapland Longspurs were observed in SW part of the county.

In Lincoln County on the 25th, 5 Greater Prairie-chickens were observed in NE part of
the county.