February 23, 2004

Birds Mentioned:

Northern Mockingbird

Common Redpoll

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Merlin

Rough-legged Hawk

Purple Finch

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Shrike

Rough-legged Hawks

Prairie Falcon

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Red-headed Woodpecker

Wood Duck

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Great-tailed Grackle

Lapland Longspur

Trumpeter Swan

Snow Geese

Ferruginous Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Eastern Towhee

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In Buffalo County on the 10th, 21 Eurasian Collared-Doves were recorded at a grain elevator at the
east edge of Gibbon.

In Lancaster County on the 11th, a Northern Mockingbird was seen a few miles east of Lincoln.

In Nuckolls County on the 11th, a Common Redpoll was observed in Superior.

In Kearney County on the 11th, a Rough-legged Hawk was seen about two and a half miles southwest
of Lowell.

In Phelps County on the 14th, a Merlin was seen over a bare field along Highway 36 between Holdrege
and Atlanta.

In Sioux County on the 14th, 2 Prairie Falcons were recorded.

In Lancaster County on the 14th, a Brewer's Blackbird was seen at the edge of Lincoln. Also 15 Purple
Finches were observed at Wagontrain Lake. Two flocks of Golden-crowned Kinglets (5 and 4 respectively),
2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and a female Yellow-rumped Warbler were seen at Wilderness Park (Lincoln).

In Knox County on the 14th, a female Wood Duck, a Red-headed Woodpecker, 8 Sharp-tailed Grouse and
2 Eurasian Collared-Doves were recorded around Niobrara and Creighton.

In Scotts Bluff County on the 14th and 15th, 9 Northern Bobwhites, 1 Northern Shrike
2 Rough-legged Hawks, 60 Eurasian Collared-doves (south of Mitchell) and 10 Bald Eagles were seen in
the northwest corner of the county.

In Douglas County on the 15th, 2 Purple Finches were seen Neale Woods in Omaha.

In Lincoln County on the 13th and 17th, 5 and 3 Great-tailed Grackles were observed east of North Platte.

In Lincoln County on the 17th, 6 Trumpeter Swans were seen flying over Brady.

In Madison County on the 18th a Eurasian Collared-dove was observed in Madison.

In Howard County on the 18th, a Lapland longspur was seen along the Loup River.

In Sarpy County on the 18th, a Trumpeter Swan was recorded northwest of Gretna.

In Dundy County on the 19th, a Ferruginous Hawk, a Northern Shrike and a Prairie Falcon were recorded.

In Lincoln County on the 19th, a Prairie Falcon was recorded.

In Chase County on the 19th, a Prairie Falcon was recorded.

In Buffalo County on the 19th, 9 Eurasian Collared-Doves were seen around Gibbon and Shelton.

In Sarpy County on the 21st, dozens Red-headed Woodpeckers, a Red-shouldered Hawk, 20 Purple Finches
and a male Eastern Towhee were recorded at Fontenelle Forest.

In Madison County on the 21st, a Common Redpoll was observed at the Lutheran Cemetery in Norfolk.

In Boone County on the 22nd, a Prairie Falcon and hundreds of Lapland Longspurs were seen near Raeville.

In Nance County on the 22nd, 2 Northern Shrikes were seen southwest of Genoa.

In Boone County on the 22nd, a Northern Shrike was seen near Petersburg.