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In Douglas County on the 5th, a Turkey Vulture was seen at Cunningham Lake.
In Hitchcock County on the 5th, a Yellow-rumped Warbler was recorded at a suet feeder.
In York County on the 7th, a Greater Scaup was recorded at Recharge Lake.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 11th, 25 Mountain Bluebirds were seen near Lake Minatare.
In Hall County on the 12th, at least 30 Ross's Geese were seen in southeastern part of
that county.
In Nuckolls County on the 12th, a Trumpeter Swan was seen at a farm pond just East of
Superior.
In York and Seward Counties on the 12th, at least 40 Ross's Geese and a Northern Harrier
were observed in the Freeman Lakes WPA and North Lake Basin SWMA.
In Knox County on the 13th, a Lesser Black-backed Gull was recorded at Gavin's Pt. Dam.
First record for Knox County.
In Howard County on the 13th, a Rough-legged Hawk was seen a mile and a half south of
Elba.
In Douglas County on the 13th, 12 Red-breasted Mergansers were seen at Cunningham Lake.
In Buffalo County on the 14th, a Brant (subspecies hrota) was recorded on a pond
southwest of Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon near the Buffalo and Kearney County
line.
In Furnas County on the 14th, 2 Eurasian Collared-doves and Brewers Blackbirds were
observed in Wilsonville.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 14th, a Hooded Merganser was seen at a pond east of
Scottsbluff by Highway 26.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 14th, a Rough-legged Hawk was recorded south of Gering.
In Richard County on the 14th, 2 Cooper's Hawks, 12 Red-headed Woodpeckers,
2 Eastern Phoebes, 9 Tufted Titmouse, a Loggerhead Shrike, a Savannah Sparrow, a Fox
Sparrow and 2 Purple Finches were seen at Indian Cave SP.
In eastern Rainwater Basin on the 14th, 40,000 - 70,000 Greater White-fronted Geese,
200,000-500,000 Snow Geese, about 20,000 Northern Pintail, 4 Blue-winged Teals,
a Eurasian Wigeon (at Hupp WMA in Thayer County), a Pied-billed Grebe, 442 Killdeers
(flocks of 141 at Hupp WMA and 87 at Hansen WPA), 24 Northern Harriers,
Eurasian Collared-doves (singles at Utica, Seward County and Bradshaw, York County)
a Water Pipit and 3 Loggerhead Shrikes were recorded.
In Platte County on the 14th, a Rusty Blackbird was seen west of Columbus, south of
Wilkinson WMA.
In Dixon County on the 15th, a Song Sparrow was seen at a farm northwest of Wakefield.
In Gage County on the 14th, 20 Greater Prairie Chickens were seen at two different
locations south of Beatrice.
In Lincoln County on the 16th, 3 Blue-winged Teals, 2 Greater Prairie-chickens, 5 Wood
Ducks, a Cooper's Hawk and 2 Eurasian Collared-doves were seen in the North Platte/Brady
area.
In Frontier County on the 17th, a Merlin (SE of Stockville), and 10 ö 15 males of Greater
Prairie-chickens and a Song Sparrow were seen along Pawnee Creek. Also Eurasian Collard-
doves were seen in Maywood.
In Furnas County on the 17th, Eurasian Collard-doves were recorded in Cambridge.
In Dodge County on the 18th, couple of Lapland Longspurs was recorded in Ames.
In Gage county on the 18th, a Great-tailed Grackle was recorded.
In Custer County on the 18th, 2 Townsend's Solitaires were seen at Pine Canyon southeast
of Arnold.
In Lincoln County on the 18th, 3 Rough-legged Hawks, 2 Northern Harriers and a Ferruginous
Hawk were seen in a short stretch of gravel road in NE part of that county.
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