Nebraska Rare Bird Alert
March 27, 2004

Birds Mentioned:
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Cooper's Hawk
Barred Owl
Double-crested Cormorant
Eared Grebe
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eurasian Collared-dove
Eurasian Wigeon
Evening Grosbeak
Fox Sparrow
Glaucous Gull
Golden Eagle
Greater Prairie-chicken
Cinnamon Teal
Greater Yellowlegs
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Loggerhead Shrike
Long-tailed Duck
Northern Shrike
Pied-billed Grebe
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Ross's Goose
Rough-legged Hawk
Ruddy Duck
Rusty Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Turkey Vulture
Vesper Sparrow
Wood Duck
Yellow-rumped Warbler

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In Lancaster County on the 14th a Hermit Thrush was seen in Wilderness Park.

In Nuckolls County on the 18th an immature Golden Eagle was seen west of Bostwick.

In Lancaster County on the 19th, an Evening Grosbeak and 2 Tree Swallows were observed
at Wagon Train Lake.

In Franklin County on the 19th, 20 Greater Prairie-chickens were observed about seven
miles north of Naponee.

In Harlan County on the 19th, a male Cinnamon Teal was seen at Harlan County Reservoir.

In Lancaster County on the 20th, a Brown-headed Cowbird was seen in Lincoln.
In Otoe County on the 20th, an Eastern Phoebe, an Eared Grebe, a Pied-billed Grebe and
a Ross's Goose were observed.

In Johnson County on the 20th, 2 Loggerhead Shrikes and an Eastern Phoebe were recorded.

In Sarpy County on the 20th, a Turkey Vulture was seen.

In Sarpy County on the 20th, 30 Wood Ducks, a Turkey Vulture, 3 Tree Swallows, a
Yellow-rumped Warbler, an Eastern Towhee, 2 Swamp Sparrows and 3 Fox Sparrows were
recorded in Fontenelle Forest. Also a Glaucous Gull (1st year) was seen at pond
south of the lake on Missouri road.

In Lancaster County on the 20th, a Cooper's Hawk and 2 Barred Owls were recorded at
Wilderness Park, 2 Eastern Phoebes at Yankee Hill Lake, a Purple Finch and
7 Ruddy Ducks at Pawnee Lake, and 15 Herring Gulls at Branched Oak Lake.

In Hall County on the 21st, a partial albino Sandhill Crane was seen on 150 Rd SW of
Wood River. A Northern Shrike was recorded SW of Doniphan, a male Sharp-tailed Grouse
in the south lek at the Taylor Ranch and an Eastern Phoebe around Taylor Ranch.

In Dawson County on the 21st, an Eurasian Collared-dove was observed in Cozad.

In Scotts Bluff County on the 21st, 90 Sandhill Cranes were seen at Winters Creek
Lake and 2 Sandhill Cranes were recorded at Little Lake Alice.

In Thayer County on the 21st, 2 Loggerhead Shrikes were seen in southern part of
that county.

In Fillmore County on the 21st, an Eurasian Wigeon was recorded at a pond about
2.5 miles south of Geneva.

In Harlan County on the 21st, a Long-tailed Duck was seen at the East Sewage ponds
in Alma.

In Lincoln County on the 19th, 19 Double-crested Cormorants were recorded in North
Platte/Brady area.

In Lincoln County on the 20th a Pine Siskin was recorded in Brady.

In Nuckolls County on the 23rd, 30-35 Greater Prairie Chickens were seen just north
of Superior, also a Rough-legged Hawk and Rusty Blackbirds were recorded in that county.

In Lincoln County on the 23rd, 2 Eurasian Collared-doves were recorded in Brady.

In Douglas/Sarpy Counties on the 23rd, a Pied-billed Grebe, 26 Wood Ducks, 2 Eastern
Phoebes, 10 Tree Swallows, 3 Fox Sparrows, an Eastern Towhee and 10 Purple Finches
were seen at the floodplain south of Gifford Rd. in Fontenelle Forest.

In Lincoln County on the 24th, 12,000 ö 15, 000 Sandhill Cranes were observed at a
wetland between the North and South Platte Rivers between Hershey and North Platte.

In Burt County on the 25th, a Pied-billed Grebe, a Turkey Vulture and a Loggerhead
Shrike were seen at Summit Lake.

In Hall County on the 24th, a Cinnamon Teal was recorded a pond near Alda.

In Lincoln County on the 26th, 8 Vesper Sparrows were seen near the Pawnee Creek.
Four to five pairs of Eurasian Collared-doves are present in Brady.

In Buffalo County on the 25th, a Greater Yellowlegs was seen around the Rowe Sanctuary.

In Lancaster County on the 27th, 3 Ruddy Ducks,10 Buffleheads and 3-4 Tree Swallows
were seen at Wildwood Lake in northwest part of that county.

In Saunders County on the 27th, 5 Ruddy Ducks, 6 Buffleheads and 4 Wood Ducks were
observed at the Yutan Sewage Ponds.

In Cass County on the 27th, 4 Buffleheads and a Turkey Vulture were seen at Water
Treatment Ponds in South Bend.
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