April 18, 2004

Birds Mentioned:

American Avocet

American White Pelican

Baird's Sandpiper

Black-billed Magpie

Broad-winged Hawk

Bufflehead

Caspian Tern

Cattle Egret

Wilson's (Common) Snipe

Double-crested Cormorant

Eurasian Collared-dove

Franklin's Gull

Grasshopper Sparrow

Great Blue Heron

Greater Prairie-chicken

Great-tailed Grackle

Hermit Thrush

Lark Sparrow

Least Sandpiper

Long-billed Curlew

Long-billed Dowitcher

Louisiana Waterthrush

Marbled Godwit

Merlin

Northern Harrier

Osprey

Pectoral Sandpiper

Purple Martin

Rough-legged Hawk

Ruddy Duck

Sharp-tailed Grouse

Snow Goose

Sprague's Pipit

Upland Sandpiper

Whooping Crane

Willet

Wilson's Phalarope

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In Custer County on the 11th, several Eurasian Collared-doves were seen at a feeder
in Anselmo.

In Cheyenne County on the 11th, 2 Eurasian Collared-doves were recorded in Sidney.

In Merrick County on the 11th, 6 Cattle Egrets were observed a couple of miles east of
Central City.

In Platte County on the 11th, 15 Common Snipes, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 100 plus Baird's
Sandpipers, 5 plus Least Sandpipers and 5 Purple Martins were seen at and around Lake
Babcock.

In Keith County on the 12th, 5 Black-billed Magpies were seen between Ogallala and Brule
on I-80.

In Lincoln County on the 12th, at least 12 males of Great-tailed Grackles on territories
were recorded along highway 30 just east and north of the North Platte Airport.

In Cumming County on the 13th, a pair of Eurasian Collared-doves was reported from Wisner.
The pair was around all winter.

In Dodge County on the 14th, about 2500 Double-crested Cormorants and 625 American White
Pelicans were recorded at Fremont State Lakes.

In Lancaster County on the 15th, 7 Sprague's Pipits, a Grasshopper Sparrow and a Louisiana
Waterthrush were recorded at Spring Creek near Denton.

In Keya Paha County on the 16th, 4 Whooping Cranes were seen about 1/4 mile below the
Carns bridge on the Niobrara River. Seen again on the 17th.

In McPherson County on the 16th, 14 Sharp-tailed Grouse, a Merlin (NW of Tryon), a
Long-billed Curlew and numerous Grasshopper Sparrows were observed.

In Lancaster County on the 16th, an Upland Sandpiper was recorded at Spring Creek near
Denton.

In Scotts Bluff County on the 17th, American Avocets, 2 Willets and a flock of Snow
Geese were seen at Kiowa WMR. A Wilson's Phalarope and a Bairdâs Sandpiper were observed
at Schmidt's Lake. Also a Rough-legged Hawk was recorded.

In Harlan County on the 17th, an Osprey, a Lark Sparrow and a Great-tailed Grackle were
seen at Harlan Reservoir.

In Sherman County on the 17th, a female Northern Harrier was observed.

In Valley County on the 17th, 7 Buffleheads, 5 Ruddy Ducks, 4 Northern Harriers, a Merlin,
a Marbled Godwit and 13 Franklin's Gulls were recorded at Davis Creek Reservoir. Also a
Cattle Egret was seen a few miles southwest of Ord. A Long-billed Dowitcher and 2 Common
Snipes were observed at a marsh eight miles west of Ord. Six Great-tailed Grackles were
seen at a small lake just south of Loup City.

In Sarpy County on the 17th, a Louisiana Waterthrush and a Broadwing Hawk were recorded
at Fontenelle Forest.

In Dodge County on the 17th, 2 Caspian Terns and a Hermit Thrush were seen at Fremont
State Lakes.