Nebraska Rare Bird Alert
April 30, 2004

Birds Mentioned:
American Bittern
Baltimore Oriole
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Eastern Kingbird
Forster's Tern
Great Egret
Great-tailed Grackle
Marbled Godwit
McCown's Longspur
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Parula
Philadelphia Vireo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sandhill Crane
Snowy Plover
Swainson's Hawk
Warbling Vireo
Western Kingbird
White-faced Ibis

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In Sioux County on the 24th, 5 McCown's Longspurs were recorded in southern part of that
county.

In Douglas County on the 25th, a Western Kingbird was observed behind Eppley airfield.

In Lancaster County on the 27th, a Warbling Vireo was seen at Spring Creek Prairie near
Denton.

In Douglas County on the 27th an Eastern Kingbird was seen behind Eppley airfield.

In Gage County on the 27th, 3 Northern Mockingbirds were observed in southeastern part
of that county.

In Lincoln County on the 28th, 7 Great-tailed Grackles were recorded near North Platte
Airport, 2 Western Kingbirds at Brady and 3 Sandhill Cranes between Jeffrey Lake and Brady.

In Harlan County on the 28th, 55 Sandhill Cranes were flying over Alma.

In Cass County on the 28th, 2 Eastern Kingbirds were seen at Weeping Water City Park.

In Furnas County on the 28th, a Baltimore Oriole was recorded in Wilsonville.

In Gage County on the 28th, 3 Black-crowned Night Herons, a Great Egret and 4 Forster's
Terns were seen at Arrowhead WMA southwest of Beatrice.

In Lincoln County on the 28th, an Eastern Kingbird was seen in North Platte.

In Sarpy County on the 28th, a Northern Parula was seen at Fontenelle Forest Wetlands.

In Clay County on the 28th, 2 Black-crowned Night-Herons and 2 American Bitterns were
recorded at Harvard Marsh.

In Adams County on the 28th, a Snowy Plover and a White-faced Ibis were seen at at
32 Mile Creek Watershed area E. of Kenesaw.

In Douglas County on the 29th, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was seen at a feeder near
Elkhorn.

In Lincoln County on the 29th, 14 Marbled Godwits were recorded in North Platte.

In Dixon County on the 29th, a Philadelphia Vireo was recorded near Wakefield.

In ScottsBluff County on the 29th, 54 Swainsons Hawks were seen in a field south of
Mitchell.

In Lancaster County on the 30th, a Baltimore Oriole was seen at a hummingbird feeder
in Lincoln.

In Sarpy County on the 30th, an American Bittern was seen at Walnut Creek near Pappilion.

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