-Birds Mentioned
Common Crane
Wood Duck
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Herring Gull
Prairie Falcon
Hooded Merganser
Ferruginous hawk
Pied-billed Grebe
Thayer's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Rusty Blackbird
American Woodcock
American Black Duck
Greater Yellowlegs
Great-tailed Grackle
Red-breasted Merganser
Franklin's Gull
Winter Wren
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Bald Eagle
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
American Coot
Canvasback
Eastern Bluebird
- Transcript
Tape Number: 402 292-5325
Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford
Transcriber: Babs Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com)
Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha , for Monday, March 8th.
In central Nebraska in Buffalo County, the COMMON CRANE, first seen on
the 6th, was seen again on the 7th. Directions to the area where the
bird is most likely to be are as follows: Take the Gibbon I-80 Exit 285
and go south about 2 miles. Look in the area 2-3 miles east of the
Lowell Rd. & within a mile south of Elm Island Rd. For more information
call the Audubon Rowe Sanctuary at 308 468-5282.
In Kearney County on the 6th 2 miles east of Funk Lagoon, 2 WOOD DUCKS, 4
KILLDEER, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER & 6 HERRING GULLS were found. In Phelps
County on 6th, a PRAIRIE FALCON & 11 species of ducks including a HOODED
MERGANSER were seen at Funk Lagoon. Also on the 6th, a FERRUGINOUS HAWK
was spotted 3 miles north of the Holdrege airport.
In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 5th, the following species
were seen at Branched Oak Lake: a PIED-BILLED GREBE, a 1ST winter
THAYER'S GULL, 30 HERRING GULLS, 500 RING-BILLED GULLS & 3 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS. Also on the 5th, 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were seen displaying
at Branched Oak near the parking lot at Area 9. On the 5th at Bluestem
Lake, a PIED-BILLED GREBE & 13 species of waterfowl were seen from the
dam.
In Knox County on the 6th, an AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS &
41 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES were found at the Niobrara marshes.
In Douglas County on the 7th at Cunningham Lake, 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS, a FRANKLIN'S GULL, 350 RING-BILLED GULLS & 6 HERRING GULLS
were found. On the 5th at Neale Woods, a WINTER WREN, WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS, SWAMP SPARROWS & SONG SPARROWS were found on the Missouri
Ecology Trail. On the 7th at Zorinsky Lake in Omaha, 4 LESSER SCAUP, 7
HOODED MERGANSERS, 4 BALD EAGLES, 250 RING-BILLED GULLS & 6 HERRING GULLS
were seen. On the 7th at Boy's Town Lake 4 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 60
GADWALLS, 34 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 30 LESSER SCAUP, 40 REDHEADS & 5 AMERICAN
COOTS were seen.
In Sarpy County on the 7th, 6 species of ducks were seen at Wehrspann
Lake including, 63 CANVASBACKS & 9 HOODED MERGANSERS. On the 5th, 4
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen on Dyson Hollow Rd. between Platteview Rd. &
Cedar Island Rd. southwest of Bellevue.
For more information on this week's sightings, you may call 402-292-5556.
To report your sightings, please leave your name, your phone number and
your report after the tone at the end of this message. Thank you for
calling the Nebraska Birdline and good birding!
- End transcript