- Birds Mentioned
Common Crane
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Cinnamon Teal
Killdeer
Baird's Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Herring Gull
Great-tailed Grackle
Greater White-fronted Goose
Prairie Falcon
Rusty Blackbird
Fox Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Northern Shrike
Lapland Longspur
- 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 Tuesday, March 9th.
In central Nebraska in Kearney County, the COMMON CRANE, was seen again
on the 9th with about 5,000 SANDHILL CRANES northeast of the junction of
county roads X and 41. Take the Gibbon I-80 Exit 285 and go south about
2 miles to the Elm Island Rd. Go east and south from there to find roads
X and 41. For more information, call the Audubon Rowe Sanctuary at 308
468-5282.
In Hall County on the 9th, the WHOOPING CRANE was still being seen on the
Platte River Road east of the Alda Road.
In Phelps County on the 7th at Funk Lagoon the following birds were seen:
13 species of waterfowl, including a male CINNAMON TEAL, 3 KILLDEER, a
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, a COMMON SNIPE, 2 HERRING GULLS & 25 GREAT-TAILED
GRACKLES.
In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 7th, a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE & a PRAIRIE FALCON were seen at Jack Sinn WMA south
of Ceresco.
In Douglas County on the 8th, 24 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS visited a feeder
southwest of Methodist Hospital in Omaha. On the 8th at Neale Woods
Nature Center, a FOX SPARROW was seen at the feeders.
In Dodge County on the 5th west of Fremont, a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 6
species of waterfowl including 60 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE & 6
AMERICAN COOTS were seen at the Hartford Sandpit. Also on the 5th, a
NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted northwest of Fremont.
In Iowa east of DeSoto NWR on the 8th, about 600 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were
seen on the Wilson Island Road south of Highway 30.
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