- Birds Mentioned
Cinnamon Teal
Baird's Sandpiper
Barn Owl
Rusty Blackbird
Long-billed Curlew
American White Pelican
American Pipit
Greater Scaup
Bonaparte's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Eared Grebe
American Avocet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Savannah Sparrow
Ferruginous Hawk
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Burrowing Owl
Say's Phoebe
Golden Eagle
Sage Thrasher
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Pygmy Nuthatch
Evening Grosbeak
American Black Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Ross's Goose
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Marsh Wren
Great-tailed Grackle
Common Snipe
Double-crested Cormorant
Herring Gull
Tree Swallow
White-throated Sparrow
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
American Wigeon
Gadwall
- 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 29th.
In western Nebraska in Keith County on the 27th, 2 CINNAMON TEAL, a
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, a BARN OWL & a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were found at the Clear
Creek marshes, & on the 28th, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW was seen there. At
Lake McConaughy on the 27th, 700 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 31 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS & 2 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen. On the 28th at Lake Ogallala,
21 GREATER SCAUP, 40 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a THAYER'S GULL & an adult
GLAUCOUS GULL were spotted. Also on the 28th at Lake McConaughy, a
COMMON LOON, 47 HORNED GREBES, 107 WESTERN GREBES & a CLARK'S GREBE were
seen.
In Garden County on the 28th, 4 EARED GREBES, an AMERICAN AVOCET, 2
LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET & 2 SAVANNAH SPARROWS were
seen at Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
In southern Cheyenne County on the 28th, 2 FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, a MERLIN, a
PRAIRIE FALCON, 2 BURROWING OWLS & a SAY'S PHOEBE were seen.
In southern Kimball County on the 28th, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, a SAY'S PHOEBE,
a SAGE THRASHER & 14 CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were found.
In Scotts Bluff County on the 27th, 2 PYGMY NUTHATCHES & 2 EVENING
GROSBEAKS were seen at Wildcat Hills Nature Center. Also on the 27th, an
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK & 11 GREATER SCAUP were found at Winters Creek Lake.
In Phelps County on the 28th, 20 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 1200 GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 9 ROSS'S GEESE, 9 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 25 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 15 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 2 MARSH WRENS & 3 GREAT-TAILED
GRACKLES were found at Funk Lagoon. Also on the 28th, 2 immature
FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were seen along the Funk-Odessa Road near Funk Lagoon.
In Buffalo County, a GREATER SCAUP was seen along I-80 near the Gibbon
Interchange.
In eastern Nebraska in Lancaster County on the 26th, 2 COMMON SNIPES were
found on Spring Creek Prairie south of Denton.
In Douglas County on the 29th at Zorinsky Lake the following species were
seen: 30 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, a BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 HERRING GULLS &
2 TREE SWALLOWS. On the 27th, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen in a
yard near Forest Lawn Cemetery in Northeast Omaha.
In Sarpy County on the 28th, 2 WOOD DUCKS were seen in the south branch
of the Papio Creek a mile north of Chalco Hills Recreation Area.
In Saunders County on the 27th, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCKS,
AMERICAN WIGEON & GADWALLS were found on a pond off of Highway 6 south of
Ashland.
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