- Birds Mentioned
COMMON CRANE
Great Blue Heron
American White Pelican
Ross's Goose
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Cinnamon Teal
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Eastern Phoebe
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Fox Sparrow
- Transcript
Tape Number: 402-292-5325
Compilers: Babs & Loren Padelford
Transcriber: Loren Padelford (lpdlfrd@juno.com)
Welcome to an update of the Nebraska Birdline, sponsored by the Audubon
Society of Omaha , for Thursday, April 1st.
In central Nebraska in Kearney County on Sunday, the 28th, the COMMON
CRANE was spotted again between 2:30 & 3:30 about ½ mile south of Rowe
Sanctuary headquarters.
In Phelps County on the 28th, 5 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 3 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICANS, 15 species of waterfowl, including 2 ROSS'S GEESE, 7 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS & 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were found at Funk Lagoon.
In Buffalo County on the 31st, a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen at a
feeder at 30th St. & Avenue C in Kearney.
In eastern Nebraska in Fillmore County on the 28th, a CINNAMON TEAL was
seen at Griess WPA. Other birds seen in the eastern Rainwater Basin area
on the 28th were: 76 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 106 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS, 11 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 20 LONG- BILLED DOWITCHERS & 26
COMMON SNIPES.
In Lancaster County on the 29th, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES were seen at Audubon
Spring Creek Prairie south of Denton & on the 30th, 3 COMMON SNIPES were
found there.
In Douglas County on the 30th at Hummel Park, an EASTERN PHOEBE, a
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET & 3 FOX SPARROWS were seen along Ponca Creek.
In Washington County on the 31st, a COMMON SNIPE was found at Nathan's
Lake north of Neale Woods.
In Sarpy County on the 31st, a FOX SPARROW was seen at Elbow Bend south
of Offutt Air Force Base.
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