Nebraska Birds

[NEBirds] 2011 Nebraska County/State List Report

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:39:09 -0500

Those not attending the NOU Conference in Broken Bow and would like to receive a snail mail copy of the 2011 Nebraska County/State List Report drop me a note and I will get one in the mail to you!

Mark

Mark A. Brogie
508 Seeley, Box

RE: [NEBirds] nest building cedar waxwing

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:31:57 -0500

I counted 17 cedar waxwings in one tree along the Blue River in the
Seward City park this morning. I thought it odd that they were hanging
out together as opposed to being off in pairs and nesting somewhere. I
also saw 10 plus eastern kingbirds in a relatively small area

[NEBirds] nest building cedar waxwing

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:58:42 -0500

I spent some time bird WATCHING this afternoon, a cedar waxwing was collecting twigs for a nest (I assume). (S)he was carefully selecting a twig off a dead branch of an elm, (s)he would break off the twig, if it was too short (1-2 inches), would drop it, when it

[NEBirds] BB Sands@ LaPlatte Bottoms/ Base Lake- 5/24

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:30:48 -0500

Yesterday evening I stopped by some areas in Sarpy Co. My main objective was to refind Phil Swanson's White-winged Dove. I struck out on the Dove. LaPlatte Bottoms however was teeming with shorbs... nothing really unusual though. The most numerous species were Pecs and Baird's.

Shorbs included...

-L. Yellowlegs
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
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RE: [NEBirds] Western NE Bird Photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:09:12 -0500

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing

Kathy DeLara
Mitchell NE

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:30 AM, ted.eubanks wrote:

While stuck in the Dallas airport last night I loaded 50 of my
images to a new Pinterest board about the Sandhills. Many of these are
bird photos that I

RE: [NEBirds] Western NE Bird Photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:52:00 -0500

Very cool photos, thanks for taking them and sharing!

T. J. Walker
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
301 E State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101

Office Phone: 308-535-8025
Cell Phone: 308-530-7659

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[NEBirds] Western NE Bird Photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:30:05 -0500

While stuck in the Dallas airport last night I loaded 50 of my images to a new Pinterest board about the Sandhills. Many of these are bird photos that I took in the state during the past 11 days. They may be seen at this link: http://pinterest.com/fermatainc/sandhills-journey-scenic-byway/

Ted Lee Eubanks
Austin, Texas

[NEBirds] Walnut Grove Park- Omaha

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:56 -0500

I also made a quick stop at the ever popular Walnut Grove Park this afternoon (about 3pm). I had some sightings in common, some missed species as well as some different from what was already reported. I also witnessed an agitated female Ruby-throated Hummingbird repeated "buzz" and harass

[NEBirds] Report - Walnut Grove Park, May 24, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:33:17 -0500

NeBirders,

Had another good evening of birding. Loren and Babs Padelford joined up with me tonight at Walnut Grove, following Justin Rink's report earlier today. We re-found a couple of Justin's good birds. We dipped on the Blackburnian male, but had a great evening non-the-less. I did also

[NEBirds] yellow-breasted chat in Dodge County

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:11:31 -0500

I was watching a house wren remove house sparrow nest material from a
martin house in our yard this morning when an unexpected bird flew into my
field of vision: a yellow-breasted chat. It's a yard bird and a county
bird, and this time Don got to see it, too, unlike the

[NEBirds] Seward poults

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:43:05 -0500

I went back to my regular spot along Plum Creek near the north end of
the bike trail to look for non-existent migrants after lunch today.
When I checked the woods along Plum Creek in hopes of seeing migrant
flycatchers and warblers, I found instead found a turkey hen covering a
brood of 7

Re: [NEBirds] Walnut Grove (No sightings)

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:36:56 -0500

Kelly and NEbirds,

Walnut Grove Park is located on Q St. between 144th and 153rd Streets in the West Omaha town of Millard (Douglas Co.). It is to the southeast of Lake Zorninsky, and to the southwest of "Phantom" Lake (144th and F). WGP is about 1.15 miles north of the Sarpy

[NEBirds] Walnut Grove- Douglas Co.- 5/24

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:32:03 -0500

Hello again from "Nebraska's East Coast." This morning I decided to get in on some of this Walnut Grove action. Due to the fact that a front had just recently come through, I decided to check out the area. Nine (9) species of warbler were observed... A few avian species

[NEBirds] Walnut Grove

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:02:27 -0500

Where is Walnut Grove? The birders who post often mention locations by name but I can't find them. It would help to know which county.

thx
kc,
Lincoln

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[NEBirds] Final Tally for Broken Bow meeting

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:54:12 -0500

Our final tally for the spring meeting in Broken Bow is now posted on the NOU website http://www.noubirds.org under Meetings - Past Meetings

We had a final total of 161 species

Kathy DeLara
Mitchell NE

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Re: [NEBirds] White-winged Dove

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:48:42 -0500

No chance to photograph the bird. As I pulled into the parking lot it walked out in front of the car and I immediately noticed the white on the edge of the folded wing. As I reached for the camera, it flew west about 10 feet into the bushes across

RE: [NEBirds] White-winged Dove

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:49:59 -0500

Hi all,

Hey Phil, did you photograph the bird? Trust me: my question is not just
curiosity based.

Elliott (Bedows)

Bellevue, Sarpy Co.)

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[NEBirds] WW Dove - NOT

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:27:25 -0500

Phil,
I was at the Base Lake 45 minutes after you posted the White-winged Dove sighting there. I spent about 30 minutes driving around but did not see or here it. The wind is pretty strong 35-40 mph not the best for spotting a bird. Did see:
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[NEBirds] long-eared owl in Polk Co

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:19:39 -0500

Thought I would try to see if any warblers were around -NO luck, not a single one in my woods in Polk Co. but was treated to a great view of a long-eared owl. He spent just as much time looking at me as I did him. Even

[NEBirds] White-winged Dove

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:23:39 -0500

I saw a White-winged Dove at Base Lake at 9:45 this morning. The bird was at the parking lot on the west side of the lake just after you pass the RR tracks.

Phil Swanson
Papillion

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Re: [NEBirds] NOU meeting thank you

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:53:28 -0500

Hi
I'd like to echo the comments by TJ, and Tim, and others about the pleasure of seeing and visiting with folks again in Broken Bow. Probably should also add special thanks to a couple of folks from Thedford, Tom Witt and his wife (forget her first name, sorry) who

[NEBirds] Thanks for NOU

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:48:02 -0500

I would like to add my thanks to all those who contributed to making the NOU meeting in Broken Bow such a great weekend!!! Beautiful country!!

Thanks especially to Tim Hajda for inviting us in the first place, making arrangements, and leading a great Saturday field trip!!! Thanks, too,

[NEBirds] Re: Pine Ridge Sightings

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:32:20 -0500

I guess I'll chime in regarding my own recent swing through Western NE (Sunday & Monday). First of all, I totally dipped on bl-b magpies & lark buntings, despite going as far northwest as Fort Robinson SP. (Two major misses on a list of 30 or so targets, of which

Re: [NEBirds] NOU meeting thank you

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:10:56 -0500

Thanks to you, Tim , for offering to do it in the first place. We had a great time!
Also thanks for leading our field trip on Saturday, it was quite an adventure! I added quite a few birds to my county lists.

Kathy Delara
Mitchell NE

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[NEBirds] Pine Ridge Sightings

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:26:53 -0500

I spent yesterday around Alliance, in parts of the NE Natl Forest, and in the Oglala Natl Grasslands. Birds in the pines included western wood-pewees, pygmy nuthatches, mountain bluebirds, and impressive numbers of territorial yellow-breasted chats, american redstarts, black-and-white warblers, yellow warblers, common yellowthroats, yellow-rumped (Audubon's) warblers, and ovenbirds. I

[NEBirds] NOU meeting thank you

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:56:35 -0500

Hi NEBirders,

Thank you to everyone who attended the NOU meeting! It was great to see
you all. I hope everyone had a great weekend of birding. Special thanks
to Urban, Nancy, and Betty for helping me plan and organize the meeting;
and to Bill, Dave, T.J., and Wayne for being

[NEBirds] Broken Bow Sewage Lagoons

Tue, 22 May 2012 01:19:52 -0500

Hi Nebraska birders,

Robin and I had thought to visit the sewage lagoons of Broken Bow Sunday,
May 20, after the NOU meeting, so we talked to Tim Hajda about it and got
his blessing. Don and Janis Paseka apparently had the same idea. They
arrived just a minute or two after

[NEBirds] Walnut Grove tonight

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:20:14 -0500

NeBirders,
I had the distinct pleasure this afternoon and early evening of birding with Jim and Sandy Kovanda. I arrived at Walnut Grove about 5:10 and heard a Eastern Wood Peewee calling. Then found a Nashville Warbler gleaning green worms in the walnut trees. Down near the playgrounds

[NEBirds] Wash/Burt Counties

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:05:15 -0500

Some of you missed some good food, camaraderie with fellow birders, and great birds at the NOU weekend meeting in Broken Bow. After all how can you go wrong with such birds as Lazuli Buntings, Long-billed Curlews, Greater Prairie Chickens, Whimbrel, Avocets, Black-necked Stilts, Glossy and White-faced Ibis, Peregrine

Re: [NEBirds] Seward rt hummer nest

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:35:08 -0500

Joe
Nice finds!!
The bulk of the Cooper's hawk egg dates in my file are clustered around the second week in May. I also have 3 egg dates in June, with the latest being 14 June.
Wayne Mollhoff
Ashland, NE

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[NEBirds] Great Blue Heron Nest webcam very active now

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:33:30 -0500

"This Great Blue Heron nest is in a large, dead white oak in the middle of Sapsucker Woods pond, right outside the Cornell Lab's Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity"

unquote

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2433
There has been a lot of activity in this nest recently
which is being montitored via cameras installed by Cornell
Univ .

Bill

[NEBirds] Seward rt hummer nest

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:24:28 -0500

I walked in the woods on the north side of Plum Creek Trail in Seward
this morning in hopes of seeing the very migrants John and Sheri saw in
Walnut Grove. I found Canada warbler here two springs ago but not this
morning. Migrants were pretty much absent, but I did find

Re: [NEBirds] Fon. Forest- 5/19/ L. Wanahoo- 5/17

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:35:12 -0500

Larry,

You, too, can become a bird watcher!

In a message dated 5/20/2012 10:17:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
(email address filtered) writes:

Yesterday I lead a field trip for Omaha Atheists to Fontenelle Forest.
Three hardy folks were able to get themselves out of bed and

[NEBirds] Walnut Grove Park 5/21

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:50:29 -0500

Hello birders,

HUGE Thanks to Phil Swanson for showing us the 2 warblers that topped our wish list, and to Rick Schmid for finding and sharing the motherlode on NEbirds (and also the much appreciated Child's Hollow updates.) What an exciting selection of migrants to see!
1 Blackburnian Warbler F
1 Canada

[NEBirds] NOU field trips

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:04:21 -0500

Thanks to everyone who went on one of my field trips at the NOU meeting. Thanks especially to Don and Janis, whose Alder Flycatcher and Yellow-billed Cuckoo were some of the best birds of the trips.

I kept separate lists at several of the stops (for example, at all three

RE: [NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:38:27 -0500

There are four species of Leporids (rabbits and hares) in the state. Eastern cottontail, desert cottontail, black-tailed jackrabbit, and white-tailed jackrabbit. Eastern cottontails and BT Jack occur statewide. White-tailed Jack used to be basically statewide but now found in northern and western parts of the state.

RE: [NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:06:32 -0500

Not to drag this mammal "thing" on, but I thought Desert Cottontail was

only in the western part of the State and not wide-ranging in the Sandhills

(bottom lands maybe). The black-tailed jackrabbit is also nicknamed the

desert cottontail. Is this what you're referring to Keith?

Laurel

RE: [NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:57:53 -0500

Figured there was at least one mammalogist lurking here somewhere.....

Keith, I have tried to "find" desert cottontails in the past and have seen a couple that I thought MIGHT have been (typically in sandsage prairie areas in Dundy and Chase) but have never been real certain. Is it really

RE: [NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:43:21 -0500

Ted, T.J., et al. -- Well there is at least one mammalogist scanning over NEBirds because I once had more time to bird and now live through all the wonderful sightings of birds posted here. As for your rabbit question, Desert Cottontails do exist in the Sandhills. Desert

RE: [NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:35:54 -0500

You might want to check on white-tailed and black-tailed jackrabbits.

Although uncommon towards southern Nebraska, I actually see quite a few as

you get into the sand prairie region.

Laurel

Kearney, NE

RE: [NEBirds] Wilson's Warbler?

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:24:47 -0500

That is a beautiful photo of a male Wilson's Warbler!

T. J. Walker
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
301 E State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101

Office Phone: 308-535-8025
Cell Phone: 308-530-7659

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RE: [NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:23:53 -0500

Ted, would still be looking at Eastern Cottontails most likely. I think Desert Cottontail is possible in the SW and maybe Panhandle, but I don't think anyone has really looked at the composition of those "wascally wabbits" lately and suspect that eastern has pretty much taken over all of

[NEBirds] Wilson's Warbler?

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:20:30 -0500

Saw this guy on my bike ride around Lake Zorinsky. Is it a Wilson's
Warbler? Thanks! -Ami Sheffield, West Omaha

http://www.flickr.com/photos/little-blue-dog/7241703158/in/photostream

[NEBirds] RE: Bittern's Call followup

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:07:13 -0500

Dan, glad you relocated the Whimbrel, and the Peregrine was a great bonus!

T. J. Walker
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
301 E State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101

Office Phone: 308-535-8025
Cell Phone: 308-530-7659

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[NEBirds] Bittern's Call followup

Mon, 21 May 2012 09:05:35 -0500

Hi folks,

After finishing with Tim's wonderful Custer/Blaine county outing on Sunday morning, John Murphy and I headed down to Bittern's Call to check out the action. When we arrived from the north, the ibises were fairly close to the road, in good view. At least one was a

[NEBirds] More Migrants at the "Double F"- 5/20

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:48:08 -0500

Rick was definitely right. The stormy conditions on Saturday night brought a few more migrants. While stepping out to go to work yesterday (5/20) I heard a MAGNOLIA WARBLER and LEAST FLYCATCHER singing from Clarkson Park on 42nd St.
After work I hiked around in Fontenelle Forest. The

[NEBirds] Quick Question

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:33:40 -0500

I apologize for introducing a nonbird topic, but which cottontail is the common rabbit in the Sandhills? Desert?

Ted Lee Eubanks
Austin, Texas

[NEBirds] Recent Sightings in the Sandhills

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:27:57 -0500

For this past week I have been working along the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway (Hwy 2 from Grand Island to Alliance). Yesterday I finally had a chance to spend the entire day with binoculars. I will post my sightings in eBird later tonight (I have another day in the field

[NEBirds] NOU Summer Tanager

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:37:48 -0500

Justin and others:

Our group approached the Custer Co. bird to 30 ft or less with fantastic views of a VERY cooperative bird in
excellent light.
Maybe the photos taken can shed light on the subspecies, but it looked

Re: [NEBirds] Unusual Tanager:

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:02:25 -0500

Audrey and NEbirds,

Your odd tanager from description of plumage and song certainly sounds like that of a SUMMER TANAGER. The male you described sounds like a 1st year male Tanager of that species with the head and breast comprised of a different plumage molt than the rest of the bird. As