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- Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard (61)
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Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Animal Science Alumni Newsletter: Winter 2009/Spring 2010
Animal Science Alumni Newsletter: Winter 2009/Spring 2010
Department of Animal Science: Departmental News
From the Department Head’s Desk -- Larry Berger
Current Faculty -- Donald G. Levis will retire on January 31, 2010
UNL-developed Idea Introduced into Animal Science Class: 3D Teaching
Emeriti Faculty -- Dr. Ernest “Ernie” R. Peo Jr., 84, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009.
Faculty Awards -- Kathy Anderson, Charles Adams, Rick Rasby, Ivan Rush
Student Activities: Block and Bridle Club, SEECA: Students for the Education of Exotic and Companion Animals, Livestock Judging Team, Meats Judging Team, Equestrian Teams
Alumni News
Tom Hansen Agricultural Ties Important in His Legislative Service
Scott Brady Retires
Deaths: Jack E. Eberspacher, Brian Brandt
History …
The Fish Crow (Corvus Ossifragus) Reaches Nebraska, Joel G. Jorgensen, Melissa J. Panella, W. Ross Silcock, Kristal J. Stoner
The Fish Crow (Corvus Ossifragus) Reaches Nebraska, Joel G. Jorgensen, Melissa J. Panella, W. Ross Silcock, Kristal J. Stoner
Nebraska Bird Review
The Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) was formerly endemic to the southeastern United States where it inhabited coastal areas along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts (McGowan 2001). Since the early 1900s, the species has steadily expanded north and west along major river systems (McGowan 2001). Fish Crow range expansion has followed a logical pattern, expanding along major rivers in regions close to established populations, in adjacent states to the south and east of Nebraska. The species was first recorded in Missouri in 1964 (Robbins and Easterla 1992). In 1984, Fish Crow was first reported in Kansas and by 1991 …
Index To Volume 77
Nebraska Bird Review
Albright, Andrew 139
Alcock, David 47
Alexander,
George 15
Irene 15
Allison, Scott 22
Alspaugh, Mack 166
American Ornithologists' Union 112, 116, 167
Andrews, R. 111, 158
Anhinga 120, 131
Ani, Groove-billed 124, 132
Armknecht, Henry 48
Avocet, American 28, 55, 72, 100, 122, 145
Fall Field Days At Valentine
Nebraska Bird Review
Fall Field Days were held in Valentine September 25–27, 2009, with 65 participants registered for the weekend. Dave Heidt organized the meeting and led field trips to Cherry County lakes and marshes. Trips to Smith Falls and along the Niobrara River in Keya Paha and Brown Counties were guided by Mark Brogie. Lanny Randolph led trips to the Ft. Niobrara NWR and the Valentine Fish Hatchery. A total of 133 species was tallied.
On Friday evening Dan Leger, Professor of Psychology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, gave an impromptu presentation on the microphones and recording equipment he uses …
2009 (21st) Report Of The Nou Records Committee, Mark A. Brogie
2009 (21st) Report Of The Nou Records Committee, Mark A. Brogie
Nebraska Bird Review
The functions and methods of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU) Records Committee are described in its bylaws (NOU Records Committee 1986). The committee's purpose is to provide a procedure for documenting unusual bird sightings and to establish a list of all documented birds for Nebraska. All records mentioned here are available to interested persons at the NOU archives at the University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM), Lincoln, NE. Interested parties should contact the current NOU Librarian, whose address can be found in the latest issue of The Nebraska Bird Review (NBR).
The "Official List of the Birds of Nebraska'" was …
Subscription And Organization Information [December 2009]
Subscription And Organization Information [December 2009]
Nebraska Bird Review
The Nebraska Bird Review is published quarterly by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal, and is sent to members not in arrears of dues. Annual subscription rates (on a calendar-year basis only): $15 in the United States, $18 in Canada, and $30 in all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4 each, postpaid, in the United States, $5 in Canada, and $8 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Anita Breckbill, NOU Librarian, c/o Music Library, WMB 30, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0101.
Memberships in the NOU (on a calendar-year basis only): Active, $15; …
Fall Field Report, August-November 2009, W. Ross Silcock
Fall Field Report, August-November 2009, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
This was probably the most "normal" fall season in a while, as measured by the small number of late departure dates among summer residents and migrants, early arrival dates among winter residents and migrants, high counts, and rarities. In other words, very little of significance happened. Indeed, in order to provide a spark, I'll even mention three exotics that were reported: a Swan Goose at Fremont 26 November (JRo), a Common Peafowl in Dodge Co 5 August (JWe), and a White-faced Cockatiel caught in a Dixon Co yard 24 August (JJ). None is likely to be a threat to our …
Nebraska Bird Review (December 2009) 77(4), Whole Issue
Nebraska Bird Review (December 2009) 77(4), Whole Issue
Nebraska Bird Review
Fall Field Report, August–November 2009 ... 138
The Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) Reaches Nebraska ... 155
2009 (21st) Report of the NOU Records Committee ... 160
Fall Field Days at Valentine ... 169
Index to Volume 77 ... 173
Subscription and Organization Information ... 183
Where Are The Parasites? [Letters], Susan J. Kutz, Andy P. Dobson, Eric P. Hoberg
Where Are The Parasites? [Letters], Susan J. Kutz, Andy P. Dobson, Eric P. Hoberg
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications
First paragraph:
The review by E. Post et al. ("Ecological dynamics across the Arctic associated with recent climate change," 11 September 2009, p. 1,355) paid little heed to parasites and other pathogens. The rapidly growing literature on parasites in arctic and subarctic ecosystems provides empirical and observational evidence that climate-linked changes have already occurred. The life cycle of the protostrongylid lungworm of muskoxen, Umingmakstrongylus pallikuukensis, has changed, and the range of that organism and the winter tick, Dermacentor albipictus, has expanded.
Behavior Of Buff-Breasted Sandpipers (Tryngites Subruficollis) During Migratory Stopover In Agricultural Fields, John P. Mccarty, Joel G. Jorgensen, Lareesa Wolfenbarger
Behavior Of Buff-Breasted Sandpipers (Tryngites Subruficollis) During Migratory Stopover In Agricultural Fields, John P. Mccarty, Joel G. Jorgensen, Lareesa Wolfenbarger
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications
Background: Understanding the behavior of birds in agricultural habitats can be the first step in evaluating the conservation implications of birds’ use of landscapes shaped by modern agriculture. The existence and magnitude of risk from agricultural practices and the quality of resources agricultural lands provide will be determined largely by how birds use these habitats. Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Tryngites subruficollis) are a species of conservation concern. During spring migration large numbers of Buff-breasted Sandpipers stopover in row crop fields in the Rainwater Basin region of Nebraska. We used behavioral observations as a first step in evaluating how Buff-breasted Sandpipers …
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Frontmatter, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Frontmatter, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Rocky Mountains -- Paul A. Johnsgard
Cover
Jacket copy
Title page
Copyright & funders
Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
Preface and Acknowledgments
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Introduction, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Introduction, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Rocky Mountains -- Paul A. Johnsgard
The Rocky Mountains represent the longest and in general the highest of the North American mountain ranges, extending for nearly two thousand miles from their origins in Alaska and northwestern Canada southward to their terminus in New Mexico, and forming the continental divide for this entire length. As such, these mountains have provided a convenient corridor for northward and southward movement of both plants and animal life, but on the other hand have produced important barriers to eastern and western plant and animal movements. These effects result nat only from their height and physical nature, but also from their manifold …
Genetic Relationship Between Longevity And Objectively Or Subjectively Assessed Performance Traits In Sheep Using Linear Censored Models, W. Mekkaway, Rainer Roehe, Ronald M. Lewis, M. H. Davies, L. Bünger, G. Simm, W. Haresign
Genetic Relationship Between Longevity And Objectively Or Subjectively Assessed Performance Traits In Sheep Using Linear Censored Models, W. Mekkaway, Rainer Roehe, Ronald M. Lewis, M. H. Davies, L. Bünger, G. Simm, W. Haresign
Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications
Genetic parameters of longevity in crossbred mule ewes, and genetic relationships among longevity, growth, body composition, and subjectively assessed traits on mule lambs and ewes have been estimated using Bayesian linear censored models. Additionally, the genetic associations between longevity and culling reasons were examined. Data comprised 1,797 observations of mule ewes for longevity, culling reasons, growth, body composition, mouth scores, and type traits. Longevity was defined as the time (in years) from 2 yr of age (the age at first lambing of most ewes) to culling or death. Censored data (i.e., observations for which only the lower bound of the …
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Checklist Of Birds Of The Rocky Mountain Parks, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Checklist Of Birds Of The Rocky Mountain Parks, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Rocky Mountains -- Paul A. Johnsgard
Checklist of Birds of the Rocky Mountain Parks:
United States: Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Glacier
Canada: Waterton Lakes, Kootenay, Yoho, Banff/Jasper
Symbols: R = breeding resident; r = resident, breeding unproven; S = breeding summer resident; s = summer resident, breeding unproven; M = migrant, including wintering visitors; V = vagrant, out of normal range; X = extirpated from area; * = species also included in the Birds of the Great Plains (Johnsgard, 1979).
A 16-page table
A 2009 Supplement To Birds Of The Rocky Mountains, Paul A. Johnsgard
A 2009 Supplement To Birds Of The Rocky Mountains, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Rocky Mountains -- Paul A. Johnsgard
More than 20 years have elapsed since the publication of Birds of the Rocky Mountains, and many changes have occurred in that region’s ecology and bird life. There has also been a marked increase in recreational bird-watching, and an associated need for informative regional references on where and when to look for rare or especially appealing birds. As a result, an updating of the text seemed appropriate, especially as to the species accounts and the technical literature. The following update includes all those species that have undergone changes in their vernacular or Latin names, have had important changes in ranges, …
Encomium: Rolliin Harold Baker: 1916-2007, Carleton J. Phillips, Robert J. Baker, Hugh H. Genoways
Encomium: Rolliin Harold Baker: 1916-2007, Carleton J. Phillips, Robert J. Baker, Hugh H. Genoways
University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers
Rollin H. Baker passed away on November 12, 2007, one day after reaching his 91st birthday. Rollin was a living legend, famous for his pioneering research on biogeography and natural history of Mexican mammals, especially rodents, for his contributions to the understanding of Michigan mammals, and for being a mentor and friend to all young, aspiring mammalogists. Rollin Baker’s career lasted way beyond his traditional retirement, and in his final months he was still active in the Texas Society of Mammalogists and in conservation issues in Texas. Indeed, when he was 89 years old he presented a guest lecture in …
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Species Accounts, Pages 55–63: Loons & Grebes, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds Of The Rocky Mountains—Species Accounts, Pages 55–63: Loons & Grebes, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Rocky Mountains -- Paul A. Johnsgard
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricallis)
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Birds Of The Great Plains: Three Decades Of Change In Great Plains Birds: A 2009 Supplement To The Birds Of The Great Plains: Breeding Species And Their Distribution, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds Of The Great Plains: Three Decades Of Change In Great Plains Birds: A 2009 Supplement To The Birds Of The Great Plains: Breeding Species And Their Distribution, Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard
Since the 1979 publication of this book much has been learned of breeding bird distributions in North America, largely as a result of the national Breeding Bird Surveys that were initiated in the 1960s and have continued to the present (Sauer, Hines and Fallon, 2008). From these studies long-term regional average densities of breeding birds have been deduced and national maps generated (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. 2003). There have also been several state-wide studies on breeding birds of the Great Plains, as represented by breeding bird atlases for South Dakota (Peterson, 1995), Nebraska (Mollhoff, 2001), Kansas (Busby and Zimmerman, 2001), …
Birds Of The Great Plains: Breeding Species And Their Distribution: New Expanded Edition (2009), Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds Of The Great Plains: Breeding Species And Their Distribution: New Expanded Edition (2009), Paul A. Johnsgard
Birds of the Great Plains (Revised Edition, 2009) by Paul Johnsgard
This book is the first to describe systematically all of the species of birds known to have bred or to breed at present in the Great Plains, a major ecological unit that encompasses all or part of part of eleven states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. Although the original Great Plains ecosystem—the grassland biome—has been greatly altered by modem agriculture, remnants still exist in national and state parks, grasslands, and refuges, as well as in rural cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, and small nature reserves. These areas support populations of nearly all …
Long-Tailed Jaegers In Western Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore
Long-Tailed Jaegers In Western Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore
Nebraska Bird Review
The Long-tailed Jaeger is an accidental migrant in Nebraska with just one accepted record through the mid-1990s. Based on records from adjacent states, especially Colorado (Andrews and Righter 1992) and Wyoming (Faulkner 2010), the species is probably more frequent than these records indicate, and its status is further complicated by possible confusion with Pomarine and Parasitic jaegers. In this article I report details of four records of Long-tailed Jaegers in western Nebraska and comment on the species' identification and status in the state.
Summer Field Report, June-July 2009, W. Ross Silcock
Summer Field Report, June-July 2009, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
This was an interesting summer, with range expansions of multiple species continuing in all directions, but predominantly northward. Exceptions to the northward trend were Trumpeter Swan, which bred south of its usual western Sandhills range, and Sedge Wren, which may be occurring in June in northeast Nebraska in greater numbers. Moving eastward are Western Wood-Pewee, which now overlaps with westward-moving Eastern Wood-Pewee in Lincoln Co, Cordilleran Flycatcher in the Pine Ridge, and Lesser Goldfinch in the west. Song Sparrow is also expanding south and west. No fewer than 16 species are moving north and/or northwestward. Several species were seen more …
Accidental And Casual Species For Which The Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee Seeks Documentation
Nebraska Bird Review
A list of 117 species (Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Taiga Bean-Goose, Emperor Goose, Brant, Eurasian Wigeon, etc.) for which the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee seeks documentation.
The Official List Of The Birds Of Nebraska: 2009
The Official List Of The Birds Of Nebraska: 2009
Nebraska Bird Review
The “Official List of the Birds of Nebraska: 2009” contains 454 species.
The duties of NOU Records Committee (NOU Records Committee 1986) include:
A. The committee shall publish an official list of the birds of Nebraska.
B. The official list will include all those species whose occurrence has been reported in Nebraska.
C. The committee shall keep the official list current.
D. The committee shall publish a list of species for which details are requested with every sighting reported.
The 2009 NOU Records Committee has completed the above duties and the following is the result of its endeavors. This work …
Subscription And Organization Information [September 2009]
Subscription And Organization Information [September 2009]
Nebraska Bird Review
The Nebraska Bird Review is published quarterly by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal, and is sent to members not in arrears of dues. Annual subscription rates (on a calendar-year basis only): $15 in the United States, $18 in Canada, and $30 in all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4 each, postpaid, in the United States, $5 in Canada, and $8 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Anita Breckbill, NOU Librarian, c/o Music Library, WMB 30, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0101.
Memberships in the NOU (on a calendar-year basis only): Active, $15; …
Editorial Staff Change
Nebraska Bird Review
Steve Dinsmore has generously assisted the Nebraska Bird Review editors for nine years, and now he is bowing out. With this issue, Joe Gubanyi is the new technical editor of the NBR. Joe is a professor of biology in the Natural Science Department at Concordia University in Seward. He has a B.S. Ed. from Concordia, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He has taught biology, genetics, ecology, vertebrate zoology, and ornithology and has led study tours to Belize and Costa Rica. He is the compiler of the Branched Oak–Seward Christmas …
Nebraska Bird Review (September 2009) 77(3), Whole Issue
Nebraska Bird Review (September 2009) 77(3), Whole Issue
Nebraska Bird Review
Summer Field Report, June–July 2009 ... 94
Long-tailed Jaegers in Western Nebraska ... 110
The Official List of the Birds of Nebraska: 2009 ... 112
Accidental and Casual Species for Which the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee Seeks Documentation ... 131
Editorial Staff Change ... 133
Subscription and Organization Information ... 135
Song Of The North Wind: A Story Of The Snow Goose, Paul A. Johnsgard, Paul Geraghty
Song Of The North Wind: A Story Of The Snow Goose, Paul A. Johnsgard, Paul Geraghty
Papers in Ornithology
As a boy in North Dakota, Paul Johnsgard measured his winters, not by conventional time units, but in the days it took for the snow geese to return from their wintering grounds to Lake Traverse. In early April, with hip boots, camera, and binoculars, he awaited the arrival of the first flocks from the Gulf of Mexico. Johnsgard was not alone in admiring the beauty and strength of the snow goose. For centuries this bird has signified the passing seasons to the Indians—its white feathers a symbol of the breath of life and a reminder of the roles the birds …
Biofuels: Cultivating Energy, Not Invasive Species, Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Biofuels: Cultivating Energy, Not Invasive Species, Invasive Species Advisory Committee
National Invasive Species Council
Biofuels: Cultivating Energy, not Invasive Species, approved by ISAC on August 11, 2009
ISSUE
To provide alternatives to petroleum-based energy, the United States government has mandated a greater proportion of plant-based biofuels be integrated into its energy portfolio. However, certain plant species being proposed for biofuel production in the United States are invasive species or are likely to escape cultivation and become invasive. United States Executive Order (EO) 131121 defines invasive species as “alien [non-native] species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health” and states: “Each Federal agency whose actions …
A Nebraska Bird-Finding Guide, Paul A. Johnsgard
A Nebraska Bird-Finding Guide, Paul A. Johnsgard
Papers in Ornithology
Persons living in Nebraska often feel that they are living in a cultural wasteland; its citizenry preoccupied with violent sports such as hunting and football. Yet many are unaware that they are actually residing in one of the prime locations in the entire world for observing and enjoying some of the most aesthetically appealing of all the world's biological attractions. The area around Kingsley Dam and Lake McConaughy, for example, is known to have attracted more than 330 bird species, including 104 breeders (plus 17 probable breeders) making it the third-most species-rich bird location in the interior U.S.A. (after Laguna …
10th International Mammalogical Congress Abstracts: Mendoza, Argentina, 9-14 August 2009, Eviatar Nevo, Michael Mares, Christopher Johnson, Gabriel Marroig, Pablo A. Marquet
10th International Mammalogical Congress Abstracts: Mendoza, Argentina, 9-14 August 2009, Eviatar Nevo, Michael Mares, Christopher Johnson, Gabriel Marroig, Pablo A. Marquet
International Theriological Congress Abstracts of Papers
Abstracts of the 10th International Mammalogical Congress held in Mendoza, Argentina, August 9-14, 2009.