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Index From Nebraska Bird Review December 2001 Volume 69 Number 4
Index From Nebraska Bird Review December 2001 Volume 69 Number 4
Nebraska Bird Review
INDEX (12 pages) A-Z
Adams, Betty 23
Alexander, Irene 23
Allen, Elizabeth 3, 47,159
Allison, Mary 22
American, Redstart 184
Amiotte, Sue 48
Andrews, Ron 5
Anhinga 161
Arizona 96
Avocet, American 37, 57, 94, 116, 140, 169, 204
Babbitt, Charles E. 133
Bachel, Elaine 47
Badura, Laurel 47, 160
Barth, Roland 48
Bedows, Elliott 23, 107, 159
Beede, Dillon 22
Benson, Joan 18
Bielenburg, Warren 23
Yellowlegs
Greater 37, 46, 57, 116, 142, 146,148,169
Lesser 38,46, 57, 116, 133, 136-137,140,142,147,169
sp. 204
Yellowthroat, Common 40, 73, 128, 151,158,185
Young, Kay 23
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review December 2001 Volume 69 Number 4
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review December 2001 Volume 69 Number 4
Nebraska Bird Review
The Nebraska Bird Review (http://rip.physics.unk.eduINOU/) 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): $14.00 in the United States; $18.00 for all foreign countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United States, and $5.00 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Mary Prichard, NOU Librarian, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.
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Fall Field Report, August-November 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Fall Field Report, August-November 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
This Fall Report offers something for everybody. Leading off are significant breeding reports of Ruddy Duck in the Rainwater Basin and Snowy Plover at Lake McConaughy. As observers bird more regularly in late July to early August we are finding that many species begin to move earlier than often realized. There were many reports of birds such as failed breeders, molt migrants, and early-fledged juveniles wandering about. Some of these prove tough identification challenges, too. Early birds were mostly water-related; Eared Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, and Osprey, but also Prairie Falcon in the east, and Rusty Blackbird too. Some …
Nebraska Bird Review- Whole Issue December 2001 Volume 69 Number 4
Nebraska Bird Review- Whole Issue December 2001 Volume 69 Number 4
Nebraska Bird Review
Table of Contents
Fall Field Report, August-November 2001 Compiled
by W. Ross Silcock ..........................158
Species Accounts.......................... 160
Bird Records of Sporting Editor Sandy Griswold on Fowl
Hunting Trips in the Sand Hills from 1887 to 1928
by J. E. Ducey ..........................190
Index for Volume 69, 1-4 ..........................212
Analaysis Of Long-Eared Owl (Asio Otus) Pellets From Eastern Nebraska, Rachel D. Mahan, Emily C. Mahan, Brandon D. Sachtleben
Analaysis Of Long-Eared Owl (Asio Otus) Pellets From Eastern Nebraska, Rachel D. Mahan, Emily C. Mahan, Brandon D. Sachtleben
Nebraska Bird Review
A common way to determine the food habits of an owl is to analyze prey remains found within regurgitated pellets, called "owl pellets." We collected and analyzed owl pellets found under a Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) roost in eastern Nebraska as part of two grade school science fair projects. The results are presented here to add to the knowledge about the food habits of this species in Nebraska.
A Bird On The Shoreline, Shelly Clark
A Bird On The Shoreline, Shelly Clark
Nebraska Bird Review
A Bird on the Shoreline
My daughter tells me she doesn't believe in God.
Her words pour onto the supper table like milk spilling.
In measured silence
she waits for what I will say.
The evening news mumbles in the background,
dog scratching at the door.
I look out the window to September sky opening
its dark blue skirt of night. I tell her
the Piping plovers will be leaving soon, if they haven't already.
Asking her, do you remember the first time we saw them through binoculars,
on the broad sandbar new McConaughy?
You were eight or nine.
How …
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review September 2001
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review September 2001
Nebraska Bird Review
The Nebraska Bird Reyiew (http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU/) 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): $14.00 in the United States; $18.00 for all foreign countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United States, and $5.00 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Mary Prichard, NOU Librarian, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.
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Nou Spring Meeting Bird Count, 18 To 20 May, Camp Calvin Crest (Fremont)
Nou Spring Meeting Bird Count, 18 To 20 May, Camp Calvin Crest (Fremont)
Nebraska Bird Review
NOU Spring Meeting Bird Count
18 to 20 May, Camp Calvin Crest (Fremont)
Summer Field Report, June And July 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Summer Field Report, June And July 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
Jaeger at Lake McConaughy; the continuing advance of the Eurasian Collared-Dove; possible breeding or hybridization with Eurasian Collared-Dove of White-winged Dove at Kearney; a resurgence of Black-billed Cuckoos; breeding of Long-eared Owl in Knox County; hummingbirds (including Calliope) in the Panhandle; and interesting information on the Red Crossbills on the Pine Ridge.
Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue September 2001 Volume 69 Number 3
Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue September 2001 Volume 69 Number 3
Nebraska Bird Review
Table of Contents
Summer Field Report, compiled by W. Ross Silcock................................. 106
Species Accounts................................. 108
Bird Hunts of Omaha Sportsmen's Clubs, 1858-1887
by J. E. Ducey .................................133
NOU Spring Meeting Bird Count .................................148
Analysis Of long-eared Owl (Asio Otus) Pellets From
Eastern Nebraska by Mahan, Mahan, and Sachtleben .................................152
A Poem by Shelly Clark .................................155
Comments On Nebraska's Falconiform And Stringiform Bird Fauna, Paul A. Johnsgard
Comments On Nebraska's Falconiform And Stringiform Bird Fauna, Paul A. Johnsgard
Nebraska Bird Review
Owing to a lack of long-term survey data, determining whether Nebraska's raptor numbers are stable, increasing, or decreasing is difficult. Unlike our relatively well-monitored gamebirds, no regular surveys have been performed, and raptors barely register on the state's Breeding Bird Surveys or Christmas Bird Counts, owing to their relative rarity. However, a few data-points of interest do exist, which might be worth summarizing.
In one of the first multi-year surveys of Sandhills avifauna, H. Elliott McClure (1966) summarized raptor abundance data based on three years of study in the Nebraska Sandhills (1 941-1 944). During that period, he typically drove …
1999 (Eleventh) Report Of The Nou Records Committee, Joel G. Jorgensen
1999 (Eleventh) Report Of The Nou Records Committee, Joel G. Jorgensen
Nebraska Bird Review
The functions and methods of the 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. THE OFFICIAL LIST OF THE BIRDS OF NEBRASKA was first published in 1988 (NOU Records Committee 1988) and has been appended nine times (Mollhoff 1989, Grenon 1990, Grenon 1991, Gubanyi 1996a, Gubanyi 1996b, Gubanyi 1996c, Brogie 1997, Brogie 1998, Brogie 1999). An update of the OFFICIAL LIST OF THE BIRDS OF NEBRASKA was first published in 1997 (NOU …
Spring Field Report, March-May 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Spring Field Report, March-May 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
As this is being written (July 2001 ), the new book Birds of Nebraska (Sharpe, Silcock, Jorgensen; University of Nebraska Press) has just been released. From now on everyone can check early and late dates and high counts as well as distribution within the state and have a much better feel for which sightings are significant. Probably the most outstanding ornithological events this spring were a few record early arrivals (Western and Clark's Grebes, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting) and a large number of "rather early" arrivals; "rather early" means not record early but right up there. There were also some …
The Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue- Volume 69 Number 2 June 2001
The Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue- Volume 69 Number 2 June 2001
Nebraska Bird Review
Table of Contents
Spring Field Report, compiled by W. Ross Silcock ........................ 46
Species Accounts ........................ 48
Comments on Nebraska's Falconiform and Strigiform bird fauna by Paul Johnsgard ........................ 80
1999 (Eleventh) Report of the NOU Records Committee compiled by Joel G. Jorgensen, ........................ 85
1999 - 2000 Nebraska Nesting Report by Wayne J. Mollhoff ........................ 92
NOU Treasurer's Report, Calendar Year 2000........................ 102
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review June 2001
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review June 2001
Nebraska Bird Review
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1999-2000 Nebraska Nesting Report, Wayne Mollhoff
1999-2000 Nebraska Nesting Report, Wayne Mollhoff
Nebraska Bird Review
In the interest of expediency, the nesting reports for the 1999 and 2000 seasons are combined. In addition to records from those two years, several other previously unreported records are also included. Full dates are included with each record to minimize confusion.
Observations by the following individuals (identified in the report by their initials) are included in the nesting report: John Brenneman (J.B.), John Dinan (J.D.), Dale Dvorak (D.D.), Jon Farrar (J.F.), Michael Forsberg (M.F.), Joe Gabig (J.G.), Chris Helzer (C.H.), Jan Johnson (J.J.), Alice Kenitz (A.K), Joanne Luebbert (J.L.), Nick Limon (N.L), Leonard McDaniel (L.M.), Wayne Mollhoff (W.M.), Gregory …
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Treasurer's Report, Calendar Year 2000, Betty Grenon
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Treasurer's Report, Calendar Year 2000, Betty Grenon
Nebraska Bird Review
Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc.
Treasurer's Ripor
Calendar Year 2000
First Record Of A Reddish Egret For Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore
First Record Of A Reddish Egret For Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore
Nebraska Bird Review
On 27 September 2000, I was birding the west end of Lake McConaughy from Marina Landing. At 2:15 p.m., I noticed a few egrets farther east off Cedar Vue. By 2:30 p.m. I had arrived at Cedar Vue and began looking over the egrets. The egrets were loosely scattered in a small area with numerous Great Blue Herons, approximately 400m from the north shore of the lake. There were six egrets present--4 Great Egrets, 1 Snowy Egret, and an intermediate-sized bird that I identified as a white morph Reddish Egret. The Reddish Egret foraged for about half an hour and …
Winter Field Report, December 2000 To February 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Winter Field Report, December 2000 To February 2001, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
What a difference a year makes! After all sorts of unusual midwinter reports last winter, this winter seemed more normal, as entire species actually left the state for a while. Although not extremely cold, the cool temperatures were persistent in November and December, flushing out many of the semi-hardy species and freezing most bodies of water.
There were, nevertheless, some notable tardies: a first Panhandle winter Wood Duck; a Spotted Sandpiper in December at Harlan County Res; a first December Eastern Phoebe; a third January Gray Catbird; a second December Pine Warbler; a 3rd overwintering Yellow-headed Blackbird; and the farthest …
Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue- Volume 69 March 2001 Number 1
Nebraska Bird Review Whole Issue- Volume 69 March 2001 Number 1
Nebraska Bird Review
Table of Contents
Winter Field Report, compiled by W. Ross Silcock.................................. 2
Species Accounts .................................. 3
2000-2001 Nebraska Christmas Bird Count Summary
by Stephen J. Dinsmore .................................. 19
First confirmed records of Dusky Flycatcher for Nebraska
Stephen J. Dinsmore and W. Ross Silcock .................................. 33
NOU Fall Field Days Count from Ogallala .................................. 36
First record of a Reddish Egret for Nebraska
Stephen J. Dinsmore.................................. 42
First Confirmed Records Of Dusky Flycatcher For Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore, W. Ross Silcock
First Confirmed Records Of Dusky Flycatcher For Nebraska, Stephen J. Dinsmore, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
Prior to the fall of 2000, there were no accepted records of Dusky Flycatcher for Nebraska. With the exception of a single sight record by Silcock (17 May 1992) judged "Hypothetical" by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Records Committee, this species had been unreported in Nebraska. Dusky Flycatchers breed locally in the Black Hills of South Dakota (Peterson 1990) and were presumed to occur in western Nebraska. Here, we report the capture of three Dusky Flycatchers in Kimball County and three additional sight records from western Nebraska.
On 31 August 2000, we were mist netting below the dam of Oliver Reservoir …
The 2000-2001 Nebraska Christmas Bird Count, Stephen J. Dinsmore
The 2000-2001 Nebraska Christmas Bird Count, Stephen J. Dinsmore
Nebraska Bird Review
The 2000-2001 Christmas Bird Count (CBC) period included nine counts in Nebraska, down one from last year. New this year was the resurrected Crawford count while Kearney and Dakota-Dix were missing (Table 1). These counts reported a total of 117 species and nearly 138,000 individuals, which is not bad for such a cold count period. Counts were scattered statewide, but most effort was in the eastern half of the state where most of the birders are. The top count again this year was Lake McConaughy with 93 species. Other excellent totals included 71 at Harlan County and 65 at Branched …
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review March 2001
Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review March 2001
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): $14.00 in the United States; $18.00 for all foreign countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United States, and $5.00 everywhere else. Send orders for back issues to Mary Prichard, NOU Librarian, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.
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