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Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1966) 34(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

Treasurer's Report - 1965 ................................................................ 22

Progress Report on the Prairie Grouse Nesting Study in the Nebraska Sandhills ............................................................ 23

Nesting Birds of the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge .... 31

1965 Christmas Count ............................................ ............................. 35

Excerpts from Letters ............................................................................. 39

Nesting Report - 1965 ........................................................................ 41

Western Kingbird Nesting in the Nebraska Sandhills ................ 44

Hooded Warbler in Logan County ...................................... 44

Nesting Birds Of The Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Roger S. Sharpe, Raphael Richard Payne

Nebraska Bird Review

The Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in Garden County near the heart of the Nebraska Sandhill Lakes Region. This country is principally rolling mid-grass prairie, the hills reaching a height of as much as 200 feet above the wet meadows. A good portion of the refuge's 46,000 acres consists of these lush meadows which are pocked by marshes, potholes and small lakes. Natural drainage from the surrounding sandhills and springs in the basins feed these water bodies.

The lakes are quite shallow, reaching a depth of perhaps 15 feet. They are alkaline yet are not so highly basic …

Zoo Aids Eagles In Birth Attempt, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Cedar Waxwing Is Noted For Plumage, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Friday Evening edition

1966 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International "Little I" Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Wildlife Week Protection Of Beauty Being Asked, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky University Farm, Larry Mutter

WKU Administration Documents

Report regarding the use of the WKU Farm as laboratory, as demonstration farm, in research projects and for farm group meetings. Includes discussion of crops and livestock.

Most Birds In This Area Get Big Jump On Spring, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Stamp To Mark Canadian Pactr On Control Of Migratory Birds, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Billy Adams

WKU Administration Documents

Report regarding use of WKU Farm in instruction with list of recommendations for improving the farm and its operation.

Birds Taking To The Turrnpike, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Orland Alford

WKU Administration Documents

Report regarding the management of the WKU Farm.

Ua3/3/1 Comments On Activities At The Western Kentucky State College Farm, Randolph Richards

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Farm report emphasizing ongoing research projects, crops and livestock yields and physical facilities.

Loons Demonstrate Fondness For Benbrook Lake, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Voluntary Intake Of Forage By Holstein Cows As Influenced By Lactation, Gestation, Body Weight, And Frequency Of Feeding, W. L. Johnston, G. W. Trimberger, M. J. Wright, L. Dale Van Vleck, C. R. Henderson

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Relationships involving forage appetite and frequency of feeding forage were studied with high-producing Holstein cows, including 60 complete cow lactations and 49 records of the dry period. Significant correlation (r= .59) was obtained between forage dry matter intake and 4% FCM yield in the lactation period. Patterns of forage DM intake were affected strongly by different stages of the lactation and dry periods. Infrequent periods of hot summer weather decreased intake and milk yield by about 10%. Individual cow differences, however, were the most important source of variation in forage DM intake. Age, body weight changes, body condition, and stage …

Communication Among Birds Questioned By Ornithologists, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Bird Tour Field Now Larger Specialized Trips Cover Continents, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 42, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Day Of Berry Harvest Bad One For Big Cedar Waxwing Flock, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Watchful Couple Birds Just Won't Respect Their Cards, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Laughing Gulls Serve As Welcoming Party, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Gull Sighting Near Cleburne Stirs Bird Watchers' Interest (Kit, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

135,618 Birds Of 103 Species Spoted In Holiday Count Here, Jessie Maye Smith

Jessie Maye Smith Birds and Watchers Columns Collection

No abstract provided.

Annual And Season Weight Changes In A Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel Population, Itasca State Park, Minnesota, Bonnie M. Hohn, William H. Marshall

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The ecology of the thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Citellus tridecemlineotus) has been under investigation since 1954 on the grounds of the University of Minnesota Forestry and Biological Station located in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. Over the 11-year period, data have been collected on individuals of this small, relatively isolated, population. Studies of population dynamics, movements, activity patterns, and weights have been stressed, chiefly during the three summer months of June, July, and August. In 1964, the senior author carried out field work for the entire season from April 30 to September 14.

Ua3/3/1 The Economical Approach To Raising Dairy Herd Replacements, With Emphasis On Source Of Protein, Henry Amos, Larry Mutter

WKU Administration Documents

Research project with three objectives:

1. To arrive at the approximate dollar cost of raising dairy herd replacements
2. To determine whether it is possible for the young ruminant animal to utilize non-protein nitrogen to meet part of the protein requirement for growth.
3. To attempt to reduce the cost of raising dairy herd replacements to the College Farm by breeding the heifers to calve at 21-24 months of age rather than the system employed in the past which placed heifers in production at 30-36 months of age.

Growth Rates At Various Temperatures Of The Orange-Throat Darter Etheostoma Spectabile (Agassiz), Boyce W. West

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Fisheries Report No 3 - Western Australian Freshwater Fisheries, Donald D. Francois

Fisheries Research Reports

Most of the Australian States have a comprehensive system of inland waterways, Western Australia, however, is in a less fortunate position. True, the maps of the State show many rivers, but in much of the southern, more populous part, with no summer rain and no winter snow, the majority are virtually a chain of waterholes during the long summer months. At the same time, in a relatively small section in the south-west corner, there is a series of permanent streams flowing through what was originally dense forest. But apart from the three indigenous freshwater crustaceans, the marron (Cherax tenuimanus), the …

Behavior Of The Australian Musk Duck And Blue-Billed Duck, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

Sexual displays of the Musk Duck and Blue-billed Duck are described and illustrated. The displays of male Musk Ducks comprise a series of three forms exhibiting increasing ritualization, complexity, and time-interval constancy. All of them have conspicuous auditory characteristics as well as variously conspicuous visual features. Displays in the species appear to have evolved under the influence of intense sexual selection resulting from what is probably a more completely promiscuous mating system than occurs in any other species of Anatidae. These selective pressures have also probably promoted the evolution of such features as large size and extreme sexual dimorphism that …

Down But Not Out [Milk Fever], F C. Wilkinson

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The five-year-old Jersey cow pictured had calved overnight.

In the previous year this cow had been the highest producer in the herd, so the farmer was very pleased to see she had produced a heifer calf.

Good Management For The Springers Pays Dividends, J Y. Langdon

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

This article gives a striking example of the advantages of calving cows in good and rising condition—and explains why condition around calving time is so important.

ALTHOUGH most farmers know that cows calving in good and improving condition will give higher yields than those calving in poor condition, few use this knowledge to improve the production from their cows.