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An Analysis Of Migration Schedules Of Non-Passerine Birds In Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard

Nebraska Bird Review

One of the major components of the Nebraska Bird Review since its inception has been the annual spring migration and occurrence report, and in more recent years the fall occurrence report has become equally important. Yet, other than an uncompleted effort by W. F. Rapp, Jr. to summarize the first 25 years of spring migration data, these records apparently have not been analyzed by anyone. Part of the problem is the sheer mass of data to be assimilated, and a second issue is the question of how to classify certain species, for the analysis of a winter visitor required different …

A Ground Dove At Desoto Nwr, Loren Padelford, Babs Padelford

Nebraska Bird Review

A Ground Dove was sighted at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge on 18 November 1979, for about ten minutes around 11 AM, in the hedgerows opposite the entrance to the nature trail, south of the swimming beach.

It was a small dove, only slightly longer but chunkier than Tree Sparrows sitting in the same small tree. There was gray scalloping on the head and breast, the eye was dark, the beak light colored at the base, with the rest appearing dark. The wing was grayish with black speckling from shoulder to tip. We noticed a short tail when the bird was …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1977) 45(3)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1977 (Fifty-second) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report .............................34

Poor-wills in Lancaster and Saunders Counties............................42

The Swanskin ............................................. 45

Book Reviews .................................................................. 50

Notes ......................................................................... 51

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1975) 43(3)

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1975 (Fiftieth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ... 46

Young Mountain Plover Seen in Kimball County ... 54

Notes ... 57

A Sutton's Warbler? ... 62

Scott's Oriole Reported ... 64

1975 Fall Field Day ... 66

A Junco Is a Junco Is a Junco ... 67

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Honorary Member - Carl H. Swanson ... 22

The Seventy-second Annual Meeting ... 23

The Yellow Rail in Nebraska ... 24

1972 (Fifteenth) Fall Occurrence Report ... 28

Notes ... 42

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Turkey Vulture Nesting Records for Nebraska - A New Record for Sheridan County ................19

A Lancaster County Record for the Surf Scoter ................21

1970 (Thirteenth) Fall Occurrence Report................22

The Seventieth Annual Meeting................ 36

Notes ................37

Book Review ................40

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1970 (Forty-fifth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ................74

1970 Fall Field Day ................87

Book Review ................88

Notes ................88

Index of Volume XXXVIII ................93

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CONTENTS

Introduction ............................................................... 43

Description of Gage County ................................................................ 43

Check-list of Gage County Birds-Introduction ............................ 44

Definitions of Terms ................................................................................ 45

Loons; Grebes ............................................................................................ 45

Pelicans; Cormorants; Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns; Geese ........................................................................ 46

Ducks .............................................................. 47

Mergansers; Vultures; Kites and Hawks ............................................ 48

Eagles and Harriers; Osprey; Falcons ................................................ 49

Grouse; Quail and Pheasants; Turkeys; Cranes; Rails, Gallinules and Coots; Plovers and Killdeer; Woodcock ........................................................ 50

Snipe, Curlews, Sandpipers, and Godwits ........................................ 51

Avocets; Phalaropes; Gulls and Terns; Doves; Cuckoos; Barn Owl ............................................................................................ 52

Typical Owls; Poor-will and Nighthawks; Swifts; Hummingbirds; Kingfishers .......................................................... 53

Woodpeckers; Kingbirds and Flycatchers …

Nebraska Bird Review (January 1967) 35(1), Whole Issue

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1966 (Forty-first) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ... 2

Addition to 1965 Fall Record Report ... 22

1966 Fall Field Day ... 22

1966 Winter Meeting ... 22

Notes ... 23

In Memoriam—George W. Keim ... 24

—William G. Youngworth ... 24

Nebraska Bird Review (January 1965) 33(1), Whole Issue

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Bird Records from Northern Nebraska during the Breeding Season...................2

Two Species of Ibis Seen in Nebraska in May, 1964 ...................6

Nesting Report, 1964 ...................9

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Nesting in Clay County................... 14

Song Sparrow Nesting at Plattsmouth ...................14

A Changed Habitat ...................15

General Notes................... 18

Excerpts from Letters ...................19

Fall Field Day ...................20

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"Twin nests" of House Wren, picture ... 2

Trees and Shrubs of Value as a Food Source to Migratory and Non-Migratory Bird Life in the Sandhill Region of Central Nebraska ... 3

Summer Birds of Camp Opal Springs, 1958-1959 ... 5

Some Observations of Bird Behaviorisms in and Near Traps and Nets ... 7

Nesting Study of Long-Eared Owls in Box Butte County ... 10

General Notes ... 11

Excerpts from Letters ... 13

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Migration and Occurrence Report .......................58

Index .......................80

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How To Keep A Bird File ...............................2

Making Bird Study Interesting To Young People ............4

News and Notes ....................................................6

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration, Part 9 .......7

Notes On Robin Nesting In Cass County ..................12

Fall Field Day 1954 .......................15

General Notes .....................................................19

Book Reviews .......................23

Communications.......................24

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Birds of Chadron State Park, Doris Gates ... 19

News and Notes ... 23

Hawks and Owl Photographs, Adrian C. Fox ... 24

Twenty-five Year Summary of Bird Migration in Nebraska, Part 5 William F. Rapp, Jr. ... 26

Book Review ... 28

County Bird Clubs, Wilson Tout ... 29

Additions to the N.O.U. Library ... 30

Announcement ... 30

General Notes ... 31

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Notes on the Nesting of the Black-crowned Night Heron at the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge ....................63

Announcements ....................64

General Notes ....................65

Constitution and By-Laws of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union ....................71

Mourning Doves ••• Photographed by Don W. Carter ....................74

Book Reviews ....................76

Twenty-Sixth annual Cooperative Spring Migration Report ....................77

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Contents of Volume 17 Numbers 1 & 2

Founders of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Wilson Tout ...............1

Notes on the Small Mammal Content of Pellets of the Barn Owl in Nebraska
J. Knox Jones ...............4

News and Comments ...............5

Book Reviews ...............6, 24

Minutes of the Forty-eighth Annual Meeting...............7

Report of the Treasurer............... 8

Report of the Annual Field Day ...............17

Minutes of the October Executive Meeting ...............18

President's Page ...............20

Sale of N.O.U. Publications ...............22

Twenty-fifth Annual Spring Migration Report ...............23

Index to Volume 17, 1949

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1948) 16(2a), Whole Issue.

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Migration Observers Wanted...........Chandler S. Robbins 72

Recent Changes in Nomenclature of Nebraska Birds...R. Allyn Moser 74

The Omaha Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union...........75

Nebraska Birds in the G. D. Swezey Cabinet of Natural History at Doane College....William F. Rapp, Jr. 76

The 1948 Spring Season in the Crete Area............Rosetta A. Grefe 80

N.O.U. Co-operative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for the First Half of 1948............83

Obituary............91

General Notes............92

Announcements............96

Book Reviews............82, 98

Index To Volume Xv, Number 2, Florence J. Patton

Nebraska Bird Review

Accipitriidae, 25

Adams County, 45

Anatidae, 25

Announcements, 60

Bird Departure Dates, 1

Blackbird, Brewers, 45, 47; Red-winged, Eastern, 50; Yellow-headed, 39

Bluebird, Eastern, 29, 38, 50; Mountain, 52

Bobolink, 46, 47

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Willet, Western, 48

Woodcock, 53

Woodpecker, Hairy, 27; Northern Downy, 27, 50; Red-headed, 27; Western Red-bellied, 26, 39

Wren, Carolina, 42, 48; House, 39, 50; Prairie Marsh, 43; Rock, 46, 52

Yellow-throat, Northern, 50

Index To Volume Xv, Number 1, A. C. Fox, M. L. Hanson

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams County, 19

Agate, Nebraska, 24

Ager, James: The Snowy Owl in Kearney County, 18

Allen, Robert P., 22

Anderson, Dana: Waxwings at Columbus, Platte County, 16

Baldpate, 33

Benckeser, Harold R.: Notes on Wintering Birds in Keith County, 14; Occurrence of Gyrfalcon in Keith County, 18

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Witschy, Mrs. Rey: Field Day Notes from Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, 20

Woodpecker: Downy, 19, 20, 21, 33; Eastern Hairy, 14; Hairy, 19, 20, 21; Northern Downy, 14; Red-bellied, 19, 21; Red-headed, 20, 21, 33

Wren: Common Rock, 33; House, 21, 23, 24; Western House, 20, 33

Yellow-legs, 20; Greater, …

Index To Volume Xiv, Wilson Tout

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams County 19, 46

Ager, James H. 19

Announcements 24

Benkeser, Harold R. 21

Birds of Great Britain 10

Blinco, Mrs. George 45

Bluebird, Eastern 20

Bob-white 34

Brooking, Mrs. A. M. 46; Albert M. An Obituary 27

Brown, Eddie 20

Buffalo County 20, 46

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Wampole, John 23, 45

Warbler, Black-poll 22; Northern Parula 46; Yellow 22

Waxwing, Bohemian 45

Woodpecker, Hairy 22; Eastern Hairy 21; Downy 20, 22; Red-headed 22

Wren, House 22

Yellowlegs, Lesser 22

Yellowthroat, Northern 22

Index To Volume Xiii, Wilson Tout

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams County 52

Anas discors 43; acuta tzitzihoa 43; platyrhynchos platyrhynchos 43

Announcements 46, 73

Ardea herodias 44

Avocet 44

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Warbler, Alaska Myrtle 2; Cape May 44; Chestnut-sided 50; Hooded 45; Mourning 50; Newfoundland Yellow 1; Prothonotary 44, 51; Wilson's 50

Washington County 50

Waxwing, Cedar 50

Weakly, Harry E. 43, 45

Widgeon, European 44

Wiley, Arthur 50

Wilson, Lincoln E. 50, 51

Wilsonia citrini 45

Wren, Carolina 52; Texas 2; Winter 44

Woodpecker, Downy 53; Western Red-headed 1

Zimmer, John T. 41

Nebraska Bird Review (July-December 1944) 12(2), Whole Issue

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A Survey of Nesting Birds in the Fontenelle Forest, by Dr. Frederic D. Garrett … 25

N.O.U. Cooperative Bird Migration and Occurrence List for First Half of 1944 … 31

General Notes … 40

Changes in Nomenclature and Subspecific Status of Nebraska Birds … 44

Miscellaneous … 51

Membership Roll of the N.O.U. … 52

Index To Volume Xii, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Abies lasiocarpa, 41.

Alectoris graeca chukar, 2.

Audubon Wildlife Screen Tours, 22, 56.

Avocet, 34.

Bald pate, 33.

Bartramia longicauda, 2.

Bittern, American, 13, 21, 33.

Blackbird, Brewer’s, 38; Red-winged, 9, 13, 38; Rusty, 16, 38; Yellow-headed, 13, 21, 38.

Blinco, Mrs. George, Article by, 8–9.

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Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 13, 15, 16, 21, 35; Lewis’s, 35; Northern Downy, 13, 15, 16, 21, 30, 35; Red-bellied, 13, 15, 16, 21, 30, 35; Red-headed, 16, 21, 28, 35.

Wren, Bewick’s, 36, 43; Carolina, 36; House, 27, 30, 36; Prairie Marsh, 36; Western House, 9, 10, 13, …

Index To Volume Xi, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Adams, A. A., 7, 13; Miss Joyce, 13; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J., 15.

Anhinga, 33.

Arbuckle, Col., 7.

Armitage, Ben., 7.

Asyndesmus lewis, 18.

Audubon, 31.

Avocet, 17.

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Yellow-legs, Greater, 12, 40; Lesser, 10, 12, 14, 15, 40.

Yellow-throat (subsp.), 14, 44; Florida, 36; Northern, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16; Western, 12.

Young, Mrs., 20.

Zimmer, John T., Article on Doctor’s Degree Awarded, 21–22, 49.

Zwink, Chris, 7.

Index To Volume X, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Aegialtis meloda, 34, 35; meloda circumcintus, 34, 35, 36.

Adams, Miss Beulah, article by, 52.

Ajaia ajaia, 52.

Andrena swenki, 5.

Annual Meeting, 43rd Minutes of, 22–25.

Avocet, 46.

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Woodpecker, Downy, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49, 55; Eastern Hairy, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49, 55; Ivory-billed, 54; Lewis’s, 54; Red-bellied, 25, 26, 28, 49; Red-headed, 26, 27, 28, 30, 49.

Wren, Bewick’s, 50; House, 26, 27, 28, 30, 50.

Yellow-legs, Greater, 26, 48; Lesser, 25, 26, 28, 30, 48.

Yellow-throat, Northern, 26, 27, 28, 50; Western, 30.

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The Present Status of the Greater Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse in the Sandhill Region of Nebraska, by Glenn Viehmeyer ... 1

The First Wildlife Inventory of Nebraska Shelterbelts, by Carroll F. Orendurff ... 7

Nesting of the Great Horned Owl in Douglas County, by F. W. Haecker ... 8

General Notes ... 11

Minutes of the Forty-second Annual Meeting ... 19

Report on the Thirty-ninth Annual Field Day ... 24

Index To Volume Ix, Jane B. Swenk

Nebraska Bird Review

Andropogon furcatus Muhlenberg, 3, 6; hallii Hackel, 3, 6; scoparius Michaux, 6.

Agropyron smithii Rydberg, 6.

Ash, green, 7.

Avocet, 32, 37.

Anthus spinoletta rubescens, 43.

A.O.U. Meeting at Denver by Miss Mary Elsworth, 44.

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Woodcock, 32.

Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34, 38; Northern Downy, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24, 34; Red-bellied, 15, 16, 18, 19, 38; Red-headed, 24, 38; Pileated, 32.

Wood Pewee, 34; Eastern, 24, 38.

Wren, Baird’s, 44; Bewick’s, 33, 39, 44, 45; Prairie Marsh, 39; Rock, 32, 39; Short-billed Marsh, 32; Texas, 44; Western House, 24, 34, 39. …

Index To Volume Viii

Nebraska Bird Review

Amundson, Geno A., article by, 19.

Avocet, 20, 21, 61, 78, 85, 86.

Baldpate, 5, 13, 16, 76, 84, 97, 104.

Bittern, American, 13, 50, 60, 76, 86, 87, 90, 104.

Blackbird, Brewer, 21, 81, 84, 94; Red-winged (subsp.), 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21, 31, 44, 53, 56, 58, 62, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 105; Rusty, 5, 28, 57, 81; Yellow-headed, 6, 17, 20, 21, 26, 57, 81, 86.

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Wren, Common Rock, 62, 85; Eastern Carolina, 17; Western House, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 19, 52, 57, 59, 79, 85, 86, 89, …

Index To Volume Vii

Nebraska Bird Review

Aechmophorus occidentalis, 30.

Aristonetta valisneria, 1.

Avocet, 18, 31, 39, 47.

Baldpate, 1, 14, 35, 37, 47.

Bittern, American, 4, 36, 37, 47; Eastern Least, 36.

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Wren, Common Rock, 6, 40, 47; Eastern Carolina, 36; Eastern Winter, 19, 20, 34; Long-billed Marsh, 35; Western House, 6, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 23, 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 47.

Yellowlegs, Greater, 35, 38, 47; Lesser, 14, 15, 29, 31, 35, 38, 47.

Yellow-throat, Northern Maryland, 9, 14, 17, 23, 30, 32, 36, 41; Western Maryland, 47.

Youngworth, Wm., article by, 8.

Index To Volume Vi

Nebraska Bird Review

Aechmorphorus occidentalis, 1.

Agelaius phoeniceus fortis, 4.

American Golden-eye, 36.

Anus platyrhynchos platyrhynchos, 2.

Anderson, Dana, article by, 29.

Antrostomus vociferus vociferus, 7.

Aquila chrysaetos canadensis, 17.

Ardea herodias treganzai, 1.

Asyndesmus lewis, 14.

Avocet, 2, 14, 38.

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Yellowlegs, Greater, 11, 12, 44; Lesser, 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 37, 44, 47.

Yellow-throat, Maryland (subsp.), 18, 40; Northern Maryland, 13; Western Maryland, 4, 10, 11, 47.

Youngworth, Wm., articles by, 6, 17.

Zenaidura macroura marginella, 3.