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An Analysis Of Migration Schedules Of Passerine Birds In Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard
An Analysis Of Migration Schedules Of Passerine Birds In Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard
Nebraska Bird Review
An Analysis of Migration Schedules of Passerine Birds in Nebraska
The format of this paper follows my earlier one on non·passerine species (NBR 48:26-36). Eastern Kingbird. Seventy-three initial spring sightings range from 24 March to 29 May with a median of 3 May. Half of the records fall within the period 1-7 May. The range of 126 final fall sightings is from 4 August to 14 October, with a median of 9 September. Half of the records fall within the period 116 September.
Western Kingbird. The range of 117 initial spring sightings is from 30 April to 26 May, …
An Analysis Of Migration Schedules Of Non-Passerine Birds In Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard
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
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 …