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1981 Christmas Count

Nebraska Bird Review

Eighty-eight species (fourteen less than last year) were reported in the 1981 Christmas Count, and one species (two less than last year) was reported present during the count week but not recorded on the count day on any count. Seven localities reported this year, the same as last year, but Grand Island and Tri-state replaced Kearney and Hastings. Two additional races were reported, the same as last year. The individual count this year was 64,054, compared to 317,910 last year. The drop in the Snow Goose (178,719) and Mallard (81,291) counts more than accounts for the difference. Nineteen species were …

1981 (Twenty-Fourth) Fall Occurrence Report

Nebraska Bird Review

Two hundred seventy-seven species (plus free-flying Mute Swans) are listed in this report, from 14 localities. Comparable figures for previous years are: 281 species (and a possible Veery) from 12 localities in 1980, 284 from 11 in 1979, and 269 from 12 in 1978.

The information is presented in a rough west (left) to east (right) order, with locations of about the same longitude listed with the northernmost first. Two dates indicate the first and last records for the period. The symbols used are:

Jl, Au, Sp, Ot, No, and Om for the months

A as a column heading for …

Correction To 1981 Spring Migration Report

Nebraska Bird Review

CORRECTION TO 1981 SPRING MIGRATION REPORT

The last line for Northern Shrike did not print (NBR 49:49). The missing final records are: Scottsbluff Ja 16, Garden Mr 3, Boone Fe 19, and Lancaster Ja 11.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1982) 50(1)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1981 Treasurer's Report................... 2

1981 (Twenty-fourth) Fall Occurrence Report ...................3

Correction to 1981 Spring Migration Report ...................9

White-tailed Kite in Garden County................... 10

Notes................... 12

1981 Christmas Count ...................16

Stimulus Control Exerted By Remember Cues Over Processing In Pigeons’ Short-Term Memory, Patricia E. Hernandez Torres

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The aim of the present research was to provide further evidence regarding the role of remember cues on pigeon short-term memory. The first two experiments were conducted to determine whether, using a single cuing procedure, control over delayed matching-to-sample (DMTS) performance could be demonstrated by establishing a no cue condition as an implicit cue to forget. In Experiment 1, subjects were provided with training in a procedure where both forget cue (F) and no cues indicated the omission of the comparison stimuli at the end of the delay interval. In Experiment 2, naive subjects were trained with remember (R) and …

1981 Fall Field Day

Nebraska Bird Review

About forty people participated in the 1981 Fall Field Day, which was scheduled from noon Saturday 3 October to noon Sunday 4 October, but which was anticipated by early arrivals Friday and on Saturday morning. The weather was windy and cool, the skies overcast much of the time, with some rain Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning overcast so that it was hard to get colors. But almost as soon as the meeting broke up Sunday noon the sky cleared and everybody went home in bright sunshine. There was a slide show Saturday night. Of the reports on unusual species, submitted …

Additional Spring Migration Report

Nebraska Bird Review

The McPherson County report, Mrs. Oona Basset, Tryon, reporter, was received too late to be included in the regular tabulation (NBR 49:38). Mrs. Bassett returned to the ranch 21 May, so that winter birds and early migrants are not included. The 54 species are: Grebe, Horned Je 14-30, Eared My 22 -S, Western Je 14; White Pelican My 24 -S, Great Blue Heron My 27 -S, Mallard Je 1 -S, Pintail Je 1 -S, Blue-winged Teal Je 24 -S, Northern Shoveler My 27 -S, Redhead Je 1, Canvasback Je 1, Ruddy Duck My 22 ·S, Swainson's Hawk My 22 …

Book Review- Nebraska Bird Review (December 1981)

Nebraska Bird Review

Birds - Their Latin Names Explained, A.F. Gotch, 348 pp., 5½; x 8½;, Blandford Press, England, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York. Hardbound, indexed, $22.50.

"The first five chapters of the book explain the system of classification started by the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné during the eighteenth century, and which became known as the Binominal System. Chapter 6 then sets out this system with reference to the Class Aves the birds - and each of the following chapters is devoted to one of the 27 Orders of birds." In these last chapters the author gives the Order, Family, …

Index Of Volume 49

Nebraska Bird Review

Index of Volume 49

A-Z

Alexander, George and Irene 6
Alfred, Norris 24, 30
Avocet, American 8, 10, 44, 64
Ball, David 7
Bamberger, Mary 17
Bandy, Molly 17
Banghart, Mrs. Harry 7, 19(3), 43
Bassett. Mrs. Oona 18, 64
Bedell, Paul 6, 39, 41(2)
Bellinghiere, Stephen 7
Benedict, Russell 7
Bennett, Dr. Esther V. 26
1980 Nebraska Nesting Survey Bigelow, Lucile 7
Bittern, American 15, 38 Least 38,41

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Yellowlegs, Greater 17, 18, 29, 40, 43
Lesser 18, 18-19, 29, 43 sp. 18, 41

Yellowthroat, Common 53, 64

Young, Joe 6

Zeillemaker, C. Fred 40, 43
Melly 17, 40

Notes- Nebraska Bird Review (December 1981), Iola Pennington, Harold Turner, Gary Lingle, J.C.W. Bliese, Ross Lock

Nebraska Bird Review

DIXON COUNTY. In mid-March 1981 there were thousands of Snow Geese on the Missouri near Ponca, also Canadas, and we saw 6 White-fronteds up close in a plowed field. We also saw lots of ducks: Pintails, Ring-necks, Redheads, Mallards, and others. We saw Field Sparrows, and in town White-breasted Nuthatches, Robins, and Starlings were everywhere.

-Iola Pennington, Wauneta, NE 69045

GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN. On 12 December 1980 I flushed a Greater Prairie Chicken. I could clearly see the black band across the tail, indicating a male. A short time afterwards I was visiting at my brother's place, and they said …

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (December 1981) 49(4).

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc. as its official journal and sent free to all members who are not in arrears for dues. Subscriptions (on a calendar year basis only) are $6.00 per year in the United States and $7.00 per year in all other countries, payable in advance. Single numbers are $1.75 each, postpaid.

Memberships (on a calendar year basis only): Student, $3.00; Active, $7.00; Sustaining, $15.00; Family Active, $10.00; Family Sustaining, $20.00; Life, $100.00.

All dues and subscriptions should be remitted to the Treasurer, W.W. Lemburg, R.R. 1, Box 96, …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1981) 49(4)

Nebraska Bird Review

Index of Volume 49

Raptor Rehabilitation - A Positive Conservation Approach ....................58

Additional Spring Migration Reports ....................64

Book Reviews ....................65

1981 Fall Field Day ....................65

Notes ....................66

Index of Volume 49 ....................66

Bulletin No. 27: Birds Of Connecticut Salt Marshes - 50th Anniversary, James Stone, J. Susan Cole-Stone, William A. Niering

Bulletins

48 pp. 1981. Illustrations and descriptions of 24 birds commonly seen on our tidal marshes.

Additional Christmas Count

Nebraska Bird Review

Additional Christmas Count

Information on the Norfolk Christmas Count was received after the tabulation was published (NBR). The count was taken 20 December 1980 from 7 AM to 5:30 PM, temperature was from -1 ° to 15° F, and wind from the south at 8 mph. The count was centered on the intersection of US 275 and US 81 (13th Street and Norfolk Avenue). Since the 15 December 1979 count was not included in the 1979 tabulation (NBR 48:15) it is also included (the first figure is for 1979).

1981 (Fifty-Sixth) Spring Migration And Occurrence Report

Nebraska Bird Review

Two hundred ninety-eight species are listed in this report, from 12 locations. The comparable figures from 1980 are 298 species from 14 locations; 1979292 from 12; and 1978300 from 13.

The symbols used in the tabulation are:

Ja, Fe, Mr, Ap, My, and Je for the months

P to indicate a species which is present all the year, although the same individuals may not be present during the whole year, and the numbers may vary greatly between periods. p to indicate a species which is permanent in Garden Co. but not at the Refuge. -S to indicate a species which …

Book Review Nebraska Bird Review Sep 1981 49(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Furbearing Animals of North America, Leonard Lee Rue III, viii +344 pages, 7½ x 9½, Crown Publishers, Inc. New York. Hardbound, indexed, $19.95.

The Bird Identification Calendar, Common Birds of North America, 1982, illustrated by John Sill. Prepared under the direction of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. 12 x 9. The Stephen Greene Press, Brattleboro, Vermont. With self-mailer, $6.95.

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (September 1981) 49(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March. June. September. and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. Inc. as its official journal and sent free to all members who are not in anears for dues. Subscriptions (on acalendar year basts only) are $6.00 per year in the United States and $7.00 per year in all other countries, payable in advance. Single numbers are $1.75 each, postpaid.

Memberships (on a calendar year basis only): Student. $3.00; Active. $7.00; Sustaining. $15.00; Family Active. $10.00; Family. Sustaining. $20.00; Life. $100.00.

Notes [September 1981]

Nebraska Bird Review

GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE. The note on Great-tailed Grackles at Columbus (NBR 49:28) incorrectly described them as "nesting"; Prof. Holtz's report said only "a pair of Greattailed Grackles". This error apparently came from overloading memory before typing in transcribing the report.

CHASE COUNTY. Iola Pennington, Wauneta, made five reports on her observations at Wauneta, Enders Reservoir, and Champion from 25 February to 26 April 1981. The birds on the first report had been there earlier, and except for the last report only the more notable species were reported: Geese: Canada 2/25, Snow 4/2; Mallard 2/25-4/26, Gadwall 3/27, Pintail 2/254/ 2; Teal: Green-winged …

Key To Trematodes Reported In Waterfowl, Malcolm Edwin Mcdonald

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

This key is the second in a series for identification of the helminths reported in waterfowl (Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes). The first was a key to nematodes (McDonald 1974).

The trematodes show the greatest variety of forms among the helminth parasites of waterfowl, including over half of all species reported; sometimes this group also includes the greatest part of the worms in a single bird. Over 500 species of trematodes have been reported in waterfowl. Almost all of these have been included in the present set of keys; it was not possible, however, to obtain the descriptions of a few …

Nebraska Bird Review- Whole Issue September 1981 Volume 49 Number 3

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1981 (Fifty-sixth) Spring Migratlon and Occurrence Report.........38

Breeding Season Occurrence of Sharp-Shinned Hawks in Southeast Nebraska.........44

Breeding of the Least Tern and Piping Plover on the lower Platte River, Nebraska.........45

Breeding of the Great tailed Grackle In Lancaster County.........52

Notes.........53

Additional Christmas Count......... 54

Book Review......... 56

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay For Anatid Herpesvirus, Margaret Anne Lewis

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Duck plague virus causes a hemorrhagic disease affecting the family Anatidae, resulting in 60-80% mortality in captive flocks. Plaque and neutralization assays for Anatid herpesvirus (AHV) require 5-10 days for completion and are restricted by the seasonal availability of fertile duck eggs. The enzyme linked innnunosorbent assay (ELISA) is rapid and specific and avoids the use of living cells. The Holland strain of AHV was grown on duck embryo fibroblasts and purified by banding on CsCl gradients. The resulting virus was used to raise antisera in prebled New Zealand white male rabbits. Antibody production was confirmed in double diffusion plates …

Lewis' Woodpeckers In Western Nebraska, Doris Gates

Nebraska Bird Review

On 30 August 1980, Dr. Randy Lawson from Chadron State College reported to me that Lewis' Woodpeckers (Asyndesmus lewis) were in a dead elm tree about eight miles south of Chadron on the west side of U.S. Highway 385. We observed them for about an hour, and in the afternoon, Marj Blinde and I watched them for about an hour more. They numbered at least 12 and flew from the elm to fence posts and telephone posts nearby.

They performed the fly catching actions for which they are noted, but it seemed the attraction of this particular location …

1981 Bald Eagle Count, George W. Brown

Nebraska Bird Review

A Bald Eagle count was made 10 January 198L The temperature was 18° to 46°F.; cloudy, to clear in the afternoon; no snow; wind SSW 18 mph, to calm in the afternoon; river open; 3 parties, headed by John CW, Bliese, George W. Brown, and Stan Longfellow.

Nebraska Bird Review Last Page 49(2) June 1981

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Table of Contents

1980 (Twenty-third Fall Occurrence Report) …………….14

Correction to 1980 Spring Migration Report …………….20

Correction to 1980 Nebraska Nesting Survey …………….20

The Eightieth Annual Meeting……………. 21

Notes……………. 23

Captive Breeding of Barn Owls in Nebraska- Initial Efforts……………. 31

Lewis' Woodpeckers in Western Nebraska …………….33

1981 Bald Eagle Count …………….34

Wintering Bald Eagles at Southwest Nebraska Reservoirs……………. 34

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (June 1981) 49(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc. as its official journal and sent free to all members who are not in arrears for dues. Subscriptions (on a calendar year basis only) are $6.00 per year In the United States and $7.00 per year in all other countries, payable in advance. Single numbers are $1.75 each, postpaid.

Memberships (on a calendar year basis only): Student, $3.00; Active, $7.00; Sustaining, $15.00; Family Active, $10.00; Family Sustaining, $2000; Life, $100.00.

All dues and subscriptions should be remitted to the Treasurer, W.W. Lemburg, RR. 1, Box 96, …

The Eightieth Annual Meeting

Nebraska Bird Review

THE EIGHTIETH ANNUAL MEETING

Fifty-one persons registered for the eightieth Annual Meeting, and related activities, which took place in Grand Island 15 and 16 May 1981, and on the Lemburg farm, north of Cairo, 17 May. During the Friday night get-together and slide show rain began to fall, and there was almost continuous light to moderate rain for the rest of the period, for a total of two inches or so. At the Annual Meeting, held Saturday afternoon, the following officers were elected: Dr. Stanley Longfellow, Kearney, president; Mr. C. Fred Zeillemaker, Crescent Lake NWR, vice-president; Mrs. Emma Johnson, Omaha, …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1981) 49(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1980 (Twenty-third) Fall Occurrence Report. ................ 14

Correction to 1980 Spring Migration Report ................ 20

Correction to 1980 Nebraska Nesting Survey ................20

The Eightieth Annual Meeting ................21

Notes ................23

Captive Breeding of Barn Owls in Nebraska ~ Initial Efforts ................31

Lewis' Woodpeckers in Western Nebraska ................ 33

1981 Bald Eagle Count ................ 34

Wintering Bald Eagles at Southwest Nebraska Reservoirs................34

1980 (Twenty-Third) Fall Occurrence Report

Nebraska Bird Review

Two hundred eighty-one species (plus a possible Veery) are listed in this report, from 12 localities. Comparable figures for prior years are: 284 species from 11 localities in 1979, 269 from 12 in 1978, and 267 from 11 in 1977.

The information is presented in a rough west (left) to east (right) order, with locations of about the same longitude listed with the northernmost first. Two dates indicate the first and last records for the period. The symbols used are

Jl, Au, Sp, Ot, No, and Dm for months

P to indicate a species which is present all the year, …

Correction To 1980 Spring Migration Report, Alice Kenitz

Nebraska Bird Review

CORRECTION TO 1980 SPRING MIGRATION REPORT. For Garden County, the departure date for Ring-necked Duck was 27 June, and for Bufflehead it was 25 June. The report showed only the initial dates for these two species. (NBR 48:71 and 72).

Wintering Bald Eagles At Southwest Nebraska Reservoirs, David E. Busch

Nebraska Bird Review

As a part of Water and Power Resources Service (formerly Bureau of Reclamation) compliance with endangered species mandates, a study of Bald Eagle use of Lower Missouri Region reservoirs was initiated during the winter of 1979. The author, headquartered in McCook, surveyed a number of reservoirs in Kansas and Nebraska, including Nebraska's four southwest reservoirs.

While wintering Bald Eagles on the Platte River, Harlan County Reservoir, and the Lewis and Clark Lake area have been the subjects of previous studies, the southwest reservoirs have received little such attention. Since wintering Eagle populations at these four reservoirs are relatively low, this …