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Observations Of Late Fall Migratory Sandhill Cranes, Platte River, Nebraska, John G. Aronson

Nebraska Bird Review

Observations of migratory Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) were made on the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. On 26 November 1978, night roosting in the Platte River occurred on thin ice (less than 2 cm) in open areas which were protected by riparian vegetation from cold north winds (35-40 km/hr-NNW, -10°C). Roosting Cranes were spaced very closely (less than 0.5 m) during evening and early morning hours, with increased spacing (about 1.0 m) occurring during late morning. A diagram of the roost area was prepared. The roost was located near the northern river bank in a river stretch characterized …

Twenty-One Years Of Say's Phoebes, Doris Gates

Nebraska Bird Review

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lindeken live 10.5 miles northeast of Chadron, Nebraska, in a home with a big picture window over the kitchen sink, a window that faces the Sheridan Gates, a formation which is in Sheridan County across the Dawes County line. Outside the window is a small platform on which Say's Phoebes have nested for many years.

The first year the Lindekens were aware of Say's Phoebes was in 1958 when a pair nested in the garage, a building which is attached to the house. The birds were "messy" but they were allowed to remain through the summer. …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1980) 48(1)

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

1979 (Twenty-second) Fall Occurrence Report .......................3

Correction to 1979 Spring Migration Report .......................15

1979 Christmas Count .......................15

Observations of Late Fall Migratory Sandhill Cranes, Platte River, Nebraska .......................20

Twenty-one Years of Say's Phoebes.......................21

A Ground Dove at DeSoto NWR .......................22

Book Reviews.......................22

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

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 (December 1979) 47(4)

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Great Gray Owl Distribution, Winter 1977-78 ....................................... 62

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

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

Index of Volume 47 ............................................................. 70

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1979) 47(3)

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1979 (Fifty-fourth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report .......................... 42

The Seventy-eight Annual Meeting ................................................ 54

1979 Fall Field Day................................. 55

Book Reviews.............................................................. 56

Successful Golden Eagle Nest in Southwest Nebraska ............................... 57

Notes ......................................................................... 57

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1979) 47(2)

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1978 (Twenty-first) Fall Occurrence Report ........................................ 22

Addition to 1978 Spring Migration Report .......................................... 33

1978 Christmas Count........................................................... 33

Some Comments on "The Breeding Birds of Nebraska”............................. 38

A Second Nesting Record for Merlins in Nebraska .................................. 39

Great Black-backed Gull near Omaha............................................. 39

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1979) 47(1)

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1978 Treasurer's Report ........................................ 2

The Breeding Birds of Nebraska. ...........................................3

Book Reviews .............................................................. 17, 19

Notes ..................................................................... 17, 19

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1978) 46(4)

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1978 (Fifty-third) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report

Notes ...................86

1978 Fall Field Day ...................86

Index of Volume XXXXVI ...................87

Index of Volume XXXXVI ...................87

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1978) 46(3)

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The First Eleven Years of Breeding Bird Surveys in Nebraska ...............38

Notes ................62

Book Review ....................64

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1978) 46(2)

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The Seventy-seventh Annual Meeting ............................................. 22

1977 (Twentieth) Fall Occurrence Report ................................. 23

Book Review ................................................................... 35

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1978) 46(1)

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1977 Treasurer's Report .......................................................... 2

The Carolina Parakeet in the West: Additional References ............................ 3

1977 Christmas Count ............................................................ 8

1977 Nebraska Nesting Survey ................................................... 13

A Second Great Gray Owl Record from Nebraska, and Other Recent Owl Records ........................................................ 16

Notes ......................................................................... 16

Book Review ................................................................... 20

1977 Fall Field Day

Nebraska Bird Review

1977 Fall Field Day

The 1977 Fall Field Day started Saturday night with a get-together at the home of the George W. Browns in Kearney. Sunday, 2 October, started out gray and chilly, but eventually developed into the fine fall day which had been ordered and promised. The trip started at the Newark Township building and went north on Nebraska 10 to the north bank of the Platte River and explored eastward along the river. After that area had been covered the group went to an area northeast of Fort Kearney. After the lunch at the Newark Township building, at …

Sixty-Five Years Of Whooping Crane Records In Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard, Richard Redfield

Nebraska Bird Review

In 1933, Myron Swenk determined the status of the Whooping Crane in Nebraska by summarizing all of the records then available to him, and established the general pattern of timing and geographic distribution of Whooping Crane occurrence in this state. Although the population of this species has remained very low since that time, a sufficient number of observations have been made to warrant updating his analysis and comparing the more recent records with these earlier ones. During the summer of 1977 the junior author undertook such a summary as a class project, by extracting such records from all of the …

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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) at $5.00 per year in the United States and $5.25 in all other counties, payable in advance. Single numbers $1.25 each.

Memberships (on a calendar year basis only): Student, $3.00; Active, $5.00; Sustaining, $7.00; Family Active, $7.00; Family Sustaining, $9.00; Life, $75.00.

All dues and subscriptions should be remitted to the Treasurer, A. W. Madison, Box 505, Sutherland, Nebraska 69165. Orders for …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1977) 45(4)

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Sixty-five Years of Whooping Crane Records in Nebraska .......... 54

1977 Fall Field Day ............................... 56

Notes ........................................................ 57

Index of Volume XXXXV ....................................... 58

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

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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 (June 1977) 45(2)

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Great-tailed Grackles Nesting in Nebraska ......................................... 18

1976 (Nineteenth) Fall Occurrence Report ......................................... 18

The Seventy-sixth Annual Meeting ................................................ 30

Book Reviews .......................................................... 31

Note ....................................32

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1976 Treasurers Report ...................2

1976 Nebraska Nesting Survey ...................3

Wild Turkeys in the Fontenelle Forest Area ...................6

1976 Christmas Count ...................7

A Groove-billed Ani and other Birds in Cuming and Doge Counties ...................13

Book Reviews ...................14

Notes ...................15

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1976) 44(4)

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Food Remains from a Barn Owl Nest in Nebraska ........................54

1976 Fall Field Day ........................57

Parasitic (?) Jaeger at Lake Manawa, Iowa ........................58

Book Reviews ........................59

Notes ........................60

Index of Volume XXX XIV ........................62

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1976) 44(3)

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White-necked Raven Reported ..................38

1976 (Fifty-first) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ..................39

Notes ..................52

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1976) 44(2)

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The Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting ..................................... 18

1975 (Eighteenth) Fall Occurrence Report ........................... 19

Brown Towhee Reported ................................. 30

Book Reviews........................................ 31

Notes ................................................ 33

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1976) 44(1)

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1975 Treasurer's Report....................... 2

Gyrfalcon Taken in Nebraska .......................3

1975 Christmas Count....................... 3

1975 Nebraska Nesting Survey....................... 8

Vertebrate Remains in Great Horned Owl Pellets in Nebraska .......................12

Notes .......................16

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1975) 43(4)

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Spring Waterfowl Migration in Lancaster County - 1970.................. 70

Merlin Nest in Nebraska ..................78

A Groove-billed Ani Seen Again in Nebraska.................. 79

A Brown Creeper's Nest in Nebraska.................. 80

First Pleistocene Record of the Golden Eagle from the Central Great Plains.................. 84

Notes.................. 84

Index of Volume XXX XIII ..................85

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

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1975) 43(2)

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The Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting ........................................ 22

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Breeding in Lancaster County .................................... 23

1974 (Seventeenth) Fall Occurrence Report .................................................... 24

Some Waterfowl Breeding Records for Lancaster County ............................. 40

Anhinga Seen in Nebraska Again ........................................... 41

A Monk Parakeet in the Kearney Area ...................................... 42

Book Reviews ........................................................ 42

Notes .................................................43

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1975) 43(1)

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1974 Treasurer's Report ...................................................... ................... 2

The Song Sparrow as a Nebraska Breeding Bird .................................... 3

1974 Christmas Count .................................................................. 8

1974 Nebraska Nesting Survey ................................................... 13

Virginia Rail Nesting in Lancaster County ................................. 19

Notes .................. ..................................... 20

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (December 1974) 42(4)

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1974 (Forty-ninth) Spring Migration and Occurrence Report ..................66

Notes ..................76

Index of Volume XXXXII ..................82

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (September 1974) 42(3)

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Observations on Population Changes and on Behavior of the Bald Eagle................... 46

Cassin's Sparrow Nesting in Nebraska................... 56

Carolina Chickadees Taken in Fontenelle Forest ...................57

Burrowing Owl's Feeding Habits ...................57

Two Studies of Woody Plant Establishment by Bird-transported Seed................... 58

Book Reviews................... 61

Notes ...................62

European Common Crane Seen Again in Nebraska ...................63

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1974) 42(2)

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1973 (Sixteenth) Fall Occurrence Report .......................................... 22

The Seventy-third Annual Meeting ................................................... 33

Notes ........................................................................ 38

Honorary Member - C. W. Huntley ................................. 42

Hermit Warbler Reported in Nebraska ................................ 42

Notes .............................................................. 43