Recent sightings and notes of interest
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Posted By :diane
Bulletin:
HI THERE, the house wrens are back but those 2 barn swallows that I seen last week must have gone back south since we had snow last week, again. The Harris sparrows are really prevalent right now and the males are really showing the black on their throats. I call them my tuxedo sparrow because they look like they are decked out in a tuxedo. I also got some white-crowned sparrows hanging around the birdfeeders and they look like they have football helmets on. The yellow-headed blackbirds have made their way through but stil have a few stragglers. The birds are getting on their mating colors,the colors are starting to really show up now. LATER-----------
Date Posted:5/1/2008
Posted By :diane
Bulletin:
Hi there, just seen a catbird at the feeders. I love this time of year and to welcome all the birds that come to nest here and to watch the birds that are migrating through as they go up north to nest. I need this right now since I had to put my dog down that I had for 11 years so feeling a little blue at times but the birds raise my spirits.
Date Posted:5/1/2008
Posted By :diane
Bulletin:
HI THERE, I have had yellow-headed black birds at my feeder, last Saturday morning seen a flock of about 30 of them eating in a last year corn field next to my place. This morning seen 2 barn swallows so they are back. They are on the top of my list of favorite birds. When I am working out in the garden they are my alarm system that something is around. I remember a few years ago when working out in the garden they were really making a scene going in out of the old shed so thought I would take a look and there was a bull snake up in the rafters just about getting to a nest of baby swallows so grabbed a rake and started to hit the boards he was on and it knocked him down so picked him up with the rake and let him go out further from the shed. How he got up there is beyond me, so when you hear birds making a racket take a look you never know what you will find. I think Spring is here---HA!!
Date Posted:4/23/2008
Posted By :Don
Bulletin:
American Kestrel Frontier County
Date Posted:4/14/2008
Posted By :Don
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Loggerhead Shrike Frontier County
Date Posted:4/14/2008
Posted By :Betty Sayersx
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Northern shovelers (sporty in white, buff and green), blue-winged teal, ruddy ducks (perky tails), mallards, pintails, canvasback, red head, wood ducks, scaulp, hooded merganzer, bufflehead, and golden eye are lingering at the Funk Lagoon, North Park in Holdrege, Sandy Channel on Highway 183, and ditches and ponds.
Shore birds are showing up. Common Snipe and Killdeer too.
Date Posted:4/5/2008
Posted By :diane
Bulletin:
HI, from southern Boone county, really not much to report but did have a flock of turkeys(11 of them) come strolling across the backyard one afternoon. Yesterday a male downy woodpecker hit my window so went out to look and he was stunned so held him for a while and he sat on my fingers for a bit was going to get a picture but of course he flew off by then. On and off will go to the Rowe Sanctuary web site and take a look at the cranes. I have been seeing cranes migrating north which is always a sight to see and hear. I AM STILL WAITING FOR SPRING where is it??!! HA!!!
Date Posted:4/2/2008
Posted By :Nancy
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Plum Creek Reservoir is thawing and the waterfowl are coming. Hundreds of redheads are on the lake, mixed in are common Goldeneyes and Scaups. Today, five eagles were watching over them all.
Date Posted:3/2/2008
Posted By :diane
Bulletin:
HI, from Boone county--What a beautiful morning. The Canadian geese are flying, flocks and flocks of them. The eagles are soaring and the river has opened up. I was out this morning preparing my seed trays. Time to plant my wave petunia seeds and so perfect to do today. Hope everyone is out and about today----diane
Date Posted:3/1/2008
Posted By :diane
Bulletin:
hi from southern Boone county, I don't know about anyone else but I think this has been a long winter. I was sitting out on the sunny side of my deck this morning having a cup of coffee and could hear meadow larks singing away out in the pasture, they sounded so nice. I didn't participate in GBBC this year because suddenly last week the birds I had been feeding weren't around they took off and since I was recovering from that nasty flu it didn't bother me to much. With the price of bird seed which I could easily spend $65 a week on food, I must admit I am enjoying the slow down for now. Never did see that northern shrike again but some of the birds are coming back and will keep the feeders full till they do. I also see bald eagles flying the river but right now the river is pretty much frozen over. THINK SPRING!!!
Date Posted:2/23/2008