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2011 Fieldtrip Results
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Cranes and Waterfowl Field Trip March 26, 2011 Winter's Creek Lake, Little Lake Alice, Chilibaba, Kiowa, Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goose Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe Ring-billed Gull California Gull Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Great Horned Owl Belted Kingfisher Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Horned Lark White-breasted Nuthatch American Robin Mountain Bluebird European Starling Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow	Scotts Bluff County Spring Bird Count June 4, 2011 Gering Cemetery, Scottsbluff National Monument, Wildcat Hills Old Stage Hill Rd and Nature Center, Kiowa WMA, State Line Island and Berggren Rd Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Western Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron White-faced Ibis Turkey Vulture Osprey Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Killdeer Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Spotted Sandpiper Wlson's Phalarope Ring-billed Gull Forster's Tern Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl Burrowing Owl Chimney Swift White-throated Swift Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Wood-Pewee Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Horned Lark Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Rock Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Mountain Bluebird American Robin Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Lark Sparrow Lark Bunting Grasshopper Sparrow Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Bullock's Oriole House Finch Red Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow	Scotts Bluff County Fall Bird Count September 17, 2011 Gering Cemetery, Old Stage Hill Rd, Nature Center banding day, Kiowa, So Henry, etc Canada Goose Gadwall Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Pied-billed Grebe DC Cormorant Great Blue Heron Cattle Egret White-faced Ibis Turkey Vulture Osprey Broad-winged Hawk--a rarity here Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk American Kestrel Am Coot Killdeer American Avocet Yellowlegs sp Willet Wilson's Snipe Ring-billed Gull Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Barn Owl Burrowing Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Wood-Pewee Say's Phoebe Western Kingbird Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Rock Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Mountain Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackburnian Warbler--another rarity for us Wilson's Warbler Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lark Bunting ( late for them to still be around) White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewers Blackbird Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Cassin's Finch House Finch Red Crossbill Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch
Hi all, here's our season totals for the banding station at the Wildcat Hills nature center. We operated the banding station from Aug 31st through Oct 10th, and had 735 total newly banded birds of 32 species. Highlights for the year were the station's first Red-eyed Vireo and Black-headed Grosbeak; the 45 Lesser Goldfinches after just 6 last year and none in previous years; as well as the 2 Cassin's Finches and the highest number of Chipping Sparrows we've ever had here. Here's the full list of those birds followed by information on the 18 returns we had from previous years. Downy Woodpecker- 2 Hairy Woodpecker- 3 Northern "Red'Shafted" Flicker- 1 Western Wood-Pewee- 2 Plumbeous Vireo- 1 Blue-headed Vireo- 1 Red-eyed Vireo- 1 Black-capped Chickadee- 47 Pygmy Nuthatch- 12 Red-breasted Nuthatch- 5 House Wren- 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 6 Eastern Bluebird- 8 Mountain Bluebird- 1 Orange-crowned Warbler- 7 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler- 6 "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler- 1 Intermediate Yellow-rumped Warbler-1 Yellow Warbler-1 Wilson's Warbler- 1 Spotted Towhee- 43 Chipping Sparrow- 245 Clay-colored Sparrow- 1 Vesper Sparrow- 1 "Gambels" White-crowned Sparrow- 12 "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco- 3 Black-headed Grosbeak- 1 Lazuli Bunting- 6 Cassin's Finch- 2 House Finch- 16 Red Crossbill- 153 Pine Siskin- 44 American Goldfinch- 52 Lesser Goldfinch- 45 Here's the info on the 18 returning birds we had: For those of you that are new to age codes used by banders, HY means "Hatch Year," and is used for young birds that were banded in their 1st fall. AHY means "After Hatch Year" and indicates that the bird was banded as an adult and so is at least 1 year older than the day it was banded. For most songbirds we cannot age adults more precisely; i.e. a 3 year old chickadee appears identical to our eyes as a 6 year old chickadee and both would be aged "AHY" by a bander. Here's our returning birds: Black-capped Chickadee banded HY on 9/7/2010 Black-capped Chickadee Banded AHY on 9/3/2008 Black-capped Chickadee Banded AHY on 9/3/2010 Black-capped Chickadee banded HY on 9/13/2010 Black-capped Chickadee banded HY on 9/24/2008 Chipping Sparrow banded HY on 9/14/2010 Chipping Sparrow banded AHY on 9/30/2010 Chipping Sparrow Banded AHY on 9/5/2008 Chipping Sparrow Banded AHY on 9/13/2010 Spotted Towhee banded AHY on 9/7/2010 Spotted Towhee Banded HY on 9/14/2009 Spotted Towhee Banded AHY on 9/22/2008 Spotted Towhee Banded AHY on 9/15/2008 Red Crossbill banded AHY on 9/20/2010 Red Crossbill banded AHY on 9/20/2010 Red Crossbill banded AHY on 10/5/2010 Red Crossbill Banded HY on 10/4/2010 Red Crossbill Banded HY on 9/2/2010 Cheers, Colin Woolley Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Scottsbluff Christmas Bird Count December 17th, 201 Snow Goose 12 Ross's Goose 4 (new species for the count) Cackling Goose 728 high Canada Goose 19,864 Gadwall 40 American Wigeon 73 Mallard 3601 Northern Shoveler 5 Northern Pintail 22 Green-winged Teal 59 Canvasback 4 Redhead 4 Lesser Scaup 1 Common Goldeneye 185 Ring-necked Pheasant 29 Wild Turkey 48 Great Blue Heron 5 Bald Eagle 4 adults, 9 immatures Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk count week Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 20 Ferruginous Hawk 3 Rough-legged Hawk 6 American Kestrel 28 Prairie Falcon 2 American Coot 66 Wilson's Snipe 1 Rock Pigeon 456 Eurasian Collared-Dove 333 Great Horned Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 10 high Downy Woodpecker 7 Northern Flicker 1 red-shafted, 3 yellow-shafted, 6 'orange-shafted', 11 unknown Northern Shrike 4 Blue Jay 55 Black-billed Magpie 15 American Crow 61 Horned Lark 1 Black-capped Chickadee 40 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 Brown Creeper count week Marsh Wren 1 Townsend's Solitaire 20 American Robin 407 European Starling 522 Cedar Waxwing 21 American Tree Sparrow 29 Song Sparrow 3 Harris's Sparrow count week White-crowned Sparrow 68 Dark-eyed Junco 32 Oregon, 11 pink-sided, 44 slate-colored 86 unknown Red-winged Blackbird 1048 meadowlark sp. 22 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Purple Finch 2 high House Finch 149 Pine Siskin 54 American Goldfinch 532 House Sparrow 347