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Scottsbluff CBC
December 17, 2011

 

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose 

Cackling Goose 

Canada Goose

Gadwall 

American Wigeon 

Mallard 

Northern Shoveler 

Northern Pintail 

Green-winged Teal 

Canvasback 

Redhead 

Lesser Scaup 

Common Goldeneye 

Ring-necked Pheasant 

Wild Turkey 

Great Blue Heron 

Bald Eagle 

Northern Harrier 

Sharp-shinned Hawk 

Cooper's Hawk 

Red-tailed Hawk 

Ferruginous Hawk 

Rough-legged Hawk 

American Kestrel 

Prairie Falcon 

American Coot 

Wilson's Snipe  

Rock Pigeon 

Eurasian Collared-Dove 

Great Horned Owl 

Belted Kingfisher 

Downy Woodpecker 

Northern Flicker 

Northern Shrike 

Blue Jay  

Black-billed Magpie 

American Crow 

Horned Lark

Black-capped Chickadee 

Red-breasted Nuthatch 

Brown Creeper 

Marsh Wren 

Townsend's Solitaire 

American Robin 

European Starling 

Cedar Waxwing 

American Tree Sparrow 

Song Sparrow 

Harris's Sparrow 

White-crowned Sparrow 

Dark-eyed Junco 

Red-winged Blackbird 

meadowlark sp. 

Yellow-headed Blackbird 

Purple Finch 

House Finch 

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch 

House Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Local Field Trips and other Birding Events

There is no charge for any of the field trips, anyone is welcome to join us and we encourage beginner birders to come and learn with us

Previous Field Trip Bird Sightings Lists
Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas Counts   

 

February 17th – 20th
Great Backyard Bird Count
Scotts Bluff National Monument will be conducting field trips on Feb 17th & 18th at 8am each day
Check the GBBC website for more information 
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc on how to count birds for this event

 

March 24th
Waterfowl Field Trip to the local lakes and ponds
Meet at Arby’s at 8am, we will have breakfast then carpool to the lakes, we should be back by 1:00

 

May 26th
Scotts Bluff County Spring Bird Count

Meet at the RCI building at 27th and Ave I, Scottsbluff at 6am, we should be back by 1:00, might go back out in the afternoon

 

June 16th
Fort Robinson and Crawford Field Trip
Meet at the RCI building at 27th and Ave I, Scottsbluff at 6am. We will have lunch at Ft Rob

 

June 30th
Redington Field Trip
Meet at the new grocery store, 10th  & M St. in Gering at 6am, bring a sack lunch and drinks

 

August 19th
Wildcat Audubon Annual Picnic
The picnic will be held at Brad and Connie McKinney’s
East 38th St, Scottsbluff at 5pm. Bring a covered dish, table service and lawn chair

 

September 8th (tentative date)
Breakfast at Wind Springs Ranch

Meet at RCI, 27th & Ave I at 8am  to carpool to the ranch

 

September 22nd
Scotts Bluff County Fall Bird Count
Meet at Arby’s at 7am, we should be back by 1:00

October 13th


Fall Crane and Waterfowl Field Trip to local lakes and ponds
Meet at Arby’s at 8am, we should be back by 1:00

December 15th


Scottsbluff Christmas Bird Count
Meet at Arby’s at 6:30am, we will return for lunch then go back out to count in the afternoon

 

 

For more information contact Alice Kenitz 308-436-2959  or
Kathy DeLara at
renosmom@charter.net   308-631-2792

 

 

Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas Counts
Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas Project on the NOU web site
For more information on the Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas II Project
Previous Field Trip Bird Lists

 

                  

 

 

 

 

 

 
   
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