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Lists
of birds seen on field trips are available on
Kathy's web site
April 26th Field Trip to someplace fun, TBA
Started out with snow in the morning but the weather
improved and we had a great day
We went south of Mitchell and west to the Kiowa WMA on CR F,
checked out the ponds and Kiowa WMA. Then went to the
Morrill Sandpits where we found the Cinnamon Teal and
Black-necked Stilts, later checked out Acres Draw and Schmidt
Implement Pond where the Marbled Godwit were spotted See the field trip list for
species
May 24th, Scotts Bluff County Spring Bird Count
Meet at
27th and Ave I, Scottsbluff (RCI) at 6am, back by 1;00
We will probably go back out after lunch to continue counting
Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas II Project Field Trips
· May
31st, Carter Canyon (S402)
Meet at the old
SunMart in Gering at 6am, This will be a half day trip
· June
14th, Morrill County (M401, M404)
Meet at SunMart
in Gering at 6am, all day trip bring lunch and drinks
· June
21st, Kimball County (K409, K404)
Meet at SunMart
in Gering at 6am, bring a lunch and drinks
· June
28th, Sioux County (S816)
Meet at 27th &
Ave I (RCI) in Scottsbluff at 6am, bring a lunch and drinks
For more information
on the Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas II Project go to
Nebraska Breeding Bird Atlas Project
For a list of birds
counted for the atlas project, on the field trips or by
individuals
Nebraska Breeding Bird
Atlas Counts
August 17th, Wildcat Audubon’s Annual Picnic
at DeLara’s at
5:00pm
Bring a covered dish and table service.
We will have a fieldtrip to the Wildcat hills for poorwills at
dark
September 20th, Scotts Bluff County Fall Bird Count
Meet at
Arby’s at 7am, should be back by 1:00
October 18th Field Trip to Lakes for Sandhill Crane and
Waterfowl
Meet at
Arby’s at 7am, should be back by 1:00
December 20th, Scottsbluff Christmas Bird Count
Meet at
Arby’s at 6:30am, this is an all day count, we will come back to
town for lunch then continue in the afternoon.
PREVIOUS FIELD TRIPS
September 22nd 2007
Scotts Bluff County Fall Bird Count
We had 11 participants for the fall bird count. Alice
Kenitz, Helen Hughson, Dean & Phyllis Drawbaugh, Ruben Seigfried,
Charlotte Herrel and grandson Jason, Ed Newberry, Bonnie Schoen
and Bob & Kathy DeLara. We saw 67 total species.
We birded Lake Alice, Winter's Creek Lake, Lake Minatare and areas in between. In the afternoon we check out the Mitchell,
Morrill areas including Kiowa, CR F & G ponds, Morrill Sandpits
and CR D west of South Morrill Rd.
Winter's Creek Lake and Kiowa was were we saw most of the ducks
listed and 500+ American Coots at Winter's Creek Lake. Around a
hundred or so White Pelicans were seen at Lake Alice. At
Winter's Creek Lake we saw an Osprey carrying a fish then land
on a tree branch to eat it. Later we saw another one at the lake
and a third one south of Morrill near the river bridge.
Near a pond at the end of CR D we saw several hundred Barn
Swallows, they were sitting on the power lines, fences, olive
trees, road and in the corn field. See the complete bird
list on Kathy's web site
October 20th, 2007
Scotts Bluff County Lakes and Ponds
We had a great morning, the weather was very nice, much better
than predicted.
We had 10 people on the fieldtrip, Alice Kenitz, Helen Hughson,
Dean & Phyllis Drawbaugh, Ann Duey, 'Sully' Sullivan, Ruben
Siegfried, Brent Nelson, Bonnie Schoen and Kathy DeLara.
At the beginning of the field trip we saw several flocks of
blackbirds/grackles. By mid-morning we began to see Sandhill
Crane flying over. There were many, many flocks for some time. A
cold front was coming in and that seemed to be moving the birds.
One Osprey is still at Winter's Creek Lake and we saw a
Bald Eagle at Lake Minatare. The ducks are beginning to
come into Winter's Creek Lake, the water is higher than normal
for this time of year. See the list of birds seen at
Kathy's web sit
Lists
of birds seen on field trips are available on
Kathy's web site

Crescent Lake May 2006
Field Trip Contacts
Alice Kenitz
308-436-2959
email
Kathy De Lara
308-632-3047
email
Phyllis or Dean Drawbaugh
308-632-4869
Helen Hughson
308-632-4765
email
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