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Date of this Version
9-1970
Document Type
Article
Citation
Nebraska Bird Review (September 1970) 38(3), WHOLE ISSUE.
Abstract
CONTENTS
Introduction ............................................................... 43
Description of Gage County ................................................................ 43
Check-list of Gage County Birds-Introduction ............................ 44
Definitions of Terms ................................................................................ 45
Loons; Grebes ............................................................................................ 45
Pelicans; Cormorants; Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns; Geese ........................................................................ 46
Ducks .............................................................. 47
Mergansers; Vultures; Kites and Hawks ............................................ 48
Eagles and Harriers; Osprey; Falcons ................................................ 49
Grouse; Quail and Pheasants; Turkeys; Cranes; Rails, Gallinules and Coots; Plovers and Killdeer; Woodcock ........................................................ 50
Snipe, Curlews, Sandpipers, and Godwits ........................................ 51
Avocets; Phalaropes; Gulls and Terns; Doves; Cuckoos; Barn Owl ............................................................................................ 52
Typical Owls; Poor-will and Nighthawks; Swifts; Hummingbirds; Kingfishers .......................................................... 53
Woodpeckers; Kingbirds and Flycatchers ........................................ 54
Larks; Swallows and Martins; Jays, Magpies, and Crows; Chickadees and Titmice; Nuthatches; Creepers .................... 55
Wrens; Mockingbird, Catbird, and Thrashers; Robin, Thrushes, and Bluebirds ................................................................ 56
Solitaires; Gnatcatchers and Kinglets; Pipits; Waxwings; Shrikes; Starlings; Vireos .............................................................. 57
Warblers ...................................................................................................... 58
House Sparrow ........................................................................................ 59
Bobolink, Meadowlarks, Blackbirds, and Orioles; Tanagers; Cardinal, Grosbeaks .................................................... 60
Buntings, Dickcissel, Finches, Redpolls, Siskins, Crossbills, Towhees ........................................................................ 61
Sparrows and Juncos ............................................................................ 62
Longspurs .................................................................................................. 63
Hypothetical List ...................................................................................... 63
Correction List .......................................................................................... 63
Breeding Birds of Gage County .......................................................... 64
Regular Permanent Residents .............................................................. 65
Migration Tables-Explanation .......................................................... 65
Table 1. Spring Arrival Dates .................................................... 66
Table 2. Spring Departure Dates ................................................ 68
Table 3. Fall Arrival Dates .......................................................... 68
Table 4. Fall Departure Dates .................................................... 69
Acknowledgements ............................................................ 69
Bibliography of Gage County Ornithology ........................................ 70
Comments
Copyright 1970, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. Used by permission.