Comments on Nebraska's Falconiform and Strigiform bird fauna

Authors

Paul A. Johnsgard, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

June 2001

Comments

Published in The Nebraska Bird Review 69:2 (June 2001), pp. 80–84. Used by permission of The Nebraska Ornithologists' Union .

Abstract

Owing to a lack of long-term survey data, determining whether Nebraska's raptor numbers are stable, increasing, or decreasing is difficult. Unlike our relatively well-monitored gamebirds, no regular surveys have been performed, and raptors barely register on the state's Breeding Bird Surveys or Christmas Bird Counts, owing to their relative rarity. However, a few data-points of interest do exist, which might be worth summarizing.