Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
Date of this Version
12-2007
Document Type
Article
Citation
“Halsey Fall Field Days,” from Nebraska Bird Review (December 2007) 75(4).
Abstract
The 2007 NOU Fall Field Days were held at the 4-H Camp in the Nebraska National Forest near Halsey on September 28-30, 2007. Among the approximately 45 in attendance were two first time attendees: Juanita Rice of Fairmont and Tim Hajda of Broken Bow.
Wayne Mollhoff spoke on Friday night about the progress on the new breeding bird atlas: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Atlas," and on Saturday night, Bob Rooney did a multimedia presentation entitled "A Sandhills Odyssey."
Field trips to Cherry, Logan, and Brown Counties were led by Clem Klaphake, Mark Brogie, and Dave Heidt. A final tally of 121 species was recorded. Among the highlights of the meeting was a Common Raven found on Clem Klaphake's field trip in Cherry County, a cooperative Eastern Screech-Owl called in to the camp by Mark Brogie on Saturday night, and a road-killed Common Poorwill found and displayed to the group by Wayne Mollhoff. The Poorwill was molting its flight feathers, and Wayne prepared spreadwing mounts for the Nebraska State Museum collections.
Comments
Copyright 2007 Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. Used by permission.