Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
Date of this Version
12-1986
Citation
Sandy Kovanda, Jim Kovanda, Bill Otto, Eldon Marsh, and Barbara Marsh, “Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Ivory Gull Reported,” from Nebraska Bird Review (December 1986) 54(4).
Abstract
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER. On 12 October 1986 we saw an unusual sandpiper, in company of three dowitchers, on the east side of Nebraska Highway 15, about half the distance between the Platte River and Octavia, Butler County. We thought the bird to be a juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata).
IVORY GULL. On 12 October 1986 we were birding six miles east and half a mile south of Brunswick, Antelope County. . . . We were sitting in our vehicle at the edge of the road, facing south, when a white gull appeared. . . . [W]e identified this bird as an Ivory Gull.
These apparently are the first reports of these two species in Nebraska.
Comments
Copyright 1986 Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. Used by permission.