Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
Date of this Version
6-1994
Document Type
Article
Citation
Grenon, "Sarpy County, NE 1994 Count for North American Migration Count," from Nebraska Bird Review (June 1994) 62(2).
Abstract
May 14, 1994. 30 observers (8 parties), 31.85 mi. on foot (47.25 hrs.), 266.40 mi. by car (21.75 hrs.), 2 owling parties (1 mi., 1 hr.). Temp.in 60's F, slight breeze, 80% overcast, rain A.M., 138 species, 5,987 individuals. The count follows.
3 Common Loons, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 41 Double-crested Cormorants, 3 Great Blue Herons, 1 Cattle Egret, 7 Green-backed Herons, 58 Canada Geese, 160 Wood Ducks, 25 Mallards, 18 Blue-winged Teals, 1 Gadwall, 7 duck spp., 23 Turkey Vultures, 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, 4 Red-tailed Hawks, 3 American Kestrels, 13 Ring-necked Pheasants, 10 wild Turkeys, 6 Northern Bobwhites, 1 King Rail, 6 American coots, 46 Killdeers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowleg, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 13 Spotted Sandpipers, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Wilson's Phalaropes, 59 Ring-billed Gulls, 5 Black Terns, 14 Rock Doves, 150 Mourning Doves, 1 Black-billed Cuckoo, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Eastern Screech Owls, 6 Barred Owls, 3 Common Nighthawks, 54 Chimney Swifts, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 8 Belted Kingfishers, 75 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 30 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 1 Yellow-bellied sapsucker, 16 Downy Woodpeckers, 50 Northern Flickers, 2 Eastern Wood-Pewees, 1 Acadian Flycatcher, 21 Least Flycatchers, 14 Empiaonax spp., 5 Eastern Phoebes, 38 Great Crested Flycatchers, 2 Western Kingbirds, 69 Eastern Kingbirds, 1 Horned Lark, 47 Purple Martins, 19 Tree Swallows, 72 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 450 Bank Swallows, 90 Cliff Swallows, 142 Barn Swallows, 136 Blue Jays, 55 American Crows, 82 Black-capped Chickadees, 18 Tufted Titmice, 24 White-breasted Nuthatches, 6 Carolina Wrens, 244 House Wrens, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 10 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 13 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush, 50 Swainson's Thrushes, 1 Hermit Thrush, 10 Wood Thrushes, 462 American Robins, 69 Gray catbirds, 2 Northern Mockingbirds, 61 Brown Thrashers, 18 Cedar Waxwings, 1 Loggerhead Shrike, 199 European starlings, 6 Solitary vireos, 13 Yellow-throated Vireos, 66 Warbling Vireos, 18 Red-eyed vireos, 52 Tennessee Warblers, 19 orange-crowned Warblers, 4 Nashville Warblers, 4 Northern Parulas, 40 Yellow Warblers, 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 2 Magnolia Warblers, 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Black-throated Green Warblers, 1 Blackburnian Warbler, 1 Yellow-throated Warbler, 10 Blackpoll Warblers, 2 Cerulean Warblers, 3 Black-and-White Warblers, 39 American Redstarts, 15 Prothonotary Warblers, 16 Ovenbirds, 2 Worm-eating Warblers, 12 Northern Water-thrushes, 2 Louisiana Water-thrushes, 1 Kentucky Warbler, 5 Mourning Warblers, 108 Common Yellowthroats, 1 Hooded Warbler, 4 Wilson's Warblers, 3 Scarlet Tanagers, 115 Northern Cardinals, 57 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 28 Indigo Buntings, 31 Dickcissels, 14 Rufous-sided Towhees, 45 Chipping Sparrows, 15 Field Sparrows, 2 Vesper Sparrows, 8 Lark Sparrows, 2 Savannah Sparrows, 18 Grasshopper Sparrows, 31 Song Sparrows, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 3 Harris' Sparrows, 1 Bobolink, 443 Red-winged Blackbirds, 9 Eastern Meadowlarks, 38 Western Meadowlarks, 16 Meadowlark spp., 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 1 Great-tailed Grackle, 636 Common Grackles, 122 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 13 Orchard Orioles, 120 Northern Orioles, 27 House Finches, 1 Pine Siskin, 123 American Goldfinches, 229 House Sparrows.
Comments
Copyright 1994, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union. Used by permission.