Nebraska Ornilhologists' Union, Inc. 
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Omaha, Nebraska 68132 
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Permit No. 716 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Barnacle Goose Taken in Nebraska . 2 
Growth and Calculation of Age in the American 
Goldfinch . 3 
1968 Fall Field Day . 15 
Albino Screech Owl . 16 
Gadwall, Pintail, Green-winged and 
Blue-winged Teal, American Widge¬ 
on, Shoveler, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, 
Ruddy Duck; Red-tailed, Swainson’s, 
and Marsh Hawks; Bobwhite, Ring¬ 
necked Pheasant, American Coot, 
Killdeer; Ring-billed and Franklin’s 
Gulls; Common Tern; Rock and 
Mourning Doves; Chimney Swift, 
Belted Kingfisher, Flicker (both 
Red and Yellow-shafted forms), 
Downy Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, 
Blue Jay, Common C!row; Black-cap¬ 
ped Chickadee; White-breasted and 
Red-breasted Nuthatchs; Robin, 
Eastern Bluebird, Starling; Orange- 
crowned and Myrtle Warblers; 
House Sparrow; Eastern and West¬ 
ern Meadowlarks; Redwinged and 
Rusty Blackbirds; Common Grackle, 
Brown-headed Cowbird, Cardinal 
American Goldfinch, Rufous-sided 
Towhee; Savannah and Vespar Spar¬ 
rows; Slate-colored Junco; Harris’, 
White-throated, Lincoln’s and Song 
Sparrows. 
Albino Screech Owl. Seven-year- 
old Billy Gentry and playmates 
flushed some young Screech Owls 
in Garfield Park in late May. They 
captured two of them and took 
them home. One was pure white 
with pink eyes, the other was gray 
with brownish wings. Both were 
about five inches long, with no tails 
(just stubs) and had very downy 
feathers. They were fed on sugar 
water and nightcrawlers (they gob¬ 
bled down both) for the two or 
three days before they were 
picked up for the Lincoln Child¬ 
rens’ Zoo. 
—Jean Schneider, Plattsmouth 
I saw the owl November 7. It 
was white except for a few scat¬ 
tered light tan feathers on its 
breast. The eyes are not pink now, 
but I thought the dark pupil ap¬ 
peared redder than that of its nest- 
mate. 
—Esther Bennett, Lincoln 
