Nebraska Bird Review 
19 
1968 (ELEVENTH) FALL 
Two hundred thirty nine species 
are shown in this report, which is 
four more than were shown in the 
1967 report in spite of the fact that 
the 1967 report covered Cass, Custer, 
and Gage counties in addition to the 
eleven locations included in this re¬ 
port. In the years 1966 and 1964 258 
species were recorded, and in 1965 
246 were recorded. 
The present count would have 
been increased by two - Oldsquaw 
and Prairie Falcon - if some Gage 
County observations by Kent Fiala 
had been included in the tabulation. 
See below under Gage County. 
The ' information is presented in 
rough west (left) to east (right) 
order, with locations of about the 
same longitude listed with the 
northernmost first. Two dates indi¬ 
cate the first and last records dur¬ 
ing the period. In a few cases, when 
it was the only information given, 
just the month or season is shown. 
The symbols used are: 
Jl, Au, Sp, O, N, D for the months. 
S - to indicate a species which ar¬ 
rived before July 1. 
- W to indicate a species which 
remained after December 31. 
P to indicate a species which is 
present all the year, although the 
same individuals may not be present 
during the whole year, and the num¬ 
bers present may vary greatly be¬ 
tween summer and winter. 
The reporting locations, contribu¬ 
tors, and special comments are: 
Adams (Central), Hastings, 103 
species. Mrs. E. 0. Percival for the 
Brooking Bird Club. 
Adams (South), Holstein, 104 
species. Harold Turner (reporter) 
and Elwin Turner. A late individual 
Sandhill Crane was seen almost 
three weeks after the last date given, 
a few Mourning Doves stayed until 
the first snowfall, about December 
1. Blue Jays probably are “P”, and 
OCCURRENCE REPORT 
so are White-breasted Nuthatches, 
but the latter are seen irregularly. 
Brown, Ainsworth, 92 species. Mrs. 
Edith Hurlbut. 
Dawes, Dunlap, 68 species. Mrs. 
Neeland. Turkeys and Blue Jays 
probably are “P” in the Pine Ridge. 
A late Loggerhead Shrike was seen 
November 22. A Baltimore x Bul- 
Leta Neeland. Turkeys and Blue Jays 
during nesting. 
Douglas-Sarpy, Omaha and Belle¬ 
vue, 146 species. R. G. Cortelyou and 
C. H. Swanson (reporters), Mrs. E. 
O. Goodson, Larry C. Holcomb, 
James M. Malkowski, Mrs. Marie 
Pluta, Mrs. Gathering Nelson, Ralph 
Velich. The Woodcock was seen on 
the Gifford Peninsula (adjacent to 
Fontenelle Forest) the morning of 
the first snowfall. It had scraped a 
clear area in horsetail. The Town¬ 
send’s Solitaire was seen in Belle¬ 
vue Cemetery. A late Blue Gros¬ 
beak - female or immature - was 
seen September 29, and a Field 
Sparrow October 19. 
Gage. Mr. Fiala entered college 
this fall and was unable to make 
enough observations to justify a re¬ 
port, but did report a few which 
he felt were of particular interest: 
Oldsquaw, N 25 - N 29; Prairie 
Falcon, N 25 - W ; Upland Plover, 
Au 19; Solitary Sandpiper, Jl 28; 
Black Tern, Au 5; Red-headed Wood¬ 
pecker, P; Oregon Junco, D 20 - W; 
White-crowned Sparrow, D 21 - W; 
Song Sparrow, D 21 - W. 
OLDSQUAW. The single female 
Oldsquaw was seen on a small pond 
on the north edge of Beatrice. I 
first saw it November 27, but two 
boys at the pond said it had been 
there two days. It was quite tame, 
making no effort to get out of range 
when objects were thrown at it, al¬ 
though it did later fly a short dis¬ 
tance without provocation. Once I 
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