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Robert Sharpe; Gage (17) Kent Fi- 
ala; Garden (3) Joseph M. Hy¬ 
land; Greeley (10) Scott M. Moody; 
Hooker (4) Oona S. Bassett; Jeffer¬ 
son (14) Kent Fiala; Johnson (18) 
Ruth R. Sorenson; Kearney (9) 
Robert Sharpe; Lancaster (16) 
Esther Bennett, Howard and Shirley 
Doole, Ellis Greiner, David Rodgers; 
Lincoln (6) Mrs. M. A. Cox, Gail 
M. Shickley; McPherson (5) Oona 
S. Bassett; Sarpy (20) R, G. Cortel- 
you; Sheridan (2) Doris Gates; and 
York (13) Lee Morris. 
Larry C. Holcomb completed 1,043 
Nest Record Cards, an outstanding 
total for one individual. Other con¬ 
tributors who completed 20 or more 
cards are: Harold Turner, 100; 
Oona S. Bassett, 90; Kent Fiala, 61; 
Leta M. Neeiand, 40; Scott Moody, 
26; Ellis Greiner, 22; Joseph M. Hy¬ 
land, 22; and Robert Sharpe, 20. 
Additions in 1968 to the previous 
lists of nesting species {NBR 34:41, 
35:29; 36:35) bring the total to 129 
species for the four-year period of 
1965-1968, from 37 Nebraska coun¬ 
ties. Species not previously reported 
for Nebraska from 1965 to date on 
North American Nest Record Cards 
or NOU Nesting Report forms are: 
Common Merganser, Prairie Falcon, 
Sora, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Belted 
Kingfisher, Wood Thrush, Yellow- 
throated Warbler, Yellowthroat, and 
Indigo Bunting, 
Of the preceding species, the Com¬ 
mon Merganser is the only species 
not recorded by Rapp, et all (Re¬ 
vised Check-list of Nebraska Birds, 
1958) as being either a breeder or 
a summer resident. Mrs. Eva Mae 
Kieborz reported having seen the 
male and female Common Mergans¬ 
ers in the spring months at Victoria 
Springs Recreation Area. On July 27 
and 28, Mrs. Kieborz and her hus¬ 
band observed a female with six 
ducklings; on August 2, a female 
with four ducklings; and on August 
3, three lone ducklings. It was as¬ 
sumed that all were from one nest¬ 
ing. The presence of the Common 
Merganser adults and at least five 
ducklings was confirmed by John 
Shulenberg, Superintendent of Vic¬ 
toria Springs Recreation Area (per¬ 
sonal communication, Charles Wolfe, 
E. B.). 
Harold Turner (Adams County) 
reported two broods of Burrowing 
Owls with observations of three 
young in each brood. Leta Neeiand 
(Dawes County) reported sighting a 
hybrid male Baltimore-Bullock’s Ori¬ 
ole carrying food June 9 through 
July 10. Mrs. Neeland’s two Cliff 
Swallow cards represented two 
colonies of more than 50 nests. 
Thirteen species which were re¬ 
ported in 1966 but not in 1967 were 
again reported in 1968. These were: 
Great Blue Heron, Swainson’s Hawk, 
Golden Eagle, Greater Prairie Chick¬ 
en, Burrowing Owl, Red-bellied 
Woodpecker, Chimney Swift, East¬ 
ern Wood • Pewee, Western Wood 
Pewee, Whitebreasted Nuthatch, 
Brewer’s Blackbird, Rufous-sided 
Towhee, and Lark Sparrow. 
Species reported in the 1967 nest¬ 
ing season which were not reported 
in 1986 included: Eared Grebe, 
Western Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, 
Double-crested Cormorant, Black - 
crowned Night Heron, Canada Goose, 
Gadwall, Pintail, Shoveler, Redhead, 
Ruddy Duck, Virginia Rail, Willet, 
Forster’s Tern, Black Tern, Short¬ 
eared Owl, Common Nighthawk, 
Bank Swallow, Common Crow, 
Black-capped Chickadee, Long-bill¬ 
ed Marsh Wren, Warbling Vireo, 
American Redstart, Yellow-headed 
Blackbird, and Black-headed Gros¬ 
beak. Seventeen of these 25 species 
were reported from Garden County 
in 1967. Hopefully, in 1969 more ob¬ 
servers can report from Crescent 
Lake and other Garden County 
areas. Joseph M. Hyland was the 
only person reporting from there in 
1968. 
