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Backyard Sightings
On the 12th of March, 2006 I heard the loud
noise of a starling and looked out the kitchen window, a
Sharp-shinned Hawk had caught his lunch. I had my camera handy
and got these pictures. After the last picture he flew off with
his lunch into the trees.
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May23, Red-belled Woodpecker
still here
May 22nd, Green Heron at
Berggren Rd bridge. Great Egret south of Morrill
at CR F Pond. Western Tanager on Old Stage Hill
Rd, Lazuli Buntings on Carter Canyon Rd
Orchard Orioles in our yard eating jelly
May 20th, Red-headed
Woodpecker showed up in the yard
May 10th, Lazuli Bunting,
Western Tanagers
May 8th, Red-bellied
Woodpecker in the yard
May 6, Yellow Warblers,
Bullock's Oriole, Clay-colored and
Chipping Sparrows in the yard. Yellow-rumps
and Orange Crowed Warblers and Empids east
of town.
Robins are feeding young in the nests around the yard.
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April 30, Spotted Towhee
and Brown Thrasher in the yard. Cardinals still
showing up off an on April
22, Summer Tanager seen at the bee hives south of
Lyman, same location as a couple years ago
April 7. Swainson's Hawk and
Wilson's Snipe south of Morrill and Sandhill
Crane pair at Kiowa WMA
April 5, Two female Northern
Cardinals in our yard (very rare bird around here)
March 29, Turkey Vultures
have returned
March 27, several hundred
Sandhill Crane at Winter's Creek Lake
March 21, over 100 Mountain
Bluebirds in the Buffalo Creek WMA area
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March 10th (also seen in February)
Golden-crowned Kinglet east of Scottsbluff and
Brown Creeper in Scottsbluff
March 6th, Mountain and
possible Eastern Bluebirds in the Wildcat Hills |
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March 4th A white Eurasian
Collared-dove was in our yard. The pictures were taken
out of a window and the c-doves were kind of far a way
so they aren't very good.
I couldn't tell if it had red eyes or normal colored
eyes. The feathers were white with cream colored edges.
The bill and legs were a normal color and it has a nice
dark collar. As you can see it was hanging out with a
normal colored c-dove. Only saw it the one day.
(the c-dove is still here April 6th) |
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February 19
Downy Woodpecker seen west of Scottsbluff with yellow patch
on the back of his head instead of red. Pictures taken
by Becky and Jim Simpson.
Click on the pictures to make them larger
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February 12-13
Ferruginous Hawk south of Mitchell at Prairie Dog
Town
Northern Shrikes at Kiowa and Scotts Bluff Ntl
Monument
Many Bald Eagles around the rivers and wetlands
Great Horned Owl on nest south of Morrill in same
area as previous years
Odd looking goldeneye hybrid at Berggren Pond
February 11, Report of
White-winged Doves that have been at Gering feeder
for several weeks
February 5-7th, Golden
Crowned Kinglets east of Scottsbluff
January 16th & 23 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches at
the Scotts Bluff National Monument
January 17,
31+ Bald Eagles at the Scottsbluff Sewer Lagoons
(over 40 have been reported this past weekend)
Cedar Waxwings reported in Carter Canyon along with
Townsend Solitaries
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Goldeneye Hybrid
Feb 13, 2010
Ferruginous Hawk
Feb 13, 2010
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November
21st, Pine Siskins starting to show up at the
feeders again
2 Bald Eagles seen north of the Scottsbluff
Landfill
Northern Shrike seen south of Gering
November
20th, 5 Snow Geese flying over Scottsbluff
November 7th,
American Goldfinches finally coming back to the
feeders
October 24-25
Black-capped Chickadee in the yard for the first time in
ages! Also Orange-crowned Warblers, Juncos,
White-crowned Sparrows.
October 12,
2009. Spotted Towhees and more White-crowned Sparrows
October 10.
Orange-crowned Warblers in the yard after the snow storm
October 8th.
Rough-legged Hawk between Scottsbluff and Mitchell
October 3rd,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeders (still here on
the 6th)
the hummer stayed through the snow storms and freezing
weather. Last seen at the feeder the evening of of October
17th
October 2,
White-crowned Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos in the yard.
August 19th
Adult and Juv. Red-headed Woodpeckers have been around
since last week.
August 19
Humingbirds are late this year, finally showing up now
after one lone sighting July 12th, had Rufous a
few days ago and now 2 Broad-taileds.
Broad-taileds and Calliopes have been seen out near the
Wildcat Hills and there have been a few other sightings
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Crane at Facus Springs have one nearly grown chick
June 21, Little
Blue Heron seen at Kiowa WMA south of Morrill took a
very bad picture into the sun and though the scope. This
is a new Nebraska bird for me
also Great Egret was seen
June 18th Sandhill Crane are still
at Kiowa WMA, also two Forster's Terns |
Little Blue Heron |
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Indigo Buntings Wildcat Hills SRA
June 5th, Great
Crested Flycatcher at State Line Island NWR south of
Henry NE
Also a Bald Eagle flying along the river.
May 30, Sandhill Cranes just west of Kiowa WMA
May 29th, Lesser Goldfinches in Carter
Canyon
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Sandhill Crane at Kiowa May 30, 09
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Tanagers in Scottsbluff
May 24th, Lazuli Buntings, Blue-gray Flycatchers, YB
Chats, Indigo Bunting seen on Old Stage Hill Rd and
Carter Canyon Rd
May 23rd, pair of Sandhill
Cranes just west of Kiowa WMA, first sighting of them
here in the summer (pair at Facus Springs WMA have two
chicks) |
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May - June, lots of odd
orioles in our yard, Bullocks, Baltimore and hybrids
see some of the picture by
clicking hereMay 3rd, Hooded
Warbler in Morrill. Picture taken by Charlotte
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Hooded Warbler |
| May 1st, Rock
Wren dancing on the rocks at work
April 29, Brown Thrasher
and Chipping Sparrows east of Scottsbluff
April 26th, Yellow-rumped
Warblers are coming in
April 25th Spotted Towhee
east of Scottsbluff
April 23rd, White-faced Ibis
and Baird's Sandpipers seen at Facus Springs |
Yellow-Rumped
Warbler (Myrtle) |
| April 18th
Franklin Gulls flying around by our house
April 14th American Avocets,
Cinnamon Teal, Greater yellowlegs at CR F pond south
of Morrill
April 12th, Turkey Vultures
returning , Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs south
of Alliance in wet field.
March 21st
Winter's Creek Lake
Glaucous Gull at Winter's Creek Lake (new bird
for Scotts Bluff Co)
Sandhill Crane (at lake and in
surrounding fields) see field trip lists for other birds
seen on Field Trip page
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March 1st at
Winter's Creek Lake
9 Sandhill Cranes, 1000s Snow Geese, 100+
Ross's Geese, 15 White-Fronted Geese,
Cackling Geese, 4 Bald Eagles, 1 Golden Eagle, 115
Ring-billed Gulls, good numbers of ducks
February 14th, Snow Geese are
showing up in large flocks |
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January 25th, female Purple
Finch in the yard
January 22, pair of Hooded Mergansers at
Chilibaba, 1000s of Canada Geese at the lakes and ponds
in the area, Golden Eagle near Winter's Creek Lake
January 21st, Common Redpoll
at the feeder at the kitchen window
January 3rd, we have a Song
Sparrow at the pond in the back yard and at least
one Pink Sided Junco with the others.
January 1, 2009, many
hawks/raptors around the Haig area including 3
Ferruginous, 4 Rough Legged, 10 Red-tail, 2 Northern
Harriers and 9 American Kestrels |
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