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Backyard Sightings
On the 12th of March 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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September 20th, 6 or more Lesser Goldfinches
seen along CR W
in three different locations.
A mallard or mallard type duck with a very green bill
was seen at Chilibaba, see pictures at right, click to
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August 28th, Eastern Phoebe
seen in yard south of Gering
August 11th, Broad-tailed,
Calliope and Rufous Hummingbirds in the yard, also
Brown Thrashers, Yellow Warbler and many Bullocks and
Bullock/Baltimore Oriole crosses. (all orioles left
August 23 or 24)
June 26th,
Broad-tailed Hummingbird at our feeder. This is very
early for them to be coming back. One was reported in
the Wildcat Hills June 22nd, another near there on June
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May 25th, 2
Cattle Egrets east of Scottsbluff and a Caspian
Tern at Chilibaba
(Click the picture of the tern to enlarge) |
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| May 24th,
Common Nighthawk at Winter's Creek Lake, and one
flying over our yard. 24 Red-necked Phalaropes at
Kiowa WMA (see picture at right, click to enlarge) |
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May 17th
(NOU) Red-necked Phalarope at Kiowa WMA,
Caspian Terns at Winter's Creek Lake and Chilibaba,
Wimbrel at Chilibaba. Black-poll Warblers
at several locations. Black-necked Stilt Clark's
Grebe, Great-crested Flycatcher near YMCA Camp, ,
, Cordilleran Flycatcher north of Chilibaba.
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at several locations.
Black-headed Grosbeak and Lazuli Bunting in our
yard. Many Bullock's Orioles in many locations.
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May 14th a
pair of Osprey are building a nest near Winter's Creek
Lake
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May 5th,
Bullock's, Baltimore and Orchard Orioles and several
hybrids have shown up in the yard
May 3rd, Western and Eastern Kingbirds have shown
up
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April 29thA
list of what we saw on a drive around Winter's Creek
Lake, Lake Minatare and Chilibaba
all the usual puddle ducks
Redhead
Ring-necked Ducks
Greater and Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Ducks
Common Loon (first time I have seen one here in
breeding colors)
Pied-billed, Eared (LM & WCL), Horned, Western
and Clark's Grebes
White-faced Ibis
Swainson's Hawks
14 Sandhill Cranes (was surprised to see them
this late)
Semipalmated Plover (LM)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpipers
Willets (LM & WCL)
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwits (LM & WCL)
Semipalmated Sandpipers
Least Sandpipers
Baird's Sandpipers
Long-billed Dowitchers
Wilson's Phalarope (LM & WCL)
Franklin's, Bonaparte's (LM) and Ring-billed Gulls ( &
some I couldn't id)
Forster's Terns (LM)
Violet Green, Cliff, Northern Rough-wing and Barn
Swallows
plus all the regulars
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April 26-27-28
Franklin Gull, 111 White Pelicans, 4 Willet,
2 pair Ring-neck Ducks, 4 Wilson Snipe, 7
Short-billed Dowitchers, 300+ Yellow-headed Blackbirds
at Chilibaba
3 Burrowing Owl north of Scottsbluff Landfill
3 Marbled Godwit at Schmidt Implement Pond
Black-necked Stilt, Cinnamon Teal and Blue-winged
Cinnamon Teal cross at Morrill Sandpits
Red Crossbill, Lesser Goldfinch, Harris' Sparrow,
Lincoln Sparrow in our yard
other Red Crossbills reported in the area in the past
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March 15th
100 Sandhill Crane and 23 Mountain Bluebirds near
Winter's Creek Lake
Greater White-fronted Geese still at Chilibaba
50+ Cackling Geese on Berggren Rd in sandpit pond
March 13th
29 Bald Eagles reported at Lake Minatare
Prairie Falcon in Scottsbluff near where I work,
strange to see it in town
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February 23-24
A few Snow Geese and White-fronted Geese in the
area.
Bufflehead at Chilibaba
Red-tailed Hawks working on nests in 3 places north of
Scottsbluff/Minatare
Northern Shrike, Great Horned Owl at Winter's Creek Lake
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February
20-22-23
a few large flocks of Snow Geese Flying over , White
Fronted Geese andHooded Merganser pair at Chilibaba. 12
Bald Eagles at Scottsbluff Sewer Lagoons
Lesser Goldfinch seen at Scottsbluff feeder |
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February 15-18
Great Backyard Bird Count interesting sightings
Redwing Blackbirds near Kiowa, males and females
Great Horned Owl on nest south of Mitchell/Morrill
(still there April 26)
Prairie Falcon just west of Scottsbluff
Ferruginous Hawk near Mitchell
Mountain Chickadee at the Nature Center
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| January 12-13
Bob and I went to Belle Fourche South Dakota to look
for Snowy Owls and Gyrfalcons. We found 3 snowys but no
gyrs. We did see a lot of raptors in the area,
Ferruginous Hawks, Red-tails, Bald & Golden Eagles,
Prairie Falcons, Kestrels, Rough-legged Hawks.
January 10th
Great Horned Owls are beginning to call, we
saw 3 on the 20th in Scotts Bluff County
January 1st
Common Redpoll in our yard, it is a new yard bird bring
our total up to 117
Rough-legged Hawks are beginning to show up.
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