Joel Jorgensen | 17 December 2019 | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov The 12th Harlan County Christmas Bird Count (CBC) took place 14 December 2019. Before going any further, it is important to mention the big change in conditions that took place between the 2018 and 2019 editions of the CBC. Harlan County Lake had been chronically below its […]
The summer of Redheads
Joel Jorgensen | 8 August 2019 | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov As the species account on the Birds of Nebraska – Online states, Redheads have been uncommon, albeit casual, summer visitors away from their Nebraska breeding range in the Sandhills. This species has also bred a handful of times in the Rainwater Basin (RWB) in south-central Nebraska. Thus, […]
Pipilo towhees in Nebraska
W. Ross Silcock | silcock@rosssilcock.com | 17 July 2019, updated 20 April 2020 Spotted and Eastern Towhees are currently considered separate species (Banks et al 1995). Strong genetic differences between Eastern and Spotted Towhees, including absence of shared haplotypes, were demonstrated by Ball and Avise (1992), although, since their samples were from western and eastern […]
BONO updated to reflect AOS changes
Joel Jorgensen | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov | 24 June 2019 The 2019 (fifty-ninth) Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds is out and available for download HERE. The supplement, which is published each summer, makes changes to the official checklist of birds used by just about everyone. In some years, the changes […]
Magpie map revision – tracking the decline
By Joel Jorgensen | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov | 21 December 2018 The Birds of Nebraska – Online has been up and running for nearly ten months. Even though little has changed for what we know about most species, new information for a small number of birds is providing an impetus to update and revise a few species […]
Harlan County Christmas Bird Count Recap
By Joel Jorgensen | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov | 21 December 2018 The 11th Harlan County Christmas Bird Count (CBC) took place on 14 December 2018. Weather was excellent with a high around 43 degrees and a low of 19 degrees. Skies were clear and winds were light all day. Thirteen observers recorded a total of 94 species, […]