BONO updates two new species accounts for Nebraska- Western Gull and Western Bluebird
BONO has updated status to “accepted” for two species, Western Gull and Western Bluebird, based on recent...
Large increase in number of wintering Trumpeter Swans in Nebraska 2013-2023
Trumpeter Swans appear to have become much more numerous during winter in Nebraska in recent years. Thus, there is...
2023 Breeding Bird Survey Routes Available
The Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a long-term, volunteer-driven bird monitoring program conducted throughout North...
BONO adds Limpkin species account
The Birds of Nebraska – Online added a new species account following Karen Kader’s astounding discovery of a...
BONO gets a facelift
If you are visiting the Birds of Nebraska – Online for the first time in a while, you are likely noticing an...
BONO now includes species accounts for hybrids
Joel G. Jorgensen and W. Ross Silcock| joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov, silcock@rosssilcock.com | 28 February 2021 During...
Yellow-shafted, Red-shafted and intergrade flickers in Nebraska
Joel G. Jorgensen and W. Ross Silcock | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov, silcock@rosssilcock.com | 28 December 2020 The...
Making sense of eBird’s Canada Goose subspecies
Joel Jorgensen | 8 January 2020 | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov eBird (eBird.org), the dominant platform used by birders...
Harlan County CBC – 2019 recap
Joel Jorgensen | 17 December 2019 | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov The 12th Harlan County Christmas Bird Count (CBC) took...
The summer of Redheads
Joel Jorgensen | 8 August 2019 | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov As the species account on the Birds of Nebraska –...
Pipilo towhees in Nebraska
W. Ross Silcock | silcock@rosssilcock.com | 17 July 2019, updated 20 April 2020 Spotted and Eastern Towhees are...
BONO updated to reflect AOS changes
Joel Jorgensen | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov | 24 June 2019 The 2019 (fifty-ninth) Supplement to the American...
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...
Harlan County Christmas Bird Count Recap
By Joel Jorgensen | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov | 21 December 2018 The 11th Harlan County Christmas Bird Count (CBC)...
The William Townsley Bird Collection
By Ross Silcock | silcock@rosssilcock.com | 11 December 2018 This article describes research into the fate of the iconic...
Does “Lilian’s Meadowlark” occur in western Nebraska?
By Ross Silcock | silcock@rosssilcock.com | 18 October 2018 Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna; EAME) is a widespread...
Nebraska’s 2nd Anna’s Hummingbird
By Joel Jorgensen | joel.jorgensen@nebraska.gov | 8 October 2018 Sometime emails are only spam and sometimes they are...
Are certain species over-reported?
This article originally appeared in the August 2018 edition of The Burrowing Owl, the newsletter of the Nebraska...
AOS Checklist revisions incorporated into BONO
The American Ornithological Society’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North and Middle American...
All species accounts now published!
The date of 29 June 2018 was a momentous day for the Birds of Nebraska – Online as we published our final species...
