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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Nebraska: The Platte River

Cranes, Waterfowl and Prairie-Chickens

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Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column A= Number of years out of six species seen
  • Column B= Number of days seen on the 2007 tour
  • Column C= Maximum daily total seen on the 2007 tour
  • Column D= H=Heard Only, N=Nest/Young, X=Seen in 2007
A B C D
6 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 600 Anser albifrons
6 Snow Goose 4 750 Chen caerulescens
6 Ross's Goose 2 50 Chen rossii
6 Cackling Goose 3 1500 Branta hutchinsii
6 Canada Goose 5 100 Branta canadensis
2 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
6 Wood Duck 1 4 Aix sponsa
6 Gadwall 3 200 Anas strepera
6 American Wigeon 4 150 Anas americana
6 Mallard 5 350 Anas platyrhynchos
6 Blue-winged Teal 3 75 Anas discors
1 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
6 Northern Shoveler 5 100 Anas clypeata
6 Northern Pintail 4 150 Anas acuta
6 Green-winged Teal 4 1500 Anas crecca
5 Canvasback 1 1 Aythya valisineria
6 Redhead 4 600 Aythya americana
6 Ring-necked Duck 5 100 Aythya collaris
5 Greater Scaup 1 2 Aythya marila
6 Lesser Scaup 4 250 Aythya affinis
6 Bufflehead 5 70 Bucephala albeola
6 Common Goldeneye 3 15 Bucephala clangula
6 Hooded Merganser 2 10 Lophodytes cucullatus
6 Common Merganser 2 20 Mergus merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser 2 20 Mergus serrator
6 Ruddy Duck 4 75 Oxyura jamaicensis
4 Northern Bobwhite 1 10 Colinus virginianus
6 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 4 Phasianus colchicus
4 Sharp-tailed Grouse 1 1 Tympanuchus phasianellus
6 Greater Prairie-Chicken 2 11 Tympanuchus cupido
6 Wild Turkey 5 40 Meleagris gallopavo
1 Common Loon Gavia immer
6 Pied-billed Grebe 5 3 Podilymbus podiceps
5 Horned Grebe 1 1 Podiceps auritus
1 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
5 American White Pelican 3 350 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
5 Double-crested Cormorant 3 60 Phalacrocorax auritus
6 Great Blue Heron 4 3 Ardea herodias
2 Turkey Vulture 1 5 Cathartes aura
6 Bald Eagle 1 2 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6 Northern Harrier 2 10 Circus cyaneus
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
4 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
6 Red-tailed Hawk 5 35 Buteo jamaicensis
4 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 Buteo lagopus
6 American Kestrel 3 8 Falco sparverius
2 Merlin Falco columbarius
6 American Coot 3 400 Fulica americana
6 Sandhill Crane 5 200K Grus canadensis
1 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
6 Killdeer 5 100 Charadrius vociferus
6 Greater Yellowlegs 4 40 Tringa melanoleuca
3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 3 Tringa flavipes
3 Least Sandpiper 2 50 Calidris minutilla
5 Baird's Sandpiper 2 100 Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris melanotos
3 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 1 Limnodromus scolopaceus
3 Wilson's Snipe 2 1 Gallinago delicata
6 American Woodcock 1 4 Scolopax minor
1 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
5 Franklin's Gull 2 2 Larus pipixcan
3 Bonaparte's Gull 2 2 Larus philadelphia
6 Ring-billed Gull 5 1200 Larus delawarensis
6 Herring Gull 3 10 Larus argentatus
2 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
1 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
6 Rock Pigeon 6 40 Columba livia
5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 3 20 Streptopelia decaocto
6 Mourning Dove 6 12 Zenaida macroura
5 Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
3 Great Horned Owl 1 1 N Bubo virginianus
2 Barred Owl Strix varia
6 Belted Kingfisher 3 3 Ceryle alcyon
5 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 1 H Melanerpes erythrocephalus
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 5 Melanerpes carolinus
6 Downy Woodpecker 3 4 Picoides pubescens
6 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides villosus
6 Northern Flicker 5 8 Colaptes auratus
3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 1 H Dryocopus pileatus
4 Eastern Phoebe 3 2 Sayornis phoebe
3 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
1 Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
6 Blue Jay 1 8 Cyanocitta cristata
5 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
6 American Crow 3 150 Corvus brachyrhynchos
6 Horned Lark 4 20 Eremophila alpestris
3 Tree Swallow 1 2 Tachycineta bicolor
6 Black-capped Chickadee 1 18 Poecile atricapillus
1 Mountain Chickadee Poeile gambeli
6 Tufted Titmouse 1 2 Baeolophus bicolor
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
6 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 12 Sitta carolinensis
2 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
6 Carolina Wren 2 1 Thryothorus ludovicianus
2 Winter Wren 1 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
5 Eastern Bluebird 5 9 Sialia sialis
6 American Robin 6 200 Turdus migratorius
6 European Starling 6 600 Sturnus vulgaris
3 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
4 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
6 American Tree Sparrow 2 20 Spizella arborea
1 Field Sparrow 2 2 Spizella pusilla
4 Savannah Sparrow 1 5 Passerculus sandwichensis
4 Fox Sparrow 1 2 Passerella iliaca
6 Song Sparrow 4 12 Melospiza melodia
1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
6 Harris's Sparrow 3 26 Zonotrichia querula
5 White-crowned Sparrow 1 6 Zonotrichia leucophrys
6 Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6 150 Junco hyemalis
5 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2 10 Junco hyemalis
4 Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) 1 2 Junco hyemalis
2 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
6 Northern Cardinal 3 8 Cardinalis cardinalis
6 Red-winged Blackbird 6 1200 Agelaius phoeniceus
5 Eastern Meadowlark 1 2 Sturnella magna
6 Western Meadowlark 5 300 Sturnella neglecta
2 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
1 Brewer's Blackbird 1 60 Euphagus cyanocephalus
6 Common Grackle 6 900 Quiscalus quiscula
5 Great-tailed Grackle 1 8 Quiscalus mexicanus
6 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 30 Molothrus ater
1 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
6 House Finch 5 10 Carpodacus mexicanus
3 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
6 American Goldfinch 4 40 Spinus tristis
6 House Sparrow 6 30 Passer domesticus
2 Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus

Mammals
1 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
5 Eastern Cottontail Silvilagus auduboni
1 Black-tailed Jackrabbit 1 4 Lepus californicus
1 Striped Skunk 1 1 Mephitis mephitis
1 American Beaver Castor canadensis
5 Black-tailed Prairie-Dog 1 120 Cynomys ludovicianus
6 Eastern Fox Squirrel 4 14 Sciurus niger
3 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
6 White-tailed Deer 3 20 Odocoileus virginianus
1 Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
1 American Mink Mustela vison
3 Coyote Canus latrans

Amphibians and Reptiles
1 Western/Boreal Chorus Frog 2 100's Pseudacris triseriata/maculata
1 Painted Turtle 1 8 Chrysemys picta bellii

Odonates
1 Variegated Meadowhawk 1 4 Sympetrum corruptum

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