Be on the watch in NE Colorado

[William H Kaempfer]

Hi Folks,

 

For those of you not heading off to Steamboat Springs (and even those who are, I guess), I wanted to post information on a couple of very interesting sightings in Nebraska today.

 

First, for the past four or five days there has been a Brown Booby flying around at Harlan County Lake at Alma in south central Nebraska.  Harlan County Lake is about midway between Kearney, NE and Hays, KS, and very close to the NE/KS state line.  The lake is huge, probably bigger than John Martin Reservoir but it seems to like roosting on the dam.

 

Second, today eight Black-bellied Whistling Ducks were spotted in Bridgeport, NE.  .  https://www.facebook.com/WildcatAudubon/ This is about 75 miles north of Sterling on the North Platte.

 

Third, two weeks ago during that last big storm I observed 54 Purple Martins at a martin house in Benkelman, NE which is in Dundy County, just east of Wray.

 

Bill Kaempfer

Boulder

[Scott Somershoe]

Glad you posted this Bill.  There was also a Reddish Egret at Quivira NWR in Kansas yesterday (about 4th state record).  

Scott Somershoe

Littleton CO

Scott Somershoe

Co-Author of Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist

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