Nebraskaland Magazine
[Submitted by Shelley Steffl – Wildlife Biologist II ]
The rain stopped long enough for us to meet up at the Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area for our District Birding Day. Thats where Micah Ellstrom snapped this fabulous shot. We had folks in attendance from the Parks Division, the Wildlife Division as well as the Communications Division. We also had four members of the local Audubon Society Chapter spend the morning in the field with us. After birding on the WMA, some moved on to the Wildcat Hills SRA to do a little more birding until wind and weather shut us down. In all, we identified 62 species on the day. The list of species identified is below.
Northwest District Birding Day Results
(March 29th, 2013, Buffalo Creek WMA)
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Wild Turkey
- Turkey Vulture
- Mallard
- Blue-winged Teal
- Prairie Falcon
- Killdeer
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Mourning Dove
- Barn Owl
- Common Nighthawk
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Western Wood-pewee
- Say’s Phoebe
- Cassin’s Kingbird
- Western Kingbird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Warbling Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo
- American Crow
- Horned Lark
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Pygmy Nuthatch
- House Wren
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Swainson’s Thrush
- American Robin
- Brown Thrasher
- Yellow Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Spotted Towhee
- Chipping Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Blue Grosbeak
- Lazuli Bunting
- Lark Bunting
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Bullock’s Oriole
- House Finch
- Red Crossbill
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
- Red-tailed Hawk
