On Sunday, I once again ventured to the Rainwater Basin to follow-up on some nesting birds I’ve been tracking. One visit was to a site to check on a small aggregation (11 nests) of breeding Eared Grebes I found on 7 July. Eared Grebes are fairly common spring and fall migrants throughout Nebraska. This species is also a fairly common breeder in the Sandhills, but south of the Platte River breeding records are few. The discovery of nesting Eared Grebes in the …
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