Last week I stayed at the Switzer Ranch near Bewell NE and they showed me displaying Greater Prairie Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse. Good looks many other times as well. Not far from the ranch I saw 5 Garganey then a pair of Garganey near the Loup county line with Rock county. NE has only two state records for Garganey but nobody seemed to care. I will continue to try to get these birds documented. Stopped by the Platte River and saw well over 10,000 Sandhill Cranes in less than an hour driving around corn and grain fields while looking for the Whooping Cranes. There were reports of 3/5 Whoopers in the area plus reports of 66 or so Whoopers in Kansas. I did not see any Whoopers at this time. Dern.
The ranch also had displaying turkeys and many others in the area. The ranch also had mule and white tail deer and eagles, killdeer and many other birds. Nearby I saw about 200 White Pelicans and many waterfowl species. Lots of guys were fishing too. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4bb79f05d84fcbecf9st01duc -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
