Call me silly (it wouldn't be the first time)... but a big part of living out in western Nebraska for me was my tally of birds seen/heard from my yard. Yes yes, I'm crazy. Anyway, I thought maybe I would post my final tally in remembrance of my summer days there! It totaled nearly 120 species and most noteable "misses" were:
Long-billed Curlew Lark Bunting Red-eyed Vireo Ring-billed Gull
The birds are listed by family (in italics):
Anatidae |
Goose, Snow
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Goose, Canada
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Swan, Trumpeter
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Duck, Wood
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Gadwall
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Wigeon, American
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Mallard
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Teal, Blue-winged
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Shoveler, Northern
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Pintail, Northern
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Teal, Green-winged
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Canvasback
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Redhead
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Duck, Ring-necked
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Scaup, Lesser
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Bufflehead
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Merganser, Common
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Merganser, Hooded
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Duck, Ruddy
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Phasianidae
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Pheasant, Ring-necked
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Grouse, Sharp-tailed
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Podicipedidae
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Grebe, Eared
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Grebe, Western
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Grebe, Pied-billed
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Pelecanidae
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Pelican, American White
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Phalacrocoracidae
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Cormorant, Double-crested
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Ardeidae
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Bittern, American
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Heron, Great Blue
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Egret, Cattle
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Night-Heron, Black-crowned
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Threskiornithidae
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Ibis, White-faced
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Accipitridae
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Osprey
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Harrier, Northern
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Hawk, Cooper's
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Hawk, Swainson's
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Hawk, Red-tailed
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Falconidae
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Kestrel, American
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Falcon, Peregine
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Rallidae
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Rail, Virginia's
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Sora
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Coot, American
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Charadriidae
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Killdeer
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Recurvirostridae
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Avocet, American
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Scolopacidae
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Yellowlegs, Greater
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Willet
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Sandpiper, Upland
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Phalarope, Wilson's
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Phalarope, Red-necked
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Laridae
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Gull, Franklin's
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Gull, Bonaparte's
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Tern, Black
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Tern, Forster's
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Columbidae
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Dove, Eurasian Collared-
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Dove, Mourning
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Strigidae
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Owl, Great Horned
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Owl, Long-eared
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Caprimulgidae
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Nighthawk, Common
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Alcedinidae
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Kingfisher, Belted
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Picidae
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Woodpecker, Red-headed
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Woodpecker, Downy
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Flicker, Northern
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Tyrannidae
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Pewee, Western Wood-
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Flycatcher, Least
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Phoebe, Say's
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Flycatcher, Great Crested
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Kingbird, Western
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Kingbird, Eastern
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Laniidae
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Shrike, Loggerhead
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Vireonidae
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Vireo, Plumbeous
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Vireo, Warbling
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Corvidae
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Jay, Blue
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Crow, American
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Alaudidae
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Lark, Horned
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Hirundinidae
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Swallow, Tree
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Swallow, Northern Rough-winged
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Swallow, Bank
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Swallow, Cliff
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Swallow, Barn
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Troglodytidae
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Wren, House
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Wren, Marsh
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Regulidae
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Kinglet, Ruby-crowned
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Sylviidae
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Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray
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Turdidae
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Solitaire, Townsend's
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Thrush, Swainson's
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Robin, American
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Mimidae
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Mockingbird, Northern
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Thrasher, Brown
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Sturnidae
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Starling, European
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Bombycillidae
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Waxwing, Cedar
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Parulidae
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Warbler, Orange-crowned
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Warbler, Yellow
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Warbler, Yellow-rumped
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Yellowthroat, Common
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Emberizidae
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Towhee, Spotted
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Sparrow, Chipping
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Sparrow, Clay-colored
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Sparrow, Lark
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Sparrow, Song
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Sparrow, White-crowned
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Junco, Dark-eyed
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Cardinalidae
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Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
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Grosbeak, Black-headed
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Grosbeak, Blue
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Bunting, Lazuli
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Icteridae
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Blackbird, Red-winged
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Meadowlark, Western
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Blackbird, Yellow-headed
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Grackle, Common
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Cowbird, Brown-headed
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Oriole, Bullock's X Baltimore
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Oriole, Orchard
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Fringillidae
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Finch, House
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Siskin, Pine
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Goldfinch, American
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Goldfinch, Lesser
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