Date: 3/5/25 10:49 am From: Shirley Maas via groups.io <dtmsem2006...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Enormous flock
Thanks Robin
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Don & Shirley MaasThe Maas’s have migrated to the Valley of the Sun in Mesa, AZ from Choctaw, Ok for the winter.
On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 7:09 PM, Robin Harding via groups.io <pine2siskin4...> wrote:
Nebraska birders,
On March 04 at 7:30 in the morning, I saw a large flock of Snow Geese flying over the town of Shelton which is on the Buffalo and Hall County line. That flock was dwarfed by another flock that I saw in a field near the intersection of Coal Chute Road and Maple in southern Buffalo County. That flock appeared to cover a quarter of a section. On my way home in the evening, there was still a large number of Snow Geese in the same area.
On the same morning commute to work, I saw a small falcon harassing a Red-tailed Hawk. This was one mile south and two and a half miles west of Gibbon. I could not positively identify the small falcon but I believe it was a Merlin because of its behavior. The way that it was flying and diving at the hawk seemed more Merlin-like than Kestrel.
As I was driving on highway 30 in the eastern part of Kearney, I saw about ten Great-tailed Grackles near the Buffalo Roofing business. I drive through this area fairly frequently and did not see them here during the winter. They are usually in this area during the summer.
