Date: 3/4/25 6:09 pm From: Robin Harding via groups.io <pine2siskin4...> Subject: [NEBirds] Enormous flock
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.
