Date: 7/1/25 12:18 pm From: Paul Roisen via groups.io <roisenp1950...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Nebraska Big Year - June Recap
Tobin,
I agree that you have every reason to be optimistic about achieving your
goal for the Big Year. It is a privilege to know Pastor Paul and he is
very gracious and he is routing for you as he affirmed when we did a day of
birding down around Adams county together.
Hammond's, Gray, and Dusky have all eluded me. Cassin's Kingbirds have
been seen reasonably regularly over the years in western Kimball county
close to the Wyoming border. Black-throated Gray Warbler, another bird I
need, has been seen off and on out west. Cassin's Vireo and Cassin's
Kingbirds were seen around the 20-21th of September 2013 in Morrill County
during the NOU Fall meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot give you the exact
location as I did not keep very good notes back then.
Nemesis Bird (Western Sandpiper if you can believe that).
Black-throated Blue has also managed to avoid my detection.
God Bless.
*Paul O. Roisen*
*Woodbury County, IA*
*Mobile 712-301-2817*
On Tue, Jul 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> I'm only 20 birds away from surpassing the record of 347, and he's rooting
> for me! Of the remaining "regular" birds, the most likely 12 left are in
> this approximate order (new state birds in italics):
>
> LeConte's Sparrow
> Rufous Hummingbird
> Townsend's Warbler
> MacGillivray's Warbler
> Sabine's Gull
> Sprague's Pipit
> *Calliope Hummingbird*
> Nelson's Sparrow
> Cassin's Vireo
> *Dusky Flycatcher*
> Hammond's Flycatcher
> Red-naped Sapsucker.
>
> I have plans to be in the right places at the right time for all of these.
>
> If I can pick up those 12, that leaves 8 more from this pool: *Great
> Black-backed Gull*, Laughing Gull, Jaeger sp., *Gray Flycatcher*,
> post-breeding wanderers (White Ibis, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, etc), *Black
> Duck* (which seems very hard these days) and winter irruptive species (*Snowy
> Owl, Cassin's Finch, Bohemian Waxwing*, Pine Grosbeak,* Evening Grosbeak,
> Mountain Chickadee*)
>
> And besides those there are still plenty of other "casual" visitors
> possible: Pine Warbler, *Black-legged Kittiwake, Red Phalarope* and more.
> So, we'll just have to see how things shake out, but I'm pretty optimistic.
>
>
> Tobin Brown
> Lancaster County
> https://ebird.org/profile/NDA1ODIzNg/US-NE >
>
>
