Date: 1/19/26 4:45 am From: <mstev4...> via groups.io <mstev4...> Subject: [NEBirds] Snowbuntings and Swans
Despite the cold wind Robin Harding and I went to Columbus on Sunday. We walked the west road between Lake North and Babcock and about 3/4 of the way we got good looks at 7 Snowbuntings. At the southwest corner we scanned the ice and found 9 Trumpeter Swans. There were 60 Bald Eagles scattered on the ice on both lakes. On our way back we stopped near rd 350 east of Monroe as we saw 2 swans flying. We got close and watched as 55 Trumpeter Swans landed in front of us. As we scoped we got great looks at 2 Tundra Swans. We took Prairie island road south of Clarks on our way to Central City.We saw 2 Rough legs,2 Kestrels and 2 Redtail hawks. We then took backroads along the Platte back to Grand Island. Since we were only a mile from Bader park we went and saw the Red shouldered hawk which was in its usual spot by the road on a fencepost. Steve Morris Grand Island
