Buff-breasted Sandpiper

August 1, 2015August 24, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Urban or Cropland, Wetland, white to buff

photo by NEBRASKAland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Tryngites subruficollis Length 8¼” (21 cm) Song or calls: Usually silent, calls are

Parulidae

Yellow-breasted Chat

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Deciduous Forest, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, small, Western Shortgrass Prairie, white to buff, yellow

photo by Phil Swanson Icteria virens L 7 1/2″ (19 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does

Gaviidae

Yellow-billed Loon

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, large, Rivers or Lakes, white to buff

Gavia adamsii L 34″ (86 cm). Song or calls: Utters wild, ringing laugh like common loon but harsher. Yodels like

Cuculidae

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Coccyzus americanus L 12″ (31 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not

Rallidae

Yellow Rail

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, small, Wetland

photo by Phil Swanson Coturnicops noveboracensis L 7 1/4″(18 cm). Song or calls: “Tick-tick” notes in series of two or

Parulidae

Worm-eating Warbler

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, small, Western Shortgrass Prairie, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Helmitheros vermivorus L 5 1/4″ (13 cm). Song or calls: “Zeep-zeep.” Song is series of sharp,

Turdidae

Wood Thrush

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Sandhills region, small, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Hylocichla mustelina L 7 3/4″ (20 cm). Song or calls: Loud, liquid song of 3 to

Anatidae

Wood Duck

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, green to olive, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland

photo by Phil Swanson Aix sponsa L 18.5″ (47 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not

Troglodytidae

Winter Wren

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu 0 Comment brown to tan, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, small, Urban or Cropland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Troglodytes troglodytes L 4″ (10 cm). Sexes similar. Song or calls: Song is rapid series of

Scolopacidae

Wilson’s Phalarope

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, medium, Sandhills region, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

Phalaropus tricolor L 9 1/4″ (24 cm). Song or calls: Low grunting “ca-work.” Description: Long thin bill. Breeding female is

Phasianidae

Wild Turkey

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, large, red to orange, Sandhills region, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie

Photo by NEBRASKAland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Meleagris gallopavo L 46″(117 cm) Female L 37″(94 cm). Song or calls: Listen(UNL

Emberizidae

White-throated Sparrow

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Shrubland, small, Urban or Cropland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Zonotrichia albicollis L 6 3/4″ (17 cm). Song or calls: Listen (UNL audio) Your browser does

Scolopacidae

White-rumped Sandpiper

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, small, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Calidris fuscicollis L 7 1/2″ (19 cm). Song or calls: High-pitched “jeet,” insectlike. Description: Sexes similar.

Threskiornithidae

White-faced Ibis

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, green to olive, large, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Plegadis chihi L 23″ (58 cm) W 36″ (91 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio)

Emberizidae

White-crowned Sparrow

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Sandhills region, small, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie, white to buff

photo by NEBRASKAland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Zonotrichia leucophrys L 7″ (18 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio)

Caprimulgidae

Whip-poor-will

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Deciduous Forest, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, gray, medium, Sandhills region, Urban or Cropland, white to buff

female bird, photo by Phil Swanson Caprimulgus vociferus L 9 3/4″ (25 cm). Song or calls: Rolling “prrip-poor-rrill!.” First and

Scolopacidae

Whimbrel

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Numenius phaeopus L 17 1/2″(45 cm). Song or calls: Loud “whi whi whi whi whi” whistle.

Scolopacidae

Western Sandpiper

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, small, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Josef Kren Calidris mauri L 6 1/2″ (17 cm). Song or calls: High, grating “keeep,” often squeaky. Description:

Icteridae

Western Meadowlark

July 14, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Prairie grassland, Sandhills region, small, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie, yellow

photo by Matt Sittel Sturnella neglecta Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not support the audio element.

Rallidae

Virginia Rail

July 13, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, gray, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Rallus limicola L 9 1/2″(24 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not

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