[Mourning Warbler x Common Yellowthroat (hybrid)]
                	Geothlypis philadelphia x GEOTHLYPIS trichas Status: Hypothetical. Record: See eBird Checklist – 1 Jun 2025 – Burchard WMA). The single record is of a bird singing a perplexing song at Burchard...
                     
    
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		        EASTERN WARBLING-VIREO
                	Vireo gilvus Status: Common regular spring and fall migrant statewide. Common regular breeder east and east-central, uncommon west-central and west. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6789, 26 Apr...
                     
    
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		        WESTERN WARBLING-VIREO
                	Vireo swainsoni brewsteri Status: Uncommon regular spring and fall migrant west. Rare casual breeder Sioux and Dawes Cos. Documentation: Specimen: UNSM ZM6788, 23 May 1900 Monroe Canyon, Sioux Co...
                     
    
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		        YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
                	Setophaga coronata Five subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025), three north of Mexico: hooveri of Alaska and northwestern Canada, wintering to western US and Central America, coronata of...
                     
    
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		        2025 Breeding Bird Survey Routes Available
                	The Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is a long-term, volunteer-driven bird monitoring program conducted throughout North America. BBS data are used widely by wildlife agencies, researchers, birders and...
                     
    
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		        Gadwall x American Wigeon
                	Mareca strepera x americana Status: Accidental in spring. Records: The only record is of one at Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co 14 Mar 2022 (Mlodinow, eBird.org). The observer’s notes are: Long...
                     
    
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		        Redhead x Greater Scaup
                	Aythya americana x marila Status: Accidental in fall. Taxonomy: Redhead is known to have hybridized with several North American Aythya in the wild, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, and...
                     
    
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		        Venture Outdoors for an Autumn Adventure in Nebraska
                	The calendar indicates that it is not fall yet. The meteorological fall has begun though. And I believe that after Labor Day, the fall season starts. What do you think? For me, unquestionably,...
                     
    
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		        Summary, Midwest Walleye Challenge
                	You may remember that Nebraska participated in the Midwest Walleye Challenge this year.  A little over a month ago I shared a summary of  some of the data collected, Wrap Up, Midwest Walleye...
                     
    
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		        Summary, Midwest Walleye Challenge
                	You may remember that Nebraska participated in the Midwest Walleye Challenge this year.  A little over a month ago I shared a summary of  some of the data collected, Wrap Up, Midwest Walleye...
                     
    
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		        Twelve Hours
                	Heading out the door for a long weekend.  Will be assisting with some family chores, but I am sure going to try to spend some time on the water while I am at it! I need it! Hope you get some time...
                     
    
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		        Weights and Measures
                	I own a Berkley fish scale. Have never used it to weigh a fish. I have weighed dozens of turkeys with that scale; use it all the time during spring turkey season.  As near as I can remember, it...
                     
    
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		        Public Lands Atlas
                	If you hunt or fish in Nebraska, you need this! 2024-2025 Public Access Atlas now available There are more than a million acres of publicly accessible lands throughout Nebraska. The recently...
                     
    
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		        Hunting Experience Feels Like Husker Game Day
                	The morning air is crisp and cold. Hardwood trees stand motionless and silent — faint brush strokes against the slowly lightening predawn sky. An emerging September sunrise on a firearm deer hunt...
                     
    
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		        Grove Lake Work
                	Saw this notification and want to spread the word before the weekend.  If you fish Grove Lake, you need to know this: Grove Lake WMA boat ramps closed until Aug. 30 The boat ramps at Grove Lake...
                     
    
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		        Success!
                	We are heading towards the end of summer.  For several weeks now, summer fishing conditions have prevailed.  Pretty much every angler will tell you that fishing gets tougher during the summer. ...
                     
    
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		        Rick Holland
                	We lost one of our Nebraska fisheries professionals this spring, Dr. Richard Holland. My relationship with Rick went all the way back to my days as an undergrad at the University of Nebraska. ...
                     
    
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		        Combating the Litter of Late Summer
                	Litter. Trash. Garbage. Whatever you want to call it, there is a large amount and variety of it unfortunately in the outdoor world. Plastic bottles. Plastic grocery bags. Fishing bait containers....
                     
    
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		        Not a Bite
                	We have all had days like this: If you fish for muskies, you really know how that feels! I only know one solution: EAT, SLEEP, FISH, REPEAT Spend every second you can on the water, with a line in...
                     
    
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		        Mid-Summer Adventure Report
                	It is middle of summer and admittedly I have not been on the water a lot.  Actually, I have been in the water cooling off more than on the water, casting.  However, there was a short trip “out...
                     
    
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