White Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak Highlight Week of Bird Watching
A Nebraska diarist details a week of birding from storm damage trips to Stromsburg and Polk including a rare white house sparrow on a fence post, Say's phoebe in a cornfield, yellow headed blackbirds, blue winged teal, mockingbirds, dickcissels, purple martins and other species. The piece mixes observations with reflections on nature and human behavior, noting fruit theft by birds and a desire for peace between birds and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Basins
York
Jim Morris
Lars
Stromsburg
Covenant
Highway 66
Hordville
Mockingbirds
Polk Main St
Polk
Missouri River
Lee Morris
Shirley
Dlong
Lee
Say
Phoebe
Nebraska
California
Weathering a damaging August storm and back-to-back drouth reports
The account describes a late summer storm sweeping Main St with hail and strong winds, causing property damage and power outages. It notes prior drouth expectations, fluctuating rain chances, and a sequence of days from August 13 to 19 with temperatures from the upper 60s to 90 and varying rain, culminating in a clear Sunday and a hot Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth
Progress
Babcock Press
Main St
Polk:Grain Co
Arnold Neuhaus
Dick Neeman
Polk Local News Items Highlight Weekend Visitors
Mrs Lula Edrington and Evelyn Schipcroit of Calloway stayed with Mrs Emma Horstman from Saturday night to Monday morning. Weekend guests in the Gordon Fossberg home included Mr and Mrs Daryl Fossberg of Lincoln and Mr and Mrs Phil Thomas and Shane of Sconi Kan. Gordon Fossberg and Ed Beckner hosted lunch after church on Sunday with Mr and Mrs Gordon Fossberg. Clarence Guthrie and Richard Johnson visited the Meade Bragg home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Edrington
Evelyn Schipcroit
Calloway
Emma Horstman
Daryl Fossberg
Lincoln
Phil Thomas
Shane
Sconi
Kan
Gordon Fossberg
Ed Beckner
Clarence Guthrie
Richard Johnson
Meade Bragg
Polk Happenings Surround Osceola and Lincoln visitors
Social notes list visits and hosting of local residents including Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson in Kearney with sister Mrs Ellen Spires. Numerous regional guests from Lincoln, Clarks, York, Jameson, Gregory, Lyons, Aurora and Omaha attend meals and hospitality at Osceola and with local families across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Nelson
Kearney
Nelson
Ellen Spires
Herbert Wurtz
Clarks
Ruth Aker
Nell Aker
Carroll Flodman
Pat Hanson
Edward Hafer
Denise
Ohio
Merton Flodman
Chad
Osceola
Lawrence Babcock
Lincoln
Glen Babcock
M. O. Johnson
Jameson
Nebr
Fred Hitchcock
Eunice Johnson
Gregory
Sc. Dak
John Holmes
Michael
Wilda Holmes
Robert
Frank Morrison
Omaha
Dwight Burney
John Kim
Lyons
Minnie Wright
Grace Harless
Vera Shay
Frank Bret
York
Leland Jackson
Daughters
Ira Glasser
Ronald Beins
Aurora
Clarence Johnson
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SAM Scott
Co-Op
Farmers Coop Grain Ass’n
Polk, Nebraska
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