Vast Nebraska shorebird and crane hunt yields huge crane flock
A Nebraska birding trip reports early 1973 shorebird sightings near Stromsburg and Renquist basins, plus large concentrations of sandhill cranes near Doniphan. Observers Swede Lind Lee Morris Noel Kealiher spot blue geese, mallards, pintails and widgeons, with hundreds of cranes seen in Doniphan fields and multiple duck species along basins and rivers.
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Leonard Renquist
Nebraska
D. C. Morris’ Farm
Lee
Doniphan
Progress Office
Giltner
Noel
Polk News Dance of Visits Across Towns
Mr Craig Swanson and Miss Connie Anderson of Minneapolis visited Friday with his grandmother Mrs Hannah Hahn and other relatives. Mrs Hannah Hahn and Doyle hosted Craig Swanson and Connie Anderson at Kearney. Dean Buffington of Osceola joined Darwin Hahn’s guests in Kearney. Mrs M O Johnson Mrs Emory Cramer and Mrs Minnie Miers called on Mrs Sadie Clark in Central City. Reuben Hanquist visited Lillie Hanquist in York Manor and were Ebba Hanquist’s supper guests.
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Craig Swanson
Connie Anderson
Minneapolis
Min
Hannah Hahn
Doyle
Birds on a Basin Tour Ends After Bird Watching
While near the basin a gunshot scattered ducks and geese. Swede and Lee identified whitefronts snows and Canadians in flight. The tour ended after a final basin sighting with mallards widgeons pintails and a pair of green wing teals. Everyone had their fill of bird watching for the day. No more stops before Polk.
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Tom Harrington
Renquilst
Lowell Bills
Lee
Swede
Polk
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Fron
Lee Harless Basin
Lind
Orman, Jeffery Basin
Noel Kealiher
Overland
Grand Island
Alda
Shelton
Scaup
Lee Morris
Platte River
Kryder
Charleston
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Lincoln Telephone Company
Purina
Polk Grain
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