1980 Fall Field Day

1980 FALL FIELD DAY Sixty people participated in at least part of the 1980 Fall\u27 Field Day, which was held from noon 4 October to noon 5 October at the 4-H Camp, Nebraska National Forest, Halsey, The weather was on the cool side, but nice - maybe too nice, for many of the warblers apparently migrated during the night. Seventy-one species were reported from the Forest or immediately adjacent to it: Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Turkey Vulture; Sharp-shinned, Cooper\u27s, Red-tailed, and Swainsons\u27s Hawks; Golden Eagle (an immature, seen over the Camp after most people had left); Marsh Hawk, Osprey, Merlin, American Kestrel, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Ring-necked Pheasant, Killdeer, Common Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove, Black-billed Cuckoo; Screech and Great Horned Owls; Belted Kingfisher, Common Flicker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers; Barn Swallow, Blue Jay, Black-billed Magpie, Common Crow, Black-capped Chickadee; White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches; House Wren, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, American Robin, Eastern Bluebird, Townsend\u27s Solitaire; Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets; Cedar Waxwing, Starling; Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Blackburnian, and Wilson\u27s Warblers; House Sparrow, Western Meadowlark; Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds; Common Grackle; Cardinal, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Rufous-sided Towhee; Vesper and Lark Sparrows; Dark-eyed Junco; Tree, Chipping, Clay-colored, Field, Harris\u27, White-crowned, White-throated, Lincoln\u27s and Song Sparrows. In addition, Turkey droppings were seen, a dead Rock Wren was found on a road, and Longspurs (probably Chestnut-collared) were heard overhead in migration during the night