Spring 1997 Bird Counts during Tristate Meeting, and for North Platte-Lincoln County, Nebraska

The Ornithologists\u27 Unions of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota held a Tristate spring meeting at Sioux City, IA on 16-18 May, organized by Bill Huser and committee members from Iowa and South Dakota, and hosted by the Loess Hills Audubon Society from South Sioux City, NE. Field trips were made into nearby areas of all three states. During an indoor session, a paper on Migrating Hawks along Iowa\u27s Loess Hills was presented by Loren and Babs Padelford. The banquet speaker was Ken Kaufman, who spoke on Bird study and natural history in the 21st century. During the weekend, a total of 196 bird species were seen, distributed as follows: Iowa - 177, Nebraska - 122, south Dakota - 147