Date: 7/13/25 4:11 pm From: Robin Harding via groups.io <pine2siskin4...> Subject: [NEBirds] Howard County
Nebraska birders,
Bill Flack and I birded in Howard County on Saturday, July 12. We started
fairly early in Dannebrog on the hike/bike trail. We began the walk near
the water tower and went around the sewage lagoons. We started to walk
into the woods but were soon encouraged to turn back by the mosquitoes, who
were thick and thirsty. We continued along the main trail and decided to
take the long loop, which goes around the north edge of town and then back
to the water tower.
We saw and heard thirty-seven species including a few Spotted Sandpipers,
Red-eyed Vireos, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a couple Bell’s Vireos, some
Towhees, Cedar Waxwings, a Field Sparrow and a Great Crested Flycatcher.
The Towhees sounded to me like Spotted but we did not see any of them. We
enjoyed three lovely hours walking the trail.
We weren’t quite ready to call it a day so we drove to Boelus along county
roads. The scenery is beautiful and the plants are still green. We
stopped at Fries Park which is on the south bank of the Middle Loup River.
We saw and heard twenty-three species. The highlights were a Least Tern
and an Indigo Bunting.
