April Bird Calendar for the Omaha Nebraska area

 

Species	Location
Common Loons, Horned and Eared Grebes, Red-necked Grebe - rare; has been seen at Lake Manawa	All month - Omaha dam sites, & Lake Manawa in Council Bluffs
American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant	All month - Omaha Dam Sites and Lake Manawa
Waterfowl	Most species may be present during the month.
Raptors: Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged Hawk, Swainson's Hawks (lg #s about the 15th), Peregrine Falcon.	All month on days with good flying conditions at lookouts such as Neale Woods Nature Center, & Waubonsie State Park in southwest Iowa.
Rails: Late - Sora
Shorebirds: Mid Piping Plover, Lesser Golden Plover, Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Hudsonian & Marbled Godwits, Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Phalarope; Late - Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper	Jack Sinn Wildlife Area, north Lancaster County, and the Rainwater Basins are the most consistent areas to see shorebirds. If we get spring rains, look in flooded fields.
Amer. Woodcocks - continue display flights all month	southeast corner, Lake Manawa at dawn & dusk.
Gulls: Early - Bonaparte's Gull Mid - Franklin's Gull
Terns: Mid - Forster's Tern
Greater Prairie Chicken	booming peaks around mid-April Burchard Lake Special Use Area, Pawnee County - two blinds for public use. Contact Nebr. Game & Parks
Flycatchers: Late - Eastern Kingbird
Swallows: Early - Purple Martin, Tree Swallow,   Mid - Barn Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow    Late - Bank Swallow
Wrens: Mid-late - House Wren, Winter Wren - leaves by end of the month
Kinglets: All month - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers: Late - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes: Early - Hermit Thrush
Brown Thrasher: Mid - late
Warblers: Mid - Yellow-rumped, Yellow-throated	Fontenelle Forest in Sycamore trees
Warblers: Mid - Louisiana Waterthrush	streams in Fontenelle Forest, Schramm & Platte River St. Park
Warblers: Late - Orange-crowned, Northern Parula, Black and White, Prothonotary
Sparrows: Early - Chipping, Field, Savannah, Fox (leaves by middle of month),   Mid - Vesper, Lark, Grasshopper,   Late - Clay-colored, Lincoln's, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow
Longspurs: Around April 15th - Smith's Longspur, Chestnut-collared Longspur	Find in short grass areas (Omaha dam sites) during or after snow storms. Both are rare, but migrate regularly through our area.