Bird Calendars
May Bird Calendar for the Omaha Nebraska area
by Babs Padleford
May brings the neotropical migrants in their colorful breeding plumage into the midlands. Good places to see warblers and other migrants are Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue, Hummel Park in northeast Omaha, Tole Park and Elmwood Park in Omaha and Schramm State Park in Sarpy County. Call the Nebraska Birdline at 292-5325 to learn the latest on new arrivals in the area. Following is a partial list of birds and approximate arrival times.
| Rails: Virginia, Sora, King (rare) - (early-mid) | |
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Shorebirds |
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| Piping Plover (early) | Summer resident, nesting on Platte River sandbars & Midwest Power Plant ponds south of Council Bluffs |
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Migrants - Black-bellied Plover (mid-late), Hudsonian Godwit (early-mid),
Ruddy Turnstone (mid-late), Sanderling (late May -1st week of June), White-rumped
Sandpiper (mid-late), Stilt Sandpiper (early-mid), Short-billed Dowitcher (early-mid), |
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Terns |
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| Least (mid) | Summer resident, nesting on Platte river sandbars |
| Forster's (early), Black (early-late), Caspian (mid) | |
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Flycatchers |
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| Migrants - Olive-sided Flycatcher (mid), Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (rare -mid), Alder (late), Least Flycatcher (early) | |
| Summer residents - Acadian Flycatcher (uncommon - late), Great-crested Flycatcher (early), Western Kingbird (early) | |
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Thrushes |
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| Migrants - Swainson's & Gray-cheeked (early-mid), Veery (mid-late) | |
| Summer Resident - Woodthrush (early) | |
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Warblers: |
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| Summer residents - Northern Parula, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler, Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Kentucky Warbler, Common Yellowthroat | Fontenelle Forest |
| Tanagers: Summer residents -Summer (mid), Scarlet (early) | |
| Grosbeaks: Summer residents - Rose-breasted (early), Blue (mid-late) | |
| Orioles: Summer residents - Orchard & Baltimore (early) | |
