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Route	Washington/Burt Nebraska
Location	Nebraska, USA
Survey date	2020-12-28
Survey ID	1042

Survey Conditions

Survey Date: 2020-12-28	Start Time: 10:20:00	End Time: 16:00:00
Temperature	-4.44 (C)	-1.66 (C)
Cloud Cover	100 (%)	20 (%)
Visibility	10 (km)	010 (km)
Precipitation	0: None	0: None
Wind Speed	2: 6-11 km/h (4-7 mph)	2: 6-11 km/h (4-7 mph)
Wind Direction	NW	N
Water	Frozen	Frozen
Snow Depth	0 (in)	0 (in)
Observer 1	Jerry Toll
Observer 2	Carol Schmid
Observer 3
Observer 4
Notes

Survey Sightings

Species	Time	Count	Behavior	Morph	Age	Sex	Habitat
PR (Prairie Falcon)	10:50:00	1	Perched				•forested•developed•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	10:55:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed
Notes: Commercial/Farm structure
BE (Bald Eagle)	11:05:00	1	Soaring		Adult		•developed•stubble agriculture

AK (American Kestrel)	11:10:00	1	Perched				•developed•unspecified agriculture
Notes: On power line
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:10:00	1	Perched				•developed•stubble agriculture
Notes: ON power pole
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:45:00	1	Perched				•forested•stubble agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:50:00	2	Perched	Light	Adult		•forested•unspecified agriculture•developed
Notes: Both raptors perched, light morph and adults
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	11:55:00	1	Soaring	Light	Adult	Female	•stubble agriculture
Notes: Foraging over corn stubble field
BE (Bald Eagle)	12:00:00	2	Flying		Adult		•stubble agriculture
Notes: Passing over same field as Roughleg
SS (Sharp-shinned Hawk)	12:00:00	1	Flying		Immature		•stubble agriculture
Notes: Foraging over same field as roughleg in different section
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	11:15:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed
Notes: Perched in the middle of a cattle feedlot
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:30:00	1	Perched				•unspecified agriculture

RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:30:00	1	Flying				•unspecified agriculture

UB (Unknown Buteo)	12:30:00	1	Perched				•developed•stubble agriculture
Notes: Perched on a fencepost more than a mile away. Could not see enough detail with optics present.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:45:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•grassland•stubble agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	12:50:00	1	Perched		Immature		•developed•unspecified agriculture
Notes: on power pole
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:55:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult	Female	•developed•grassland
Notes: Sitting in a small tree along the road. The second Roughleg tried to take perch and they locked talons briefly. some photos taken.
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	12:55:00	1	Flying	Light	Adult	Male	•developed•grassland
Notes: See notes of sighting #1. He tried twice to dislodge the female from her perch but she kept possession. Both flew off probably because of my close proximity.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	13:00:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•forested•grassland

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	13:35:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•stubble agriculture•forested
Notes: on power pole
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	13:50:00	1	Perched	Light	Immature		•unspecified agriculture•developed
Notes: On low perch
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	14:05:00	2	Flying	Light			•grassland
Notes: Possible cooperative foraging. One flying high, the other flying lower in close geographical proximity. Both light morph and flying.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	14:15:00	1	Perched	Light			•forested•unspecified agriculture

RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	14:55:00	2	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•stubble agriculture•unspecified agriculture
Notes: Each sitting on adjacent power poles. both light morph adults and B. j. borealis subspecies.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	15:05:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•forested•grassland

BE (Bald Eagle)	15:20:00	3	Flying		Immature		•forested•developed•unspecified agriculture
Notes: All eagles in the air. 2 were in second basic plumage. Third unknown. Very close to a hog confinement enterprise that attracts scavenging.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	15:25:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•unspecified agriculture
Notes: On power pole near hog confinement that attracts scavengers.
BE (Bald Eagle)	15:25:00	1	Perched		Adult		•forested•unspecified agriculture•developed
Notes: Perched in woods near hog confinement that attracts scavengers.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	15:30:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•forested•unspecified agriculture•developed
Notes: Perched in cottonwood near hog confinement that attracts scavengers. B. j. calurus subspecies
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	15:35:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•unspecified agriculture•stubble agriculture
Notes: Different raptor from previous sighting. This one is a B. j. borealis subspecies. Previous one was a B. j. calurus. Still near the hog confinement. Perched on a power pole.
AK (American Kestrel)	15:40:00	1	Perched			Male	•developed•unspecified agriculture•stubble agriculture
Notes: Sitting on powerline.
BE (Bald Eagle)	15:50:00	5	Perched		Adult		•forested•stubble agriculture•developed
Notes: First 2 were seen perched in a dead cottonwood. They were then joined by 2 more briefly then one went down to a row of riparian trees where the 5th one was seen. I suspect there was a carcass there there but it was not seen.
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	16:00:00	1	Perched	Light	Adult		•developed•forested•grassland
Notes: On powerpole along 4 lane highway at end of survey route

Survey totals by species

Species	Total Count
PR (Prairie Falcon)	1
RT (Red-tailed Hawk)	19
BE (Bald Eagle)	12
AK (American Kestrel)	2
RL (Rough-legged Hawk)	7
SS (Sharp-shinned Hawk)	1
UB (Unknown Buteo)	1
Total	43