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The western meadowlark is the state bird of Nebraska. This list of birds of Nebraska includes species documented in the U.S. state of Nebraska and accepted by Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU). As of August 2021, there are 467 species included in the official list. Of them, 95 are classed as accidental, 19 are classed as casual, two are extinct, and three have been extirpated. Four have ...
Residential building and energy development have caused the greater sage-grouse population to decline from 16 million 100 years ago to between 200,000 and 500,000 today. [53] This species is in decline due to loss of habitat; [54] the bird's range has shrunk in historical times, having been extirpated from British Columbia, Kansas, and Nebraska.
Some species follow ungulates to catch insects stirred up by the larger animals' grazing. The birds in this genus are infamous for laying their eggs in other birds' nests. The female cowbird notes when a potential host bird lays its eggs, and when the nest is left momentarily unattended, the cowbird lays its own egg in it.
An old name for this species is the "rice bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains during winter and migration. The bobolink breeds in the summer in the United States and Canada , with most of the summer range in the northern U.S. Bobolinks winter in southern South America , primarily Paraguay , Argentina , and Bolivia .
Bird feeding is the activity of feeding wild birds, often by means of bird feeders. With a recorded history dating to the 6th century, [ 1 ] the feeding of wild birds has been encouraged and celebrated in the United States and United Kingdom, with it being the United States' second most popular hobby having National Bird-Feeding Month ...
Nebraska's state nickname was once the "Bugeater State" and its people were sometimes called "bugeaters" (presumably named after the common nighthawk). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 1 ] The Nebraska Cornhuskers college athletic teams were also briefly known the Bugeaters, before adopting their current name, also adopted by the state as a whole.
The western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) is a medium-sized icterid bird, about 8.5 in (22 cm) in length. It is found across western and central North America and is a full migrant, breeding in Canada and the United States with resident populations also found in Mexico. [1]
Generally, common starlings prefer foraging amongst short-cropped grasses and eat with grazing animals or perch on their backs, [42] where they will also feed on the mammal's external parasites. [15] Large flocks may engage in a practice known as "roller-feeding", where the birds at the back of the flock continually fly to the front where the ...