Member of the lab are constantly keeping track of species they observe everywhere they go in an effort to document biodiversity in Nebraska and elsewhere. The following are significant observations from members of the lab; all records are from Nebraska unless stated otherwise. Records are listed in reverse chronological order.

All records are from Nebraska counties unless otherwise noted; county names are italicized.

2025

1. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca - first county record for Sherman. (Eugene Huryn, Cody McGregor)
2. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus - first county record for Buffalo. (Eugene Huryn)
3. LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii - first county record for Harlan. (Eugene Huryn)
4. Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus - second and third county records for Buffalo on the same day. (Jacob C. Cooper and Cody McGregor, respectively)
5. Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus - first county record for Logan. (Jacob C. Cooper, Caroline J. Cooper)
6. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris - second county record for Buffalo. (Jacob C. Cooper, Cody McGregor, Peggy Huss, Kojo Baidoo, Tommy Childers, Connor Harrison)
7. Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii - first county record for Buffalo. (Cody McGregor)
8. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris - first county record for Buffalo. (Cody McGregor)
9. Ovenbird Seiurus auricapilla - first county record for Banner. (Eugene A. Huryn, Tommy Childers)
10. Least Bittern Botaurus exilis - first county record for Nance. (Peggy M. Huss, Robin Harding, Jacob C. Cooper)
11. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis - first county record for Merrick. (Jacob C. Cooper, Peggy M. Huss)
12. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera - first county record for Dawes. (Eugene A. Huryn)
13. Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata - tenth state record for Nebraska, second county record for Sioux. (Eugene A. Huryn)
14. White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis - first county record for Howard. (Cody McGregor)
15. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus - first county record for Scotts Bluff. (Eugene A. Huryn, Cody McGregor, Tommy Childers)
16. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus - first county record for Buffalo. (Eugene A. Huryn, Cody McGregor)
17. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius - first county record for Hitchcock. (Jacob C. Cooper, Robin Harding, and others)
18. Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica - second county record for Buffalo; one of only a few records east of Lincoln within Nebraska. (Cody McGregor)
19. Partial albino Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator - a rare color mutation in Trumpeter Swans posing a unique ID challenge in Lincoln. (Jacob C. Cooper, Cody McGregor, Peggy M. Huss, Eugene Huryn)

2024

1. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis - second record for Buffalo. (Eugene A. Huryn, Cody McGregor)
2. Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis - first county record for Red Willow. (Jacob C. Cooper, Cody McGregor, Peggy M. Huss, Keith Geluso)
3. Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus - first county record for Sherman; thirteenth accepted state record for Nebraska. (Jacob C. Cooper, Eugene A. Huryn, Robin Harding)
4. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius - first county record for Dawson. (Mike Roffman)
5. Western Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea (obscura subspecies group) - first county record for Custer; one of the easternmost records for this population in the state. (Jacob C. Cooper, Darcey Taylor, Nate Eidem)
6. Zabulon Skipper Lon zabulon - first county record for Howard. (Jacob C. Cooper)
7. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi - first county record for Hamilton. (Jacob C. Cooper, Cody McGregor, Michael Sambula-Monzalvo, David Saling)
8. Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus - first county record for Buffalo (easternmost record in Nebraska at that time, though vagrants have been found to east coast). (Jacob C. Cooper, Darcey Taylor)
9. Brant Branta bernicla hrota - first documented Buffalo record since 1930. Likely the same bird as was found in January was later found the following December through January. (Jacob C. Cooper)

2023

1. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus - first county record for Thomas. (Jacob C. Cooper, Caroline Cooper)
2. Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides - first county record for Blaine. (Cody McGregor, Jacob C. Cooper, Nate Eidem)
3. Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides - first county record for Valley. (Cody McGregor, Jacob C. Cooper, Nate Eidem)