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Boyer NWR is located 15 mi (24 km) north of Omaha, Nebraska; most visitors follow U.S. Highway 75 to Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, and then follow the signs east for 3 miles (4.8 km) to the refuge. [4] Built in the 1820s, Fort Atkinson, the first U.S. Army post west of the Missouri River, is 2.5 mi (4.0 km) west of the refuge.
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 ...
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 5,047 acres (20.42 km 2).Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is broken into four separate sections that are superimposed on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation–managed lakes and reservoirs.
January 3, 1997 1,060 acres (4.3 km 2) [8] Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge: Calhoun County: AL May 29, 2003 9,016 acres (36.49 km 2) Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: Jackson County: AL 1978 264 acres (1.07 km 2) Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge: Jefferson County: AL 1980 24 acres (0.097 km 2) Wheeler National Wildlife ...
The main endpoints of the flyway include the Canadian Prairies and the region surrounding the Gulf of Mexico; the migration route tends to narrow considerably in the Platte River and Missouri River valleys of central and eastern Nebraska, which accounts for the high number of bird species found there. [2]
Nebraska's Wetlands: Their Wildlife and Ecology. 2012. Yellowstone Wildlife: Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 2012. ebook 2013; A Prairie’s Not Scary. 2012. (Children's book on prairie ecology) Birds of the Central Platte Valley, Nebraska. 2013. 182 pp. (With Mary B. Brown.) The Birds of Nebraska. Revised ...
Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the ...
This is a full list of the mammals indigenous to the U.S. state of Nebraska.It consists of 89 mammals either live or have lived in the state. [1] [2] [3] As a state located in the northern Great Plains, Nebraska has a diverse mammalian fauna, due to the intersection of major climatic and environmental zones within its boundaries.