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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 ...
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1992, is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. state of Nebraska. [2] [3] The 4,040-acre (1,630 ha) refuge preserves an area that had been cultivated and neglected before the early 1990s. [4]
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.
Washington County, Nebraska: IA 1958 8,362 acres (33.84 km 2) [139] Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge: Iowa Illinois Wisconsin: IA 1989 911 acres (3.69 km 2) [140] Iowa Wetland Management District: Covers 15 counties IA 25,000 acres (100 km 2) 75 waterfowl production areas [141] Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge: Jasper County: IA 1990
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]
University of Nebraska Paul Austin Johnsgard (28 June 1931 – 28 May 2021) was an ornithologist , artist and emeritus professor at the University of Nebraska . His works include nearly fifty books including several monographs, principally about the waterfowl and cranes .
The Chafee NWR and adjacent lands along the Narrow River (the Pettaquamscutt River), which form the Pettaquamscutt Cove, are a designated Important Bird Area (IBA). The Audubon Society reports that the majority of the Pettaquamscutt Cove IBA is under private ownership or in open water, with smaller portions being part of the Chafee NWR (18.7%), under the ownership of conservation organizations ...
The refuge features large numbers of migratory waterfowl and bald eagles during the winter months. [2] A map of Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. The Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1993 when the U.S. government purchased a large rice farm from the John Hancock Insurance Company.