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Nebraska Birding Bowl Rules

Nebraska Birding Bowl rules for participants.

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Nebraska Birding Bowl

A FREE birding competition in May for all skills levels from beginning birders, backyard birders, to …

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Trumpeter Swans

Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swans are a common migrant in spring and fall throughout the state, and fairly common …

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Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) at Ponderosa Wildlife Management Area in Dawes County.

Pine Ridge Specialties

n the panhandle of Nebraska, the Ponderosa Pine-covered hills and rocky escarpments attract unique …

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East meets West

With the 100th Meridian dividing Nebraska down the middle with the humid environment in the eastern …

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Geese gather on wetlands overnight, not moving to grain fields to feed until first light.

Waterfowl migration

The spring migration of ducks and geese in Nebraska is hard to ignore as endless streams of …

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Yellow warbler at Gilbert Baker Wildlife Management Area

Warbler migration

The Missouri River corridor is on the western edge of migration routes for many eastern warbler …

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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Ray Otto wetland.

Shorebird migration

Over 30 species and an estimated 200,000–300,000 shorebirds stopover in Nebraska during spring and …

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Sprague's Pipit by Phil Swanson

Sprague’s Pipit

Sprague’s Pipit migration through Nebraska occurs from April to mid-May and mid-September to late …

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Harris's Sparrow by Stephen Brenner.

Harris’s Sparrow

The Harris’s Sparrow is a common winter resident in the southern and eastern third of Nebraska.

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