Birding Trails
Bald Eagle Trail As of 2005 at least 34 pairs of bald eagles were nesting in Nebraska, and the wint... This region mostly consists of the Nebraska Sandhills. It represents the largest natural ecosystem in the... The Elkhorn Valley trail follows the route of the beautiful Elkhorn River Valley, from its confluence wit... Important Bird Areas in Nebraska (IBA) As of 2006, there were 16 sites in Nebraska designated as important bird areas in the state. This is part... Like the Central Sandhills Trail, this region mostly consists of the Nebraska Sandhills. The Sandhills re... This region is a land whose eastern portions were scraped-over and re-shaped by glaciers, and which later... Mixed-grass Prairies of Central and Western Nebraska This listing of 19 public-access sites are good examples of mixed-grass prairies in central and western N... This portion of the state includes two of the very best bird-finding localities in the state, namely Vale... The pine-covered hills and escarpments of the western Panhandle remind one of the Black Hills, and ab... The central Platte Valley and nearby Rainwater Basin provides some of the best spring birding opportu... The route includes the most important wetlands of the western rainwater basin. The Rainwater Basin Wetlan... A 135 mile loop tour starts at York or Aurora at I-80. The route includes the most important wetlands of ... This trans-state trail stretches from the tallgrass prairies and Missouri Valley hardwood forests of sout... The area around Kingsley Dam and its reservoir, Lake McConaughy (Keith County), has one of the very few l... Tallgrass Prairies in Eastern Nebraska This listing includes 42 public access tallgrass sites in eastern and east-central Nebraska. |


