Birding Trails

Sandhills Marsh by Paul Johnsgard

Bald Eagle Loop

Bald Eagle Trail

As of 2005 at least 34 pairs of bald eagles were nesting in Nebraska, and the wint...

Central Sandhills Trail

This region mostly consists of the Nebraska Sandhills. It represents the largest natural ecosystem in the...

Elkhorn Valley Trail

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...

Loup River Trail

Like the Central Sandhills Trail, this region mostly consists of the Nebraska Sandhills. The Sandhills re...

Missouri Valley Trail

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...

Niobrara Valley Trail

This portion of the state includes two of the very best bird-finding localities in the state, namely Vale...

Panhandle Trail

The pine-covered hills and escarpments of the western Panhandle remind one of the Black Hills, and ab...

Platte Valley Trail

The central Platte Valley and nearby Rainwater Basin provides some of the best spring birding opportu...

Rainwater Basin Western Loop

The route includes the most important wetlands of the western rainwater basin. The Rainwater Basin Wetlan...

Rainwater Basin Eastern Loop

A 135 mile loop tour starts at York or Aurora at I-80. The route includes the most important wetlands of ...

Republican Valley Trail

This trans-state trail stretches from the tallgrass prairies and Missouri Valley hardwood forests of sout...

Sandsage and Shortgrass Trail

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.