Lincoln, NE – 12/20/14 – Contact Michelle Johnson at or Josef Kren at Omaha, NE – 12/20/2014 – Contact Betty Grenon at Seward, NE & Branched Oak – 12/14/2014 – contact Joe Gubanyi at 402-643-7316 or Desoto Bend – 1/3/2015 – Contact Jer Toll at 402-312-1635 or Norfolk, NE –…
Song Sparrow – A rich, russet-and-gray bird with bold streaks down its white chest, the Song Sparrow is one of the most familiar North American sparrows. Don’t let the bewildering variety of regional differences this bird shows across North America deter you: it’s one of the first species you should suspect if you see…
This is a wonderful time of year to get outdoors before more frigid weather arrives. Take a field guide and a pair of binoculars and enjoy the birds you see. Watch for hawks sitting along the roadway. Its great fun just to keep track of the number of birds you can observe. Just a short…
More About Wild Bird Habitat’s Quality Wild Bird Feeds NutraSaff Safflower, also known as Golden Safflower, an extremely thin outer hull. Birds will have an easier time digesting and extracting the meal from NutraSaff safflower seeds. NutraSaff provides higher energy with less waste than traditional safflower. Here are more attributes and benefits: Hulless – No…
Bird Identification Corner White-crowned vs. White-throated Sparrow You see a sparrow size bird on the ground scratching with their feet on the ground as they forage for seeds. It has black and white stripes on the crown of its head. How do I tell if it is a White-crowned or White-throated sparrow? At a distance…
It seems as if we were just celebrating the arrival of our summer Neo-Tropical migrant birds, and already we’re telling them good-bye till next spring… The avian calendar is swift. We began receiving reports of hummingbirds at feeders in early August. This will continue to be the case through most all of September, so there…
August Newsletter
Burn Camp for Kids Request for Donors, Presenters & Mentors Approximately 13 years ago a vision to start a camp for children with burn injuries became a reality. This annual summer Burn Camp was made possible with the help of St Elizabeth Regional Medical Center’s Foundation and several staff members from the Burn Unit at…
Dave’s July Bird Chatter After the cool spring weather relented and it finally warmed up our migrating birds finally made it to their nesting grounds. Wrens seem to be successfully nesting. Purple Martins are fledging their young, and Bluebirds appear to be having a good season with many folks enjoying them for the first time…