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Bird Species
Canada goose *
Cackling Goose
Great White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Mallard *
No. Pintail
Am. Wigeon
Gadwall
Blue-winged Teal *
Green-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Western Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot *
Wood Duck *
Long-tailed Duck
American Avocet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed Dowitcher
Willet
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Simipalmated Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer *
Simipalmated Plover
Piping Plover *
Black Tern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Nt-heron
Osprey*
Bald Eagle*
Red-tailed Hawk *
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Am. Kestrel *
Prairie Falcon
Northern Harrier
Virginia Rail
Sora
Great-horned Owl*
Burrowing Owl
Common Nighthawk
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headd Woodpecker*
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker*
Olive Sided Flycatcher
Western Wood Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird*
Eastern Kingbird*
Loggerhead Shrike*
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay*
Black Billed Magpie*
American Crow
Horned Lark*
Tree Swallow*
Barn Swallow
No. Rough-winged Swallow*
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow *
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren*
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Brown Thrasher
European Starling*
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow *
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak*
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird *
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark *
Brown-headed
Cowbird *
Brewers Blackbird
Common Grackle*
Bullock's Oriole*
Orchard Oriole*
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch *
House Sparrow*
USGS Bird List |
The NPNWR
was established in 1916.
Lake Minatare, Lake Alice and Winter's Creek Lake are
closed from October 1st through January 15th to provide
sanctuary for nearly 200,000
migrating waterfowl
and 20 or more Bald Eagles. |
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Lake Minatare
From US
Highway 26, travel north on Sugar Factory Road
approximately 5 miles to Lake Minatare Road. Turn east
and travel approximately 6 miles to Stonegate Road. Turn
north, the entrance is approximately 1 mile on the east
side of the road. Lake Minatare is also a State
Recreation Area for camping, fishing, boating and a
state park permit is required.
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Gulls at Lake Minatare |
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Lake Alice
From
US Highway 26, travel north on Sugar Factory Road to
County Road C (approximately 7 miles). Turn east on
County Road C approximately 2 miles to the Lake on the
left side of the road. Camping and fishing is permitted
from designated areas.
This is a good location for shorebirds during migration
if there is any water in the lake at all.
For the 14th consecutive
year, Bald Eagles are nesting at Lake Alice and at least
two young are now hatched.A total of
30 eagles have fledged to flight from this nesting
sight. A few years ago the nest blew down and a new one
was constructed by the nesting pair. In years that the
lake is dry the eagles feed their young prairie dogs
instead of the normal fish. (2009)
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Bald Eagle |
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Winter's Creek Lake
The
Winters Creek entrance is just beyond the Lake Minatare
entrance on the opposite side of the road. A road
follows the south side of the lake. At the end of the
road is an area you can park and hike into the area. The
road is very close to the water and viewing waterfowl is
easy from your car. This is one of the best locations in
the area to view a large number of species of ducks and
other waterfowl.
On the south-west side of the property Osprey have
attempted to nest on a power pole and platform the past
2 years (2010)
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Winter Ducks |
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State Line Island
From
U.S. Highway 26 at Henry, Nebraska, travel south on
Holloway Road approximately 1 mile to the entrance and
parking area on the east side of the road. There are
several hiking trails on the east and west side of the
road along the river and near some small ponds.
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Great Egret, Great Blue Heron,
Canada Goose & Killdeer |
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