Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center-IBA Site Profile

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Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center

Site Description:

Nearly 500 acres of native tallgrass prairie plus a wooded stream, wetlands, ponds, and bur oak/cottonwood woodlands make up this 640-acre Audubon Center located 20 minutes from Lincoln.

Ornithological Summary:

The Center is important as a migration stopover and breeding ground for grassland birds needing extensive tracts of native prairie. Nesting species include greater prairie-chicken; Henslow’s, field, and grasshopper sparrows; dickcissel; upland sandpiper; northern bobwhite; and bobolink. Sprague’s pipits are regular spring and fall migrants. Wooded areas support red-headed woodpeckers, Bell’s vireos, and yellow-billed cuckoos. Harris’s sparrows are common winter visitors.

Links:

http://www.audubon.org/states/ne/spngcrk.htm

Location Map

For more information, call or write Kevin Poague, Important Bird Areas Coordinator, Audubon Nebraska, P.O Box 117, 11700 SW 100th Street, Denton, NE 68339 402-797-2301, Fax: 402-797-2304; Email