Neale Woods Nature Center-IBA Site Profile

Our thanks to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for providing funding through the State Wildlife Grants program for the IBA initiative in Nebraska.

Neale Woods Nature Center

Site Description:

Owned and operated as a nature center by the Fontenelle Nature Association, Neale Woods consists of 554 acres of floodplain and upland woodlands and restored prairie just north of Omaha.

Ornithological Summary:

A checklist of 202 species has been compiled, which includes 35 warbler species as well as species of state concern such as yellow- and black-billed cuckoo, whip-poor-will, red-headed woodpecker, Acadian flycatcher, wood thrush, Bell’s vireo, dickcissel, and grasshopper sparrow.

Links:

http://www.fontenelleforest.org/

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.