Cedar Point Biological Station

Site Description:

Cedar Point Biological Station (CPBS) is a 1,000-acre research site operated by the University of Nebraska on the south shore of Lake Ogallala. It is a mixture of cedar-forested canyons, rugged bluffs, and rolling uplands of shortgrass and mixed-grass prairie.

Ornithological Summary:

CPBS has achieved a bird list of 342 species, one of the largest in the entire state. One reason is that the Station is near the middle of the east-west faunal transition zone in the Great Plains. Various riparian forests of nearby rivers, and the adjacent two IBA’s (Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala), provide movement corridors for both western and eastern species. The high count has been realized also in part because of the scientists and ornithologists who have used the Station as a research site since 1975, and local birders have sightings dating back to the 1940’s.

Links:

http://www.unl.edu/cedarpt

http://snrs.unl.edu/wedin/nefieldsites/Cedar%20Point/cedar_point.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.