Site Description:

This is Nebraska’s newest National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1992 on the inside bend of the Missouri River east of Fort Calhoun. Encompassing 3,300 acres, the Refuge contains significant acres of tallgrass prairie plus riparian timber, river and wetland areas, and cropland.

Ornithological Summary:

A breeding survey conducted in 2000 counted 69 breeding species, including northern bobwhite, red-bellied woodpecker, sedge wren, eastern wood-pewee, warbling vireo, Bell’s vireo, common yellowthroat, Baltimore and orchard oriole, and black- and yellow-billed cuckoo. Prairie uplands support significant numbers of dickcissels and grasshopper sparrows (the third and fourth most abundant species on breeding survey), as well as other species like Henslow’s sparrow, upland sandpiper, and horned lark. Information from Gerald Toll and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Links:

http://boyerchute.fws.gov

http://www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=3961

http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=64640

http://boyerdesotofriends.org/

http://www.bigmuddyworkshop.com/Pages/boyerchute.html

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.