© Michael Willison
Cassin’s Kingbird
This southwestern kingbird reaches the easternmost part of its breeding range in extreme Western Nebraska.
© Michael Willison
Franklin’s Gull
A small prairie gull, thousands migrate through the Central Flyway on their way to and from the potholes to the north.
© Deb Miller
Sandhill Crane
Nebraska’s greatest spectacle – the annual spring crane migration along the Platte River.
© Michael Willison
Piping Plover
This endangered inland sub-species may be found nesting on sandbars of larger rivers.
© Jan Johnson
American Avocet
A large and colorful shorebird, most breeding birds are found in the western wetlands.
© Phil Swanson
Sprague’s Pipit
This elusive species migrates annually through the Nebraska grasslands to its breeding prairies to the north.