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Lincoln's
Wild Bird Habitat Stores
South Lincoln, NE
In the Alamo Plaza
56th & Hwy #2
Mon - Fri 9am to 6pm
Saturday 9am to 5pm
Sunday 11am to 4pm
(402) 420-2553
North Lincoln, NE
In the white house at
4840 Orchard St
Mon - Fri 9am to 5:30pm
Saturday 9am to 5pm
Sunday Noon to 4pm
(402) 464-4055
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Two Lincoln City Libraries get
Bird Feeders!
The Wild Bird Habitat Stores have donatied and installed bird feeders at Gere and Eiseley libraries
in Lincoln. Check out the details of the upcoming
Kid's Bird EnCOUNTer February 18th at these two libraries. |
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House the Birds / House the People
The number one cause for loss of birds is loss of habitat. Now you can help create housing for birds while creating housing fo people. Join the Wild Bird Habitat Stores in the Creature Comfort Project and house the birds and house the people.
Join the Wild Bird Habitat Stores of Nebraska and
Habitat for Humanity
Be a Celebrity Bird House Builder
Sponsor the Creature Comfort Project
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HOUSE SPARROWS
NOT A SPRROW AT ALL
When the word sparrow is mentioned, all too often one thinks of the common house sparrow, an aggressive cavity nesting bird introduced into North America from England in the mid-1850s, becoming the most populace bird in North America by the turn of the century. Besides wreaking havoc on our native cavity nesting birds..read more |
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| February Bird of the Month
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Harris' Sparrow |
Autumn is a time of the year I always look forward to, especially the month of October. This is when we begin to see many of our winter birds beginning to arrive. But one bird that is always exciting to see return is the Harris's Sparrow.
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14th Great Backyard Bird Count
Join in on North America's largest 4 day bird count. Become a citizen scientist. Its fun, easy, and there is no charge.
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All levels of birding experience are asked to join in. Great for families, schools, youth groups, anyone interested in collecting data on the birds they see and reporting them online to the biologists at the Cornell University Bird Lab. Count the birds at the feeders in your backyard, in your neighborhood, city park or wildlife area. This count is "for the birds".
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 Dave's February Bird Chatter Winter is far from over. And as the natural food sources for birds become increasingly scarce or covered by snow, the bird feeders will continue to draw more visitors. Recent snows to our north may drive more birds into our area, and new ones can arrive at any time. Keep vigilant about new birds at the feeders. Already this seems to be a banner year for Northern Goldfinch. ....read more |
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Kid's Bird EnCOUNTer 
A free family event
February 18 / 1 pm - 3 pm
two locations:
Eiseley Library 15th & Superior St
Gere Library 56th & Normal Blvd
Meet live birds of prey from Rpator Recovery Nebraska and Pioneers Park Nature Center along with kids bird crafts, games, bird watching and more.....Kids Bird EnCOUNTer
Contact the Wild Bird Habitat Stores for more information at (402) 420-2553
Sponsored by
Lincoln City Libraries, Wachiska Audubon,
Wild Bird Habitat Stores and Nebraska Game & Parks |
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Sponsored by Nebraska's Wild Bird Habitat Stores
Greg's "Big Year" adventures in 1998 inspired the writing of the book and formed the basis of Jack Black's character in the motion picture "The Big Year"
Join Greg on a morning birding trip to "hotspots" in south-central Nebraska along the Platte River and in the Rainwater Basin.
Join us at the Crane Trust & Visitors Center March 24th as Greg Miller speaks about his big birding adventure. (free & open to the public)
2 pm - "Swamps, Mountain Tops, and Cheap Motels: My Big Year Travelogue"
7 pm - "The Big Year: The Triumph of Nature and the
Human Spirit"
For more information or to register for the
"Big Morning" contact the
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Annual Sandhill Crane Excursion
March 22, 2012
Join the Wild Bird Habitat Store and the Pioneers Park Nature Center for this popular one day excursion from Lincoln to see more than 500,000 Sandhill Cranes along Nebraska's Platte River. Cost includes transportation, dinner, presentation, viewing blind, guide service. Seating is limited. For additional information or to register contact the Pioneers Park Nature Center today at (402) 441-7895.
Sponsored by Nebraska's Wild Bird Habitat Stores,
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Birding #101
Classes Begin March 26th
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Learn the essentials of birding, bird identification, and where to go birding in this year's "Birding 101" offered by OLLI, UNL's Oscher Lifelong Learning Institute. The six weekly classes will include 4 field trips to view birds: the Pioneers Park Nature Center, Spring Creek Audubon Center, Lancaster County's Saline Wetlands, and Lake Wanahoo.
Classes begin March 26
Phone: 472-6265 or go to olli@unl.edu for more information.
Instructors
Dan Wheeler, Professor Emeritus from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and Dave Titterington from the Wild Bird Habitat Stores
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42 ANNUAL
Rivers & Wildlife Celebration
March 15-18, 2012 Kearney, Nebraska
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The longest running annual birding festival in North America. Come join in the fun. Birding excursions, workshops, noted guest speakers and so much more. Fun for the entire family
Check out all the events for this popular birding festival and register online or
call Spring Creek Audubon Center at
(402) 797-2301 for more information.
Stop at Wild Bird Habitat Store's / Nebraska Biridng Trail's booth at the festival. |
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Pulse of the Plains
by photographer Michael Forsberg
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Nebraska's Sandhills
cover 20,000 square miles |
If you are from the Great Plains Michael's presentation will evoke a spirit of pride in you. If you have never been out on the Great Plains of America Michael's images will astonish you. Take a visual journey with Michael Forsberg into America's Serengeti, the Great Plains of North America, a vast and wild wilderness experience.
Watch "Pulse of the Plains"
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This library is getting noisy - and that's fine with the us
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The Nebraska Bird Library, an online resource and field guide about Nebraska's birds, recently added sound files to some species. Now bird-watchers can not only browse through bird species profiles, they can also hear a bird's call. Want to hear the rolling "quip-ip-ip-ip" of an upland sandpiper, the soft "phew" of the western bluebird or the bubbling, flutelike song of the western meadowlark? There are sound files for 163 species, including all of the most common birds....read more from the Omaha World Herald
Project Beak for Kids - Bird Education Awareness for Kids |
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