Loess Bluffs NWR Field Trip

We will meet at the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center Parking lot at 8:00 am. (Or you can choose to meet us at the lookout tower on the refuge – let me know to look for you). If you can possibly carpool, please do so. A large caravan of cars could diminish our success. Distance is about 115 miles one way and will take less than 2 hours. Our main targets this trip will be Trumpeter Swans and Bald Eagles. We could see over 20 species of waterfowl. A few grebes might be present. Among the hundreds of Trumpeter Swans will likely be a few Tundra Swans, we just have to find them! On arrival we will be viewing the throng of birds from the main lookout then driving the 10 mile loop drive around the main water body. I will have a telescope for the group. In some places other species will be seen such as several species of blackbirds, sparrows and possibly wrens could be present. Woodland species are also possible at several stops. Should be able to depart for the return trip by noon. Option of bringing sack lunch and make a second loop around the area on your own.

Photo: Tundra Swan and Northern Pintail by Sandy Powell

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