Located on the Crane Trust Property , this lodge is protected as part of their 10,000 acres of conserved prairie on the Big Bend region of the Platte River in Nebraska.
This beaver lodge separates a manmade lake from a beaver-inhabited wetland. American beavers are the primary
inhabitants of this lodge, but other popular sights here are great blue herons, American coots, red-winged blackbirds,
and painted turtles. A recent study showed that beaver activity soars in the summer and fall, but drops off during the
colder months when other animals utilize the woody home.
Located on the Crane Trust Property , this lodge is protected as part of their 10,000 acres of conserved prairie on the Big Bend region of the Platte River in Nebraska
This beaver lodge separates a manmade lake from a beaver-inhabited wetland. American beavers are the primary
inhabitants of this lodge, but other popular sights here are great blue herons, American coots, red-winged blackbirds,
and painted turtles. A recent study showed that beaver activity soars in the summer and fall, but drops off during the
colder months when other animals utilize the woody home.
Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary, formally known as Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary , aims to preserve and protect the Platte River ecosystem and its bird species. The sanctuary offers tours along the Platte during crane migration season and educates about Nebraska cranes via school lectures and summer camps.
Positioned to get a sky-high view, this camera captures a wide area of Sandhill Cranes and river wildlife such as
deer, bobcats, and other birds. As the cranes hunt for food during the day, the best time to monitor them will be during sunrise or sunset.
Mounted on a communication tower on top of a public power and irrigation district office in western Nebraska, this camera overlooks Kingsley Dam. On the left of the dam lies Lake McConaughy and on the right, Lake Ogallala.
At twenty miles long, four miles wide, and 142 feet deep, Lake McConaughy presides as the largest reservoir in Nebraska. Nested on the opposite side of Kingsley Dam is the “little lake”, Lake Ogallala. Although created as an overfill space for Lake McConaughy material during the construction of the dam, the half-mile long and a quarter mile wide “little lake” has become an important recreation spot for fisherman and boaters alike. The Nebraska Games and Parks Commision supports the Lake McConaughy State Recreation Center , and the lake is a popular destination for watersports, camping, and hunting.
Since 1981, the researchers at the UNL Gudmundsen Research Station have been studying the ecology, economics, and geology of the Nebraska Sandhills. Gudmundsen’s 1,200 acres of wetland prairies and 11,600 acres of sandhills allow for extensive research opportunities in this rare and unique ecosystem.
The windmill captured in this camera is one of several windmills on the Gudmundsen property. Each windmill pulls water from the Ogallala Aquifer, and cows gather around the pool to drink or cool off on a hot day.
Located in the Nebraska Sandhills, the Switzer Ranch offers views of a vast sea of rolling mixed-grass prairie-covered sand dunes. The Switzer Ranch is a working landscape where cattle and people are an integral part of keeping the habitat and landscape intact and suitable for plants and wildlife.
In this cameras viewshed, you can see a hay meadow in the foreground with rolling sandhills in the background. This camera will periodically pan, tilt, and zoom to focus on different features in this area.
