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& Bikers
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Bird Watchers
 As
one of the central flyways for hundreds of migrating species of
birds, central Nebraska is well known to birders as one of the best
documented meeting places and hybrid zones for eastern and western
North American bird species in the country. The Harlan County Reservoir
area is especially good bird-watching country. Surrounded by extensive
tracts of woodlands, brush, grasslands and weedy areas which attract
a wide variety of perching birds, it also attracts good numbers
of bald eagles, geese (especially
Canada geese), some sand hill cranes during spring and fall, and
also has a population of greater prairie-chickens. In winter, large
numbers of Bald Eagles, gulls and waterfowl can be seen. Wooded
parks on the north side of the lake provide good habitat for woodland
birds and prairie grasslands and open farmland all around the lake
offer good opportunities for open country birds.
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