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A Bird’s Eye View of the Rainwater Basin

10,000 Birds

Funk WPA is about three miles long and is dissected by roads and dikes. Because of the agricultural value of land in the Great Plains, many WPAs (and areas protected by the state of Nebraska) are islands of wetland habitat surrounded by oceans of cropland. Pumping stations allow water delivery and management to several units.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

2008 and this video recommended by the Ted Talk people: The Early Birdwatchers ), or the social behavior of Common Guillemots (what we North Americans call Common Murres) ( Bird Sense: What it Is Like to Be a Bird , 2012). The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection.

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A Bird’s Eye View of the Rainwater Basin

10,000 Birds

Funk WPA is about three miles long and is dissected by roads and dikes. Because of the agricultural value of land in the Great Plains, many WPAs (and areas protected by the state of Nebraska) are islands of wetland habitat surrounded by oceans of cropland. Pumping stations allow water delivery and management to several units.

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