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Christmas Bird Count at Ponca State Park

Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley December 8, 2014 Leave a comment

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Madeline Heemstra craning her neck to look at birds through a spotting scope at Ponca State Park.

Join Ponca State Park for the Annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 14. Experienced and novice birders, nature enthusiasts, and families are invited to participate in this 115-year-old tradition sponsored by the National Audubon Society.

Guests are advised to dress accordingly and to bring their binoculars and bird books. The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the Missouri National Recreational River Resource and Education Center. A chili feed will be offered at noon amid counting. This event is free for all ages.

Participants can make observations within the park and surrounding wildlife management areas (WMAs). Bird numbers and information gathered at the park’s count will be provided to the National Audubon Society for continued research and conservation of North American bird populations.

A valid park entry permit is required. For more information, contact Ponca State Park at 402-755-2284 or ngpc.ponca@nebraska.gov.

About Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley

NEBRASKAland Associate Editor Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, and moved to the United States with her parents in 1992. She graduated from Bolsa Grande High School in Garden Grove, California, in 2008 and completed her bachelor’s degree at UCLA in 2012. Wheatley was editor-in-chief for her high school newspaper and continued to write in college, freelancing for various publications, the Tiger Woods Foundation and writing for her blog FoodForHunters.com. After graduating college, she moved to Nebraska in early 2013 to join the Commission as Regional Editor at NEBRASKAland Magazine. She then became associate editor in 2015. Wheatley enjoys hiking, camping, horseback riding, hunting, fishing and wild game cooking.

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