Were it not for Francis Burt’s digestive problems, Bellevue might be Nebraska’s big city and Omaha its suburb.
Stories
New Life for the Old Stevens
Nebraskaland regional editor Justin Haag tells about refurbishing his grandfather’s rifle and its history.
A Rare Bird: Remembering Jon Farrar
Dogged writer and photographer. Accuracy hound. Swearer. Whiskey drinker. That was Jon Farrar. This colorful character of a man, who spent 42 years on the staff of Nebraskaland Magazine, passed away on March 30, 2021, at the age of 73.
Winter Wildlife Tracking
By Monica Macoubrie Winter is normally a time for hibernation. Sleeping five to sometimes nine months out of the year, animals will lay coiled up and cozy in an underground burrow, a pile of leaves or, as humans do, under a heated blanket in our beds. The negative temperatures, face-stinging […]
Larry Porter and His Sparrows
Larry Porter highlights two species of Nebraska sparrows that possess the WOW factor: the LeConte’s and Nelson’s sparrows.
Estimating Duck Migration
A team of scientists at the Cornell Lab used eBird observations from 2006 – 2020 to predict the abundance of duck species in Nebraska.