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There are a great number of wild life in Nemaha County. We have listed a few of them:

Migratory Birds

  • Sharp Shinned Hawk
  • Cooper’s Hawk
  • Goshawk
  • American Kestrel
  • Bald Eagle
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Mourning Dove
  • Whip-Poor-Will
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Ruby Throated Hummingbird
  • Purple Martin
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Chimney Swift
  • House Wren
  • Bewick’s Wren
  • Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
  • Gray Catbird
  • Brown Thrasher
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • American Robin
  • Wood Thrush
  • Loggerhead Shrike (Rain Crow)
  • Yellow Rumped Warbler (spring)
  • Yellow Warbler (spring)
  • Pine Grosbeak (spring)
  • American Redstart
  • Red Winged Blackbird
  • Yellow Headed Blackbird (rare)
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Rose Breasted Grosbeak
  • Rufous Sided Towhee
  • Ovenbird
  • Golden Crowned Kinglet
  • Bobolink
  • Marsh Wren
  • Sedge Wren
  • Brewer’s Blackbird
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Dickcissel
  • Pine Siskin (rare)
  • Common Yellowthroat (rare)
  • Brown Headed Cowbird
  • Song Sparrow
  • Cedar Waxing
  • Yellow Billed Cuckoo
  • Black Billed Cuckoo
  • Brown Creeper
  • Rock Dove
  • Horned Lark

Cliff Swallow

Waterbirds

  • Pied Billed Grebe
  • Least Grebe
  • Mallard Upland Sandpiper
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Double Crested Cormorant
  • American Anhinga
  • Canda Goose
  • Snow Goose (migratory)
  • Ross Goose (migratory)
  • White Fronted Goose (migratory)
  • Ring Billed Gull
  • Herring Gull
  • Bonaparte’s Gull
  • Foster Tern
  • Caspian Tern
  • Virginia Rail
  • King Rail
  • Common Merganser
  • Shoveler
  • Canvasback
  • Common Pintail
  • Wood Duck
  • Blue Winged Teal
  • American Coot
  • White Pelican
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Egret
  • Cattle Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Whooping Crane (migratory)
  • Sandhill Crane (migratory)
  • Killdeer
  • Common Snipe
  • American Woodcock
  • American Bittern
  • Least Bittern
  • Sora

Mammals

  • Opossum (Marsupial)
  • Raccoon
  • White Tailed Deer
  • Red Fox
  • Coyote
  • Bobcat (rare)
  • Red Squirrel
  • Grey Squirrel (rare)
  • Ground Squirrel
  • Chipmunk
  • Muskrat
  • Beaver
  • Field Mouse
  • Vole
  • Striped Skunk
  • Badger
  • Fruit Bat
  • Shrew
  • Mole

Raccoon

Reptiles & Amphibians

  • Black Snake
  • Bull Snake
  • Garter Snake
  • Ring Neck Snake
  • Common Toad
  • Bull Frog
  • Leopard Frog
  • Tree Frog
  • Salamander (Mudpuppy)
  • Gecko (rare)
  • Painted Turtle
  • Box Turtle
  • Snapping Turtle

Box Turtle
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May 24, 2008
Brownville's Spring Flea Market
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May 25, 2008
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May 31, 2008
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Jun 7, 2008
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Jun 13, 2008
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