DIURNAL RAPTORS OF BUFFALO COUNTY, NEBRASKA

• Main Author: Freeman, Thomas L
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Botany; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Sciences; Life Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation; Systems Biology; Weed Science; Rodriguez; Weaver; Circus cyaneus; Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon; Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle; osprey; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tpn/139; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/tpn/article/1129/viewcontent/pdf_freeman_46_1.pdf

Diurnal birds of prey are apex predators, which often are utilized as indicators of potential environmental change (Newton 1979, Rodriguez-Estrella et al. 1998). While the Platte River Valley of Nebraska and the central plains are recognized as important winter habitat for numer- ous bird of prey sp...