Wildlife near Lincoln, NE
Lincoln sits in the tallgrass country of southeast Nebraska, ringed by Salt Creek and its marshes. The saline wetlands on the city’s edge are rare habitat, home to the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle found nowhere else, plus shorebirds and waterfowl on migration. In town it is northern cardinals, fox squirrels, and cottontails, and the prairie edges bring meadowlarks and red-tailed hawks.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Lincoln. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
Naturalists have logged 11,405 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Lincoln. The most frequently seen is the Monarch, with 806 recorded sightings.
Insects & Arthropods account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (14 of the species listed here), followed by birds (11).
Most-observed species near Lincoln
Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.
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