A comprehensive book on Rowe Sanctuary, which sits strategically along the central Platte River near Gibbon, Neb., located at the nexus of the migration routes for up to 600,000 sandhill cranes each spring.

Features of the Rowe Sanctuary book include

• Species lists for the area’s birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, as well as butterflies, flowering forbs and grasses;
• The ecology and biology of local mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians;
• Descriptions of 20 public access suggested bird-viewing areas in Kearney and southern Buffalo counties;
• Illustrations by the author, maps and citations.