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April 2025 Nebraskaland

NEBRASKAland Magazine is dedicated to outstanding photography and informative writing with an engaging mix of articles and photos highlighting Nebraska’s outdoor activities, parklands, wildlife, history and people.

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32 Nebraskaland • April 2025 or one Omaha couple, what began with hiking and a birdsong book has led to two high-school-aged boys who can hold their own with some of the top birdwatchers in the state. Corey and Andi Weber always enjoyed hiking. When their son, Eli, was born in 2006, they received a membership to Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue as a Christmas gift. That led to more hikes with Eli and, two years later, Silas. "We took the boys there ever since they were teeny tiny," Andi said. The hikes were simply about being outdoors. Corey grew up in Wisner and had learned to identify the ducks he saw along the Elkhorn River but hadn't paid much attention to songbirds. While perusing the clearance rack at a local bookstore, Andi ran across a copy of the Bird Songs Bible, a book with an audio player containing photos and sounds of all 750 breeding birds in North America. "Eli would just sit and go through it one song at a time," Andi said. By Eric Fowler F A Birding Family The Webers were looking for, and found, a northern parula that had been spotted at Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue during its northward spring migration. Eli Weber was able to capture this photo of the bird. ELI WEBER

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