11809 Old Maple Road
Omaha Nebraska
Size: 25 Acres. Several Ponds: Sizes Unspecified
Heron Haven Wetland is an easy place to get to. It is right along Maple Road, a busy well traveled street.
This is a wetland area, covering 25 acres, and the water comes from 6 underground springs. Having never read the entire history or purpose for Heron Haven Wetland, it appears to be intended for the serious birdwatcher in Omaha.
Yet we go there just for the enjoyment of an outdoor walk, and the chance to watch the geese and turtles, and the more shy long legged white birds that may be there. We don’t know our bird species, but we enjoy seeing them nonetheless.
We did take a midwinter walk once at Heron Haven. Didn’t see much wildlife, but there were lots of different looking little footprints in the snow. Interesting.
If you were to cross this bridge, the trail will take you to the bird blind. It’s not a real long ways in (remember, Heron Haven is only 25 acres). At the bird blind a pair of binoculars and a camera with a nice telephoto lens would be nice to have.
This portion of the trail is fairly representative of all the trails at Heron Haven, including the trail which leads to the nice boardwalk and observation area seen in the top photo.
There are bathrooms inside the “headquarters” building next to the parking lot.
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