Surrounded by the city of Omaha, the area inside this oxbow lake is really in Iowa while most of the old oxbow is in Nebraska. The lake can be good for ducks and other waterbirds. It is immediately west of the Omaha airport.
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This old oxbow surrounds the town of Carter Lake, Iowa which lies on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River channel just west of Eppley Airport.
Roadside viewing
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Content from Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
Last updated September 3, 2023