Since 1986, Platte River Power has taken part in an annual December National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count at the Rawhide Energy Station site.

See the counts on these Web pages:

Birds 2010 | Birds 2000-2009 | Birds 1990-1999 | Birds 1986-1989

Download all of the years’ results: Birds 1986-2010 (pdf) (8.5 X 14 - legal-sized)

National Audubon Society Annual Christmas Bird Count Latest Results (Enter code: CORA)

From 1986 through 2007, Dr. Ronald A. Ryder, Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, conducted a study of bird populations using the Rawhide Energy Station site. See his Ryder Reports.