Site Description and Ornithological Summary: The Dietlein Family Ranch is an 8,000-acre property adjacent to Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge in west-central Nebraska.

Birds of note that have been documented on site are American Bittern, White-faced Ibis, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Long-billed Curlew, Upland Sandpiper, Piping Plover, Black Tern, Trumpeter Swan, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Red-headed Woodpecker. A management plan has been written for the 4-D Rush Lake Reserve, which is on the western edge of the Dietlein Ranch.

For more information, call or write Kevin Poague, Important Bird Areas Coordinator, Audubon Nebraska, P.O. Box 117, 11700 SW 100th Street, Denton, NE 68339 402-797-2301, Fax: 402-797-2304.