Prairie Wind Birding Tours

04/09/2026

The gifts from Phillip Wonder Photography are amazing!

04/08/2026

What a great gift from one of our guests! Thank you Phillip Wonder Photography!

04/07/2026

The birds featured on the front page of the Kearney Hub today.

04/06/2026

Our season will end on Saturday. By then I will have baked 700 muffins, made 35 gallons of coffee, welcomed over 600 birders into our home and our guides will have totaled almost 300 hours in the blinds. It been a successful season!! Thank you for going birding with us.

04/04/2026

We are Kent and Robyn Hubbert, owners of Prairie Wind Birding Tours. We are in our fourth season of providing greater prairie chicken Lek tours near Kearney, NE. We will be winding up our season next Saturday, with openings next week on April 6, 8, 10, and the 11th. It has been a great season so far. We’ve enjoyed welcoming each of our guests to our family farm for this extraordinary experience.

04/03/2026

04/03/2026

Meet the guides continues with our friend Bill Storrs.

Bill is new to guiding for us but he has worked with us on the farm for years after retiring as a local business owner. Bill loves to visit with the guests and we are so glad he joined our crew.

04/02/2026

Meet the guides Paul Bishop and Patty Geist. Without our great guides we would not have been able to grow and provide a 5 star experience.

Paul was the first guide we hired three years ago and we appreciate how well he communicates with our guests. It’s not a surprise that Paul can visit with anyone, he spent years as an educator for UNK. He is an avid hunter and hunting dog trainer and has worked as a field trials judge.

Patty is our newest guide, but she’s been with us since the beginning! She was one of our first guests, she helped build relationships with Kearney Visitor’s Bureau and provided us with great photography. She is a professional photographer, a master naturalist and a Rowe Sanctuary volunteer.

04/01/2026

Meet the guides! The people who have such a big part in the success of our business. Braxton Brisbin and Kipp Peterson

Braxton is a recent Kearney High graduate who loves to hunt in his spare time. In addition to guiding for us he has a full time job. He is currently saving money and considering possible education pathways.

Kipp is a former teacher and principal (he was Braxton’s principal) In addition to guiding he supervises student teachers for UNK and enjoys photography. This is the second time he and Braxton have worked together, Kipp was a supervisor on Braxton’s detasseling crew.

03/26/2026

We just had a group of 14 cancel for this Sunday March 29 due to an injury and an illness. If anyone is looking to book a tour our head guide (my husband Kent) said today was a top 5 day! The excitement is building on the lek!

03/25/2026

We are just halfway through the birding season with 314 guests so far coming from across the US and other countries. Today we added Austria to the list.

03/25/2026

Tomorrow our story will be shared on Pure Nebraska at approximately 9:30.