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The Wilkinson Whooping Cranes

Joel Jorgensen April 5, 2016 Leave a comment

As announced in a press release last week, Wilkinson Wildlife Management Area in Platte County was partially closed to public access until late yesterday (5 April) due to the presence of three adult Whooping Cranes.  The birds were visible from a county road and nearly 400 people have come out to see them during their stay.  Monday evening, the birds put on quite a show and I was fortunate to capture some video of them dancing.  The video is below.

 In addition to the video, below are a few photos from Wilkinson WMA.

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crane watchers

Good birding!

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About Joel Jorgensen

Joel Jorgensen is a Nebraska native and he has been interested in birds just about as long as he has been breathing. He has been NGPC’s Nongame Bird Program Manager for eight years and he works on a array of monitoring, research, regulatory and conservation issues. Nongame birds are the 400 or so species that are not hunted and include the Whooping Crane, Least Tern, Piping Plover, Bald Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon. When not working, he enjoys birding.

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