…asked about the best place to see the sandhill cranes during their annual spring stopover in Nebraska. My reply: Do you want to see the cranes or experience them? The…
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Do Cranes Sleep?
…Nebraskaland Magazine. By Eric Fowler Do sandhill cranes sleep? On their bellies? In a wooded creekbottom? From what we know about the cranes that stop in the Platte River Valley…
A Historic Gathering: Whooping Cranes
…to determine how whooping cranes are responding to land and water management activities in the Platte Valley. In all, the surveys determined that 88 whooping cranes stopped on the Platte…
Crane Moves
…holds. Cranes and the Platte Scientists believe sandhill cranes have been stopping on the Platte River during their spring migration for 2 to 10 million years. While records are sparse,…
See the Sandhill Crane Migration
…seen in cultures all over the world through stories, art and festivals. In Nebraska, sandhill cranes are celebrated. Beginning mid-February to mid-April, thousands of sandhill cranes gather, with peak numbers…
Spring Brings the Call of the Crane
Sandhill cranes look for areas to feed and rest on their migration to northern breeding grounds. Here, cranes have landed at Clear Creek WMA. Photo by Julie Geiser, Nebraskaland Magazine….