ESTUARY EXPERTS

ESTUARY EXPERTS

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Sandhill Crane Migration

Annual Sandhill Crane Migration - Feeding layover on Nebraska cornfields near the Platt River + roosting on the Platte River at night

Near Grand Island and west along the Platte River to Kearney, NE- in south central Nebraska

The Sandhill Crane Migration is a very popular annual attraction in Central Nebraska-- for the hundreds of thousands of Migrating Cranes-- and also their many viewers who come from all over the world to watch the event.

Nebraska Sandhill Cranes Migration - with a stopover on the Platt River near Grand Island, NE

An estimated 500,000 Sandhill Cranes pass thru the Nebraska Platte River valley heading northward every year during the Annual Spring and Fall Sandhill Crane Migrations. They migrate through an 80 mile wide "Flyway" stretch along the Platt River from near Grand Island to west of Kearney, NE. It is estimated that about 80% of the world's population of Sandhill Cranes do an annual migration layover in this area of the Platte River. The Platte Valley area has great habitat for many types of birds - even bald eagles.

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