Sandhill Cranes return to the North Platte River Valley in #Nebraska
Starting now and running through mid-April, approximately one million #SandhillCranes will spend about six weeks in the Platte River Valley on their way north to Canada and Siberia. 400,000 of these Sandhill #Cranes will spend that time in the North Platte and Lincoln County area in western Nebraska.
Another #record week! On Feb. 24, we estimated 122,700 + 9,100 Sandhill Cranes btwn Chapman and Overton, NE. A large majority of these cranes were roosting btwn Hwy 34 and Wood River, with only a few thousand spread out throughout the remaining river valley. On ave, this time of year (“week 2”) we see about 27,000 cranes.
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