Sandhill cranes dance and browse in a cut cornfield near Gibbon, Nebraska. The birds are starting to arrive in the area and will peak around a half-million in mid-March. Sandhill cranes pass in front ...
A 2017 study of the annual economic impact of hosting 600,000 or so sandhill cranes in the Central Platte Valley each late winter-early spring was done by University of Nebraska at Kearney College of ...
A KETV producer recently went to central Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration.Matt Brown shared video of his experience in Gibbon at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary.Brown ...
She explained that when sandhill cranes first arrive in the Platte Valley, they're anxious to leave the river in the mornings and get to the fields to feed. By late March, they will have put on weight ...
Weather aside, migrating sandhill cranes are arriving in Nebraska. Monday morning's temperature in Kearney, Neb., was the same as ours, 5 below. The snow cover was much the same. There are cranes in ...
A flock of Sandhill Cranes flies over Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025. (© Leesa Goodson via Courthouse News) GIBBON, Neb. (CN) — Before dawn on a recent Friday, thousands of ...
NEAR WOOD RIVER, NEBRASKA -- Sandhill cranes dance shortly after sunrise near The Crane Trust, which is close to Wood River, Neb. on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Cranes can be three to four feet tall, ...
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Things to do in Kearney NE: 8 stops that show the heart of the heartland
Discover the heart of the Heartland with these 8 must-see stops in Kearney, Nebraska! From outdoor adventures and rich ...
GIBBON — The Audubon Society’s annual Nebraska Crane Festival is set for March 22-25 at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Kearney. National and local speakers will present information on a ...
Crane Trust to feature a free documentary called 'Wings on Water' at theaters across the tri-cities next week.
Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the ...
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