New counter for the Crane Trust has a bird's-eye view of Nebraska's spring migration Last Friday, the Crane Trust estimated there were 6,400 cranes on the Platte River.

Celebrate with birding hikes Celebrate Nebraska Bird Month and World Migratory Bird Day with a naturalist-led birding hike on May 11. One hike will start at 8:30 a.m. at Platte River State Park.

WATCH: A highly contagious strain of bird flu plagues farmers across the U.S. Nebraska is second only to Iowa’s 15.5 million birds killed with 6.8 million birds now affected at 13 farms.

Greg Wagner with Nebraska Game and Parks joined KETV in studio to discuss Bird Month in Nebraska. You can watch the full Great Outdoors interview with Jack Keenan and Greg Wagner in the attached ...