Every February, March and April, more than a million sandhill cranes pass through Nebraska’s Platte River Valley as they journey north to their nesting grounds in Canada and Alaska.
They spend three to four weeks resting and refueling along the river, which is brimming with calorie-dense invertebrates and leftover field corn. The cranes gain 20 percent of their body weight while visiting central Nebraska, according to Brice Krohn, president of the Crane Trust, a nonprofit in Wood River working to conserve and protect this stretch of the Platte for cranes and other migratory birds.
“Within minutes, hundreds — maybe thousands — of cranes take to the sky, making their visceral, other-worldly vocalizations all at once,” Sarah Kuta writes of the sandhill crane migration in Nebraska. Sandhill cranes are large, tall birds and they gather in big groups, so they’re very easy to observe with the naked eye. For an even closer look, bring a pair of binoculars or a camera with a zoom lens.
And don’t just look at the birds — listen to them as well. They make a loud trilling sound that’s often described as bugling and, when thousands of cranes are all calling at once, it’s impressive and awe-inspiring.
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