by Bethany Ostrom | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hey all! Surprised to hear from me so soon? It’s Crane Season again!… Wait… it’s not March! It may not be March or the spring crane migration, but what goes up (north) must come down (south). It’s the fall crane migration! Cranes are leaving their breeding...
by Bethany Ostrom | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hey all! On Wednesday the 17th we saw 0 sandhill cranes between Overton and Chapman, NE. This is a 100% decrease from last week with our 57,000 on the 8th. However, I have gotten reports of a few stragglers still in the area (it is much easier to spot 1000s of cranes...
by Bethany Ostrom | Apr 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hey all, Well, a lot has changed since the last time you’ve heard from me. On Monday we estimated 57,000 +/- 4,200 Sandhill Cranes between Overton and Chapman NE. This is a whopping (or should I say whooping) 85% decrease from last Wednesday. As those in the area...
by Bethany Ostrom | Apr 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Hey all, This week on April 3rd, we saw 392,000 +/- 55,000 Sandhill Cranes between Overton, NE, and Chapman, NE. This is around a 24% decrease from what we saw last week. However, we saw a substantial increase in the western segments, specifically between Kearney and...
by Bethany Ostrom | Mar 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
On March 28th, we estimated 486,000 +/- 78,000 Sandhill Cranes between Chapman and Overton along with at least 91 Whooping Cranes reported between our partners! This is the 3rd week in a row with numbers above 400,000, which has only been recorded a few times in...
