by Bethany Ostrom | Mar 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
The morning of the 21st of March we estimated 471,000 +/- 118,000 Sandhill Cranes and 9 Whooping Cranes in the Central Platte River Valley. This is a slight increase from last week. Despite normal trends for this time of year, increases were actually seen in...
by Bethany Ostrom | Mar 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
We reached halfway! Week 5 of crane season! On March 15th we estimated there are at least 429,000 +/- 81,000 Sandhill Cranes within the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) between Chapman and Overton, NE. This is about a 25% increase from the numbers we saw last week....
by Bethany Ostrom | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week we estimate there are 344,000 ± 55,000 Sandhill Cranes between Chapman and Overton NE along the Platte River. The Whooping Cranes have also returned for the season as we saw 4 Whoopers on the survey. For the first time this year our weekly count is not...
by Bethany Ostrom | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Happy March! As everyone at the Crane Trust is bustling to welcome guests from all over the world, we had quite the influx of sandhill cranes into the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV). On February 29th we estimated 272,000 + 43,000 sandhill cranes between Chapman...
by Bethany Ostrom | Feb 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Another record week! On February 24, 2024, we estimated 122,700 + 9,100 Sandhill Cranes between Chapman and Overton, NE. A large majority of these cranes were roosting between highway 34 and Wood River, with only a few thousand spread out throughout the remaining...
