Week 6 of 2025 Spring Crane Migration

by | Mar 27, 2025 | Uncategorized

Another big count in the books on Tuesday, the 25th! 705,000 +/- 193,000 Sandhill Cranes within the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) between Chapman and Overton, NE. Still very high numbers for this far into the season! However, because we have accumulated these...

Week 5 of 2025 Spring Crane Migration

by | Mar 18, 2025 | Uncategorized

Alright y’all, this is a big one! On Monday, 3/17/2025, we estimated 736,000 +/- 55,000 Sandhill Cranes between Chapman and Overton, NE. Do I dare even say that I am confident this was a decent undercount? Monday morning thousands of birds left the river early and...

Week 4 of 2025 Spring Crane Migration

by | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized

Photograph by Jeff Carney on 3/8/2025 Hey all, On Saturday, 3/8/2025, we estimated 583,000 +/- 76,000 Sandhill Cranes between Chapman and Overton, NE. This is more than 11 times the number of cranes we saw last week and is a perfect representation of why we don’t try...

Week 3 of 2025 Spring Crane Migration

by | Feb 27, 2025 | Uncategorized

Hey all, On Thursday, 2/27/2025, we estimated 50,000 +/- 5,000 Sandhill Cranes between Chapman and Overton, NE. A majority of the cranes were between Highway 281 and Alda Rd. bridge. However, around 7,000 were seen east, over by Philips, NE. These numbers are very...
Early Mornings for Early Birds!

Early Mornings for Early Birds!

by | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized

It’s time!!  Fans of the blog will remember in my first blog post, I talked about how excited I was to see a Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus). I’m happy to report that the lekking season has once again begun! Once a week since January 17th, Emma...