Crane Count Week 9 – 4/8/2024

by | 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...

Crane Count Week 8 – 4/3/2024

by | 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...

Crane Count Week 7 – 3/28/2024

by | 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...

Crane Count Week 6 – 3/21/2024

by | 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...

Crane Count Week 5 – 3/15/2024

by | 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....

Crane Count Week 4 – 3/5/2024

by | 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...