Today, sixty years later, I am excited to have once again visited central Nebraska in March for the sandhill crane migration.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes alight on the plains of Nebraska along the Platte River. “Experiencing the spring sandhill crane migration in Nebraska should be on every ...

Arrivals and departures are staggered over several weeks, but at peak stopover, it's one of the great sights of natural ...

En route, more than three-fourths of all sandhill cranes use migratory staging areas in a single 75-mile stretch along Nebraska's Platte River. Most sandhill cranes live in freshwater wetlands.

Some of Galveston's most elegant Winter Texans are beginning to arrive on the island and this weekend brings several activities in their honor. As a part of their winter migration, Sandhill Cranes ...

The Audubon Center said about 700,000 cranes were in the area last weekend and about 300,000 will be in the area this weekend ...

Shallow water is a key characteristic of the Platte River — and indeed, maps of sandhill crane migration routes resemble an hourglass, as cranes converge on this region before spreading out again as ...

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again ...