by Bethany Ostrom | Dec 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Jolly greetings! Today we surveyed the Central Platte between Chapman and Overton, NE, for Sandhill Cranes for the last time… for 2025. We estimated around 31,000 Sandhill Cranes, all of which were just east of the Alda Rd. bridge over the south channel. We weren’t...
by Bethany Ostrom | Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey all!On Wednesday morning (11/12) we had 21,200 (+/- 1,600) Sandhill Cranes in the Central Platte River Valley! About 75% of the cranes were between Highway 281 and Alda Rd. viewing deck. It feels like early spring both on the ground and in the plane. We don’t know...
by Bethany Ostrom | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey all! We got some cranes yesterday morning! We estimate around 1,500 Sandhill Cranes betweenChapman and Overton NE. The Sandhill Cranes were roosting in the river between Highway 281 and Alda Rd lookout. If the cranes stuck around last night they were illuminated...
by Bethany Ostrom | Nov 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey all, We had our first fallgration flight (fall migration Sandhill Crane aerial survey) on Thursday the 30 th . We did not see any Sandhill Cranes in the 80-mile stretch of river and surrounding landscape. This isn’t unusual at all as normal behavior in the fall is...
by Bethany Ostrom | Oct 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey all! Ope! Hope I didn’t spook ya (or should I say Whoop ya!) with this out-of-the-Boo blogpost—but I wanted to keep y’all in the Whoop (I mean loop) that we’re kicking off fall crane flights this week! The last few fall migrations have been interesting here along...
