by Josh Wiese | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
On June 26, a significant rain event dropped between 5 to 7 inches of rain across centralNebraska, triggering a dramatic and revealing transformation along the south side of the Platte River. Drone footage taken from roughly 100 meters in the air—from just west of...
by Abraham Kanz | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
This Spring marked the beginning of our Sandhill Crane GPS tracking project. This is entirely donor funded and is being conducted in partnership with the United States Geological Survey and the International Crane Foundation. Our objectives include examining foraging...
by Bethany Ostrom | Apr 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Today we estimated 35,500 +/- 9,700 Sandhill Cranes between Overton and Chapman, NE. The vast majority are hanging out between Gibbon and Highway 10 to Minden. We expect a lot to move on today and tomorrow with strong winds from the south forecasted. These winds will...
by Bethany Ostrom | Apr 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
While we were unable to sneak in a week 7 survey, we completed an early week 8 count on the 3 rd of April. Between Overton and Chapman we estimate 391,000 +/- 190,000 Sandhill Cranes around the Platte River. There were favorable migration days this past week so many...
by Bethany Ostrom | 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...
by Bethany Ostrom | 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...
