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 Emma Richards | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Monarch Butterfly (Left) and Male Regal Fritillary (Right) Since 2015 the Crane Trust has been monitoring two butterfly species of concern within the state of Nebraska: the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia). With both of...
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...
by Matt Urbanski | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Have you ever spotted tractors in the middle of the Platte River? Strange sight, right? Tractors belong in cornfields, not wading chest deep in water. From the road, it looks like they are taking an unlikely swim, but if you watch closely, you will see them grinding...
