Our round-trip deluxe motorcoach tour will depart from Norfolk, Fremont, Lincoln and Omaha. Rowe's discovery stations are strategically placed along the Platte River to provide excellent views of the Sandhill Cranes while they are on their river roost. You will watch a presentation and then be guided to an observation blind on the Platte River to watch the sandhlll cranes leave the river in the morning or return in the evening.

This Sandhills driving tour starts near Carhenge and features Nebraska’s annual sandhill crane migration events, birdwatching, Grand Island, the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway Visitor Center and Nebraska …

The Canadian, or intermediate, sandhill crane comprise about 15 percent of the birds staging along the Platte, and the greater sandhill crane comprises about 5 percent. While she was speaking in Wyoming in the late 1990s she met photographer and native Nebraskan Thomas Mangelsen. Each year, half a million Sandhill Cranes descend upon Nebraska’s Platte River. By March, nearly 80% of the world’s population crowds a 150-mile stretch of the river, creating a migration spectacle that is simply mind-boggling to witness. The most numerous is the lesser sandhill crane, which is the smallest subspecies. WINGS is a worldwide birding tour company based in Tucson, Arizona. Please join us for our Nebraska Life Sandhill Crane Migration Tour March 20-22, 2017. Registration: $150 before March 1; $160 after. Crane viewing locations in Central Nebraska. The sandhill crane migration returns to Nebraska: It 'takes your breath away' By Marjie Ducey World-Herald staff writer. Indoor Crane Viewing Experience. Head northeast this March, when nearly 80 percent of the world’s sandhill crane population descends on central Nebraska during their annual spring migration. All of the migratory subspecies pass through Nebraska, and their populations are thriving. The nature center manages numerous blinds along the Platte River and offers public tours during the spring migration for an up close experience with the cranes.

The annual sandhill crane migration in central Nebraska offers you an opportunity to witness a historic event that’s taken place for more than 10,000 years. Since then they have toured the world. All of the migratory subspecies pass through Nebraska, and their populations are thriving. The NE Nature and Visitor Center is offering online registration for sandhill crane viewing tours this spring. Tours last approximately two hours and are led by trained guides.

Watch Sandhill Cranes return to their river roost from the comfort of the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center. As it crosses the plains of central Nebraska, the Platte River hosts the greatest of all North American wildlife spectacles. Field trips and speakers, all centered on the migration. This article was in the Lincoln Journal Star yesterday.. Fort Kearny State Recreation Area – Kearney (I-80 exit 272).

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This program begins with our “Crane Behavior Basics” class followed by crane viewing from inside the visitor center.

Marjie Ducey ... Crane Trust tours range from from $15 to $600.

Moostash Joe Tours began exploring Nebraska in 1975. Dusty Trails crane tours – North Platte (I-80 exit 179) The Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center is your headquarters for the Spring Migration of the Sandhill Cranes. Iain Nicolson Audubon Rowe Sanctuary – Gibbon (I-80 exit 285). The Canadian, or intermediate, sandhill crane comprise about 15 percent of the birds staging along the Platte, and the greater sandhill crane comprises about 5 percent. Read on to find out more. Goodall makes an annual trip to central Nebraska to view the spring migration of the sandhill cranes. 1007 Second Avenue PO Box 607 Kearney, Nebraska 68847. The following spring Goodall watched the crane migration from Mangelsen's family cabin on the Platte River. At the end of the trail, the tour will stop at Hawks Landing Winery to rest and unwind. By all accounts, the most cranes seem to arrive in that area (like 400,000 to 600,000). The nature center manages numerous blinds along the Platte River and offers public tours during the spring migration for an up close experience with the cranes. Part of the proceeds goes to supporting the Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival. The Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center is your headquarters for the Spring Migration of the Sandhill Cranes.