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Smithsonian Magazine: 500,000 Cranes Are Headed for Nebraska in One of Earth’s Greatest Migrations Every year 400,000 to 600,000 sandhill cranes—80 percent of all the cranes on the planet—congregate along an 80-mile stretch of the central Platte River in Nebraska, to fatten up on waste grain in the ... 500,000 Cranes Are Headed for Nebraska in One of Earth’s Greatest Migrations The Crane Trust learned that one of the sandhill cranes that stopped in central Nebraska last spring traveled 19,000 miles to nesting grounds in Russia. Listen to the predawn sounds of the sandhill cranes roosting on the Platte River in Nebraska.
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First, a murmur. Then wild chatter. And finally, takeoff! The Crane Trust has learned that one of the ...
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ALDA — The world's largest gathering of cranes draws people from around the world to south-central Nebraska each March. KOLN on MSN: At 79, the world’s leading crane conservationist has no plans to slow down — or miss March in Nebraska George Archibald, 79-year-old co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, has spent over 50 years protecting all 15 crane species worldwide and visits Nebraska's massive sandhill crane migration ...