Bede and I spent the day yesterday on the Platte river watching a most incredible sight. Up to 600,000 sandhill cranes migrate through an 80 mile corridor in Nebraska every March.They are on their way from Mexico, New Mexico, southern Texas to northern Alaska and Canada. They spend a month or so here in Nebraska to rest and gain weight and energy for the rest of their trip north. They feed on waste corn in the fields during the day and then at dusk come together to roost on the sandbars of the Platte river. They have been doing this for 10 million years.Took lots of photos and videos...here is just one. More to come later.
