Nebraska Sandhill Cranes
Posted: December 27th, 2009 under Classes & Field Trips.
Platte River in Nebraska
Sat-Sun, March 27-28, 2010 (with optional extension through Monday)
6:00 AM Saturday carpool to Nebraska
Leaders: Sylvia Brockner & Kathanne Lynch
Viewing thousands of Sandhill Cranes along the Platte River in Nebraska is the centerpiece of this overnight trip. We will carpool from Evergreen on Saturday morning to picnic at Lake McConaughy (4 hours away). There we may see lingering Bald Eagles and resident birds. We will continue along the Platte and view cranes before we overnight at a North Platte, NE motel or RV camp. Sunday morning we will be out before dawn to see the cranes in the river and for lift-off. We will then observe their behavior in nearby fields. Most of us will carpool to Evergreen late Sunday morning to try to arrive in Evergreen by 6:00 pm. A few of us will continue eastward and spend Sunday night in Kearney, where we will experience lift-off on the Platte Rover at the Fort Kearney State Park footbridge Monday morning.
Bring a sack lunch for Saturday, and snacks for both Sat. and Sun. Contact Kathanne at 303-968-4750 or kathanne77@msn.com to arrange your own motel reservation. Because this trip is highly weather-dependent, there may be changes. (Be prepared to return Monday morning if a blizzard arrives on Sunday.) On Thursday, March 25, please contact Sylvia at 674-4851 or Kathanne to confirm plans.