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If you observe whooping cranes in Nebraska, please fill out the online report below. Sightings can also be reported to the following contacts: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: 402-471-0641. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 308-379-5562. The Crane Trust’s Whooper Watch hotline: 308-224-9653.
- Whooping crane - Nebraska Game and Parks
While migrating through Nebraska, whooping cranes use the...
- WHOOPING CRANE – Birds of Nebraska – Online - Nebraska Game & Parks ...
Number of confirmed Whooping Crane observations during fall...
- Whooping crane - Nebraska Game and Parks
Fifteen-million-year-old crowned crane eggs and a skeleton have been found in northeastern Nebraska. According to the fossil record, the sandhill migration has been going on for millions...
19 Μαρ 2024 · During the spring migration, whooping cranes mingle with hundreds of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes on Nebraska’s Platte River.
Each spring, more than 80% of the world’s population of Sandhill Cranes – around 1,000,000 birds – converge on the Platte River in central Nebraska as they migrate north to their nesting grounds. National Geographic named this annual migration as one of North America’s two greatest natural wildlife phenomena.
While migrating through Nebraska, whooping cranes use the central Platte, Middle Loup, North Loup and Niobrara rivers and a variety of wetland habitats as stopover sites during both spring and fall migration. Click here for more information about whooping crane migration and how to report sightings.
The Whooping Crane is the rarest of the world’s 15 species of cranes. Approximately less than 1,000 individuals exist worldwide and half of these birds migrate through Nebraska. Historic records suggest over 10,000 Whooping Cranes may have lived across North America.
3 Απρ 2018 · Number of confirmed Whooping Crane observations during fall migration in Nebraska by day during the period 1942-2016. The initial date of a stopover used in the graphic. Data from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2017).
