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3 Ιαν 2022 · The whooping crane was one of the first species to gain protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1970. The migratory population that passes through Nebraska twice each year had dipped to just 18 individuals in 1945, decimated by hunting and the loss of nesting habitat.
19 Μαρ 2024 · During the spring migration, whooping cranes mingle with hundreds of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes on Nebraska’s Platte River.
One of the rarest North American birds, and also one of the largest and most magnificent. Once fairly widespread on the northern prairies, Show more. Conservation Statistics. 3Available Maps. 2Related Links. Whooping Crane. Grus americana. Species Migration.
Each year, the whooping crane (Grus americana) migrates over 2,400 miles from their summer breeding grounds in the north to their wintering grounds in the south, and travels on the same route in the spring back to their breeding grounds. One of the key stops on this epic journey is the state of Nebraska.
3 Απρ 2018 · Whooping Cranes primarily migrate through central Nebraska but occasionally birds are found in the west or east (Figure 1).
2 Μαΐ 2024 · About two dozen photos depict the cranes’ 2,500-mile annual migration from northern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The migration route crosses Nebraska, but images were taken all along the migration route.
Migrating Whooping Cranes have a path spanning Texas to Canada where they breed. The migration stop in Nebraska can be observed from mid-March to late April and again from late October to mid-November.
