tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82887833510212586.post7071245991160347699..comments2013-09-08T21:33:58.379-04:00Comments on Waverly To Tahoe and Beyond: Sandhill CranesNellie from Beyond My Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149596937067869426noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82887833510212586.post-8124701391912100702012-04-11T13:44:27.494-04:002012-04-11T13:44:27.494-04:00What luck! I'm glad you got to stop. Like Jul...What luck! I'm glad you got to stop. Like Julie, we stayed a few days and took in the early am trips to the blinds. When they stir, get ready to take off and then fly, it is amazing! <br /><br />Great pictures, too! Thanks for sharing,<br /><br />CindyHEART BY NATURE RETREATShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226129757842048031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82887833510212586.post-75304829650408924102012-04-08T11:20:50.774-04:002012-04-08T11:20:50.774-04:00What a lovely bird to get to see. I have went over...What a lovely bird to get to see. I have went over for migration and it is worth the stop just to listen to them. I have worked a lot in the Sandhills, a little farther north along the Niobrara.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82887833510212586.post-590040105975549812012-04-08T10:48:23.673-04:002012-04-08T10:48:23.673-04:00that's awesome! so cool to see!that's awesome! so cool to see!TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82887833510212586.post-3370173626151836112012-04-08T10:25:27.321-04:002012-04-08T10:25:27.321-04:00Oops! I really did mean "roost" not &quo...Oops! I really did mean "roost" not "nest". I have now edited the post fixing that. Also a note about being "in" the river. I really wish we could have stopped. If we had been in our camper van we would have. I will definitely plan that for another trip.<br />nellieNellie from Beyond My Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149596937067869426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82887833510212586.post-79302988195800472552012-04-08T07:18:07.688-04:002012-04-08T07:18:07.688-04:00Nelle, I so wish you could have built in a day to ...Nelle, I so wish you could have built in a day to stay a night in Kearney and go to the Rowe Sanctuary before dawn. There, they have blinds you can enter in the dark. As the light comes up you hear the cranes murmuring and calling. These migrating birds don't nest in the sandhills--they nest in the northern Plains states (three pairs in NW Ohio! but most in MN and WI and on north all over Canada). What they do in March along the Platte is roost all night right in the river, which is the only place they're safe from coyotes. They lift off sometime after dawn, and you're in a blind only a few feet away. It is absolutely breathtaking and well worth stopping and staying to experience it. I spent my childhood birding from a car doing 75-80 and can empathize...sometimes you really do need to stop and stare at the cranes!Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.com