[Tweeters] Visiting Platte River Valley for spring Sandhill Crane migration

[Nancy Crowell via Tweeters]

I went last year with Summit. We had a blizzard. It was fabulous.

Nancy
"Images for the imagination."
www.crowellphotography.com
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Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2024 10:54:22 AM
To: Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser <whitney.n.k at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Visiting Platte River Valley for spring Sandhill Crane migration

I went over a decade ago with Summit Workshops. It's a photography workshop but it's led by some stellar conservation photographers, Michael Forstberg, Melissa Groo and David Showalter. Besides taking us to some off the beaten path spots,  they booked the viewing blinds for evening and morning viewing.  As I recall, the blinds book up way ahead so if you are interested in that, I'd check with them now.  The Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary would probably be the best place to start. https://rowe.audubon.org/.   There are farm fields around the area where the Cranes forage during the day, although be mindful of the roads as they are mostly on private farmlands.  We just drove around to find them, but I think you might also find that information at the Sanctuary. The thousands of Cranes flying in during the evening was one of the top 5 experiences of my lifetime.  It was breathtaking.  Hope you have a good experience.

On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 7:20 AM Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu<mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>> wrote:
Good morning, Tweeters.  Does anyone have a starter kit they can share for visiting the Platte River Valley during spring Sandhill Crane migration?  Where to fly into, good places to stay, where to expect the cranes might be hanging out, etc.  I could ask the internet, but I wanted to start with some experts first.  :)

Thank you!
Whitney
whitney.n.k at gmail dot com
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