"Spring swoops onto the prairie on a brisk, bold breeze. A warbling, trumpeting, chirping noise gets louder and louder. Soon hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes fill the sky. They're on the move!" (On the Move by Scotti Cohn, Illustrated by Susan Detwiler)
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| copyright 2013 Susan Detwiler |
"Every year during March and early April, over 500,000 sandhill cranes converge on the Platte River valley in Nebraska in order to ‘fuel up’ before resuming their northward migration. . .
The 2nd annual Crane Watch Festival dates have been set for March 22nd through March 31st. This year's festival will continue the tradition with a calendar of fun-filled, educational, family activities, entertainment and community wide events..."
(For more information, go to the Kearney Visitors Bureau website and the Crane Watch Festival web site.)
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