Most everyone knows I’m a fan of having eagles around here in the winter months. They are one of the most enjoyable birds to photograph. It’s always good to see them…unless you’re trying to photograph Cranes that is. Having an eagle fly over the Platte, loaded with roosting cranes, is just not what you want … Read more
You won’t have to watch cranes very long to see a few start to play and dance around in this herky-jerky fashion. Sometimes it’s a couple birds together or sometimes its just a single bird all off on its own…having a grand old time. I’m no crane expert but to me it looks like they … Read more
There is nothing quite like the morning ritual of the Prairie Chicken in the spring…the males in particular are busy trying to impress a few females that may or may not be present at the time. But practice makes perfect they say. The birds hardly ever stop moving, calling, drumming their feet on the ground … Read more
Springtime in the Midwest, at least for many birds, means migration time. The cranes of Nebraska are no exception. After a few weeks of hanging around the Platte, feeding and re-energizing, they are looking for the right winds to continue on their migration north. Wind direction is everything really. When the north winds blow they … Read more
How did we lose our sense of living here on Earth? How did we become so alienated and estranged from everything else alive? How did we get convinced that we’re the only interesting game in town, and the only species worthy of extending a sense of the sacred to?” ~ Richard Powers
It was a good, relatively normal spring this year on the Platte river. There were a few wet spells, but nothing to make the river too high for the cranes to roost. According to the Crane Trust, the arrival of the cranes started off a bit slower, or slightly later than normal, most likely due … Read more