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Sandhill Cranes Migration: A Pause Along the Mississippi Flyway in the Sandhills Near Kearney, Nebraska

Along the banks of the Platte River, in the sandhills near Kearney, Nebraska, there is a staging area for a sandhill crane migration pattern that has been taking place since the beginning of time. The Sandhill Crane, a bird for which fossil evidence dates back over nine million years, gathers along the Platte after wintering …

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