Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 20th March, 2017. Among the world's great animal migrations, the Sandhill Cranes awake and take off at property managed by the Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska. The spring migration population of sandhill cranes in the Central Nebraska Flyway is estimated at 650,000. More than 80 percent of the world's population of sandhill cranes converge on Nebraska's Platte River valley, a critical sliver of threatened habitat in North America's Central Flyway. Credit: John D. Ivanko/Alamy Live News
Wood River, Nebraska, USA, 20th March, 2017. Among the world's great animal migrations, the Sandhill Cranes awake and take off at property managed by the Crane Trust, Wood River, Nebraska. The spring migration population of sandhill cranes in the Central Nebraska Flyway is estimated at 650,000. More than 80 percent of the world's population of sandhill cranes converge on Nebraska's Platte River valley, a critical sliver of threatened habitat in North America's Central Flyway. The Crane Trust is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and maintaining the physical, hydrological and biological integrity of the Big Bend area of the Platte River so that it continues to function as a life support system for whooping cranes, sandhill cranes and other migratory bird species. John D. Ivanko/Alamy Live News
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