This gorgeous photo is part of this Flickr photostream:This morning I received the following bit of info from a daily newsletter (Audri & Jim Lanford's daily inspirational quote) that I receive.
(However, I should point out that when I decided to post about this I went to the Nebraska Game and Parks website to see what other information I could find and discovered that the Lanfords pretty much copied this piece verbatim from that website. In other words, I've plucked this verbatim from someone else who plucked it verbatim - ha!)
Who knew??
Since we lived in Nebraska (it was a wonderful place to raise a family), it caught my interest.
Did you know...... that today is the start of the Sandhill Crane Migration Celebration?From March 5 to April 7 more than 500,000 sandhill cranes (80% of the world's sandhill crane population) visit the central Platte River Valley near Grand Island, Nebraska.Cranes are among the oldest livingbirds on the planet.Fossil records place cranes in Nebraska more than 9 million years ago, long before there was a Platte River, which by comparison, is a youthful 10,000 years of age!
So this is my little tribute to the Sandhill Cranes of Nebraska. For more information and some great photos visit The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission. Nebraska. The Good Life. (That's the state motto and it's pretty much on the mark.)
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