Celebrating the environment!

The Environmental Club traveled to Kearney, Neb., for two days over spring break to view the Sandhill crane migration. Cranes1(Approximately a half million cranes visit the Platte River area in central Nebraska every March and April as they migrate to parts of Canada, Alaska and Siberia.)  The club went to the Rowe Sanctuary-Audubon at Gibbon, Neb., and watched the birds from a viewing blind at the river as they roost Cranes2at sunset. Unfortunately, we didn’t see as many as we had hoped that evening because of two major snowstorms that came through before we arrived. But we did get to see several thousands of them feed in the fields nearby the next day!