Dear CBC members, These Sandhills crane alerts give me tremendous enthusiasm as spring migration begins. Ingrid Center > Thanks.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM Dave Nutter (via CAYUGABIRDS-L list) < [email protected]> wrote: > And locally, the Sandhill Crane migration has extended to the Cayuga Lake > Basin, where the first 2026 record was on 22 February by David Kennedy, > quickly followed by Mark Miller, along Durling Rd in the Town of Tyre, > where they photographed a pair feeding in a cornfield. These cranes were > also seen by Jackie Baldwin today from Gravel Rd. > - - Dave Nutter > > On Feb 24, 2026, at 1:41 PM, Peter Saracino <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Folks: > > My friend at Nebraska's Rowe Sanctuary tells me that their latest count of > arriving migrating sandhills is approximately 115,000 cranes. They are very > much arriving on the Platte River at Rowe. > > Here’s a link to the Rowe Sanctuary Crane Cam. > Best times to watch are around sunrise (as they leave for the day to feed) > and around sunset (when they come pouring into the Platte River for the > night). > https://explore.org/livecams/national-audubon-society/crane-camera > > And here's a link to Rowe's website. A great addition to any birder's > bucket list!! > https://rowe.audubon.org/ > Sar > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > Posting Address: [email protected] > Archives: > The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > <https:%3Ca%20href=>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https: > //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org. > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > Posting Address: [email protected] > Archives: > The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > <https:%3Ca%20href=>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https: > //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org. > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. --
