Date: 3/17/25 2:38 pm From: Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Common Crane - Merrick County
AMAZING FIND!!! I (and I'm sure many others) will be out looking for it
tomorrow. It is very close to the bird sighted in 2023 near Phillips, I was
actually perusing the map of common crane sightings today and noticed that.
Interesting that it's on the north side of the river this time.
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Tobin Brown
Lancaster County
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 3:54 PM Furman, Andrew via groups.io <Andrew.Furman=
<nebraska.gov...> wrote:
> Today I spotted a Common Crane among the many Sandhill Cranes east of
> Grand Island. The flock it was with was originally northeast of Stolley
> Park and Gunbarrel Roads, but then later moved south out of sight.
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> I wonder if this is the same individual that was reported two years ago in
> Hamilton County, just across the river from here.
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> Photo posted to eBird.
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> Andrew Furman
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> Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
> 1617 1st Avenue
> Kearney, NE 68847
> Office: 308-865-5338
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