Date: 3/18/25 12:20 pm From: Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Common Crane - Merrick County
Calling it quits after 6 hours of searching near the last known location
and all around Phillips.
Tobin Brown
Lancaster county
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 1:13 PM Rick Wright via groups.io <birdaz=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Thank you, Tobin.
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> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 9:46 AM Matt Beisel via groups.io <matt.beisel=
> <cune.edu...> wrote:
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>> What’s funny is that I was out there on Wednesday last week and had
>> Merlin running while I was birding in various places. It came up with
>> Common Crane in addition to Sandhill and all the other birds and I
>> immediately discounted it as a “Merlin mistake”. Perhaps I should have paid
>> more attention…
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>> *From:* <NEBirds...> <NEBirds...> *On Behalf Of *Rick Wright
>> via groups.io
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:56 AM
>> *To:* <NEBirds...>
>> *Subject:* Re: [NEBirds] Common Crane - Merrick County
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>> *External Email*
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>> Good morning,
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>> Is there a communication system for those of us out looking for common
>> cranes, or is e-mail best? My group is pretty gung-ho for this bird--as am
>> I.
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>> Thanks in advance,
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>> Rick
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>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 4:38 PM Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown=
>> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> Lancaster County
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>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 3:54 PM Furman, Andrew via groups.io
>> <Andrew.Furman...> wrote:
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>> 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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