Date: 3/25/25 6:48 am From: Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Common Crane - Merrick County
I'm a fan of that wild speculation! After nearly 9 hours looking through
cranes this year even when I KNEW a Common was likely around, we had
nothing. That (on top of the needle-in-a-haystack-style stories I've heard)
leads me to wildly speculate that the detection rate could be something
like 20% or lower, meaning there could be 15+ birds. Fun to think about.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2025, 5:51 PM Jorgensen, Joel via groups.io <Joel.Jorgensen=
<nebraska.gov...> wrote:
> Based on the frequency of known occurrence over the years and the low
> probability of detection and distance between sightings, I would put my
> money on the likelihood that there have been at least 3 different Common
> Cranes in Nebraska so far this spring. The fact that 3 different Common
> Cranes have been detected this spring (assuming my assumptions are correct,
> which is what it is), makes me wonder how many Common Cranes are migrating
> through Nebraska this spring? 5, 8, 12? The great thing about wild
> speculation is I can't be proven wrong. Congrats on the relocation
> originally found by Matt Wieseler.
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> Joel
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> Joel Jorgensen
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> Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
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> *From:* <NEBirds...> <NEBirds...> on behalf of Tobin Brown
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> *Sent:* Monday, March 24, 2025 5:42 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [NEBirds] Common Crane - Merrick County
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> Common Crane relocated at Clear Creek WMA in Keith county! Found this
> morning by May y from game and parks. Not sure what's more likely: a 2nd
> bird, or the same bird traveling 200 miles west, probably the latter.
>
> Tobin Brown
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> On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:48 PM Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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> Another crane, or perhaps the same one, was relocated this afternoon 40
> miles west, near Gibbon in Buffalo County.
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> https://ebird.org/checklist/S220357025 >
> Tobin Brown
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