Date: 3/29/25 7:41 pm From: Matt Beisel via groups.io <matt.beisel...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Common Crane - Merrick County
Update. Cannot verify that we saw two common cranes at the same place. The gentleman I was with, Hanyang Ye, is mainland China, where they have many common cranes and he said that he was fairly certain he heard two common cranes calling from different directions. I posted a bunch of pictures online, but I was never personally able to verify to Birds at the same time by site or sound so I called it one common crane. We were about 600 meters east of Casey’s at the Elm Creek exit, where there is a dirt maintenance road between sections. We drove up the road a little ways and were able to get several hundred meters closer. We were there for nearly two hours, and several other people showed up and saw it as well.
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On Mar 28, 2025, at 2:58 PM, BUD YOUNTS via groups.io <yountswe...> wrote:
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Common crane observed at maintenance shed at Clear Creek. Unmistakable. Likely same bird seen on 24th.
On Mar 27, 2025, at 12:49, Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown...>
Potentially a 4th bird! 30 miles west of the report in Gibbon. Reported to ebird just now
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<http://groups.io/> <Joel.Jorgensen...><mailto:<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.
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
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 4:48 PM Tobin Brown via groups.io<http://groups.io/> <tobinjbrown...><mailto:<gmail.com...>> wrote:
Another crane, or perhaps the same one, was relocated this afternoon 40 miles west, near Gibbon in Buffalo County.
