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  2. Whooping crane - Wikipedia

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    The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3] [1] named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane ( Antigone canadensis ), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species. [ 3 ]

  3. Platte River - Wikipedia

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    The central Platte River valley is an important stopover for migratory water birds, such as the whooping crane and sandhill crane, in their yearly traversal of the Central Flyway. Fossil evidence in the Platte River valley indicates this crane stopover has been active for over 10 million years. [12]

  4. List of birds of Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    The western meadowlark is the state bird of Nebraska. This list of birds of Nebraska includes species documented in the U.S. state of Nebraska and accepted by Nebraska Ornithologists' Union (NOU). As of August 2021, there are 467 species included in the official list. Of them, 95 are classed as accidental, 19 are classed as casual, two are extinct, and three have been extirpated. Four have ...

  5. Why are there so many sandhill cranes in Wisconsin right now?

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    No, sandhill cranes are not currently endangered, although they used to be. However, North America's other crane species, the whooping crane, is endangered. Only about 80-to-85 whooping cranes ...

  6. Men hid endangered birds they killed, but hunters stumbled ...

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    A group of Oklahoma hunters are accused of killing endangered whooping cranes and hiding the bodies — but one of the birds wasn’t dead.. The four men, all between 32 and 43 years old, shot the ...

  7. Sandhill crane - Wikipedia

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    Sandhill cranes are known to frequent the edges of bodies of water. The central Platte River valley in Nebraska is the most important stopover area for the nominotypical subspecies, the great sandhill crane (A. c. canadensis), with up to 450,000 of these birds migrating through annually. [3] [4]

  8. New sandhill and whooping crane specialty license plates are ...

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    The new license plate, which benefits the International Crane Foundation, is available starting Wednesday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  9. Paul Johnsgard - Wikipedia

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    The Niobrara: A River Running Through Time. 2007. Ancient Voices over America's Wetlands: The Sandhill and Whooping Cranes. 2011. Rocky Mountain Birds: Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rocky Mountains. 2011. Wetland Birds of the Central Plains: South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. 2012. Nebraska's Wetlands: Their Wildlife and Ecology ...