Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Date Location and number of birds
Spring 1912 2 adults shot on Platte River;
north of Prosser (Hall)
29 March 1919 Small flock seen on an island in
the Platte River in a large flock
of sandhill cranes; near Kearney
(Buffalo)
7 October 1920 2 seen on the Platte River; near
Kearney (Buffalo)
10 October 1920 10 seen on the Platte River; near
Kearney (Buffalo)
15 October 1920 3 seen on the Platte River; near
Kearney (Buffalo)
1-5 May 1922 7 seen on Platte River (near Golary
farm); near Kearney (Buffalo)
13 April 1924 Flock of 11 seen flying from the
Platte River at close range and
starting northwest; just west of
Kearney (Buffalo)
16 October 1924 4 seen on the Platte River; just
east of bridge at Kearney (Buffalo)
7 April 1925 3 seen alighting on (sand) bar in
Platte River south of A. R. Golay
home; near Kearney (Buffalo)
19 October 1925 1 seen flying high and circling
toward the east; just east of
bridge at Kearney (Buffalo)
25 October 1925 5 seen flying west along the Platte
River; a few miles west of Odessa
(Buffalo)
25 October 1925 5 seen on a sandbar in the Platte
River (3 adults, 2 juveniles); west
of bridge at Overton (Dawson)
4 April 1926 2 seen along Platte River; 5 miles
west of Kearney (Buffalo)
4 April 1926 2 seen and heard calling in close
company in a large flock of
sandhill cranes flying west from
Platte River bridge (probably were
the same birds as the preceding);
just south of Kearney (Buffalo)
7 April 1926 6 seen resting on a sandbar in the
Platte River among a large flock of
sandhill cranes (2 showed traces of
the reddish brown immature
plumage); 4 miles west of Kearney
(Buffalo)
8 April 1926 5 seen feeding in meadow near
observer's house. After feeding for
a time they flew to the Platte
River; just west of bridge at
Kearney.
18 April 1926 1 lone bird on the Platte River;
near Odessa (Buffalo)
22 September 1928 Seen flying up the Platte River;
near Newark (Kearney)
24 October 1928 5 seen flying up the south bank of
the Platte River, calling, and
later 3 flew directly over the
observer; near Newark (Kearney)
13 October 1929 1 lone bird seen standing on a
sandbar in the Platte River; just
west of Kearney (Buffalo)
3 April 1930 3 seen standing on a sandbar in the
Platte River in company with a
large flock of sandhill cranes; 1
mile west of Kearney (Buffalo)
3 April 1930 8 in a flock on the river, alone; 2
miles east of Kearney (Buffalo)
25 October 1931 7 adults and 2 immatures on Platte
River just east of Elm Creek
(Buffalo)
3 April 1931 3 seen along the Platte River;
Kearney (Buffalo)
May 1934 2 seen along the Platte River; Wood
River (Hall)
1 April 1936 7 seen flying over Platte River;
Cozad (Dawson)
17 April 1939 5 seen along Platte River; between
Cozad and Darr (Dawson)
22 October 1942 1 bird seen along Platte River;
Odessa (Buffalo)
2 April 1944 3 seen in Platte River; near
Kearney (Buffalo)
19 April 1948 5 seen (4 adults, 1 juvenile) on a
sandbar in the South Platte River
due south of the airport at North
Platte (Lincoln)
*This list includes only those sightings for which a reasonably specific
location at or near the river was given. Data originally published in
Swenk (1933) and Brooking (1943a, 1943b, 1944); only those listed as
confirmed by Allen (1952) are included in this list.
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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