Feb 26, 2017 | AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, Daily Image 2017, Landscape, Nikon D3x, Platte River
Just After O’dark Thirty Why awake and be on location by o’dark thirty? Photogs know all to well. Moreover, photographers as well as bird watchers, nature lovers, and many others will gather, as they do every year in mid March, to see the Sandhill Cranes on the Platte River in Nebraska. The cranes lift off the river just after sunrise. In this image, they are still roosting on the river just below the horizon. They leave the river in flocks sometimes numbering in the thousands, even tens of thousands.
Feb 1, 2017 | AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 ED VR II, Daily Image 2017, Landscape, Nikon D3x, Platte River
Sandhills on the Platte Yes, it won’t be long now before 500K+ Sandhill Cranes come to the Platte River in Nebraska for rest and relaxation on their way to Canada, Alaska, and Siberia.
Mar 15, 2016 | AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, Daily Image 2016, Landscape, Nikon D3x, Platte River
O’dark Thirty Plus Yes, it’s just after o’dark thirty along the Platte River. We wait for the Sandhill Cranes to rise en masse. The sun will soon reveal tens of thousands of Sandhill Cranes waiting for light to leave sandbars for the corn fields. Yep, it’s one of those moments. Hope to see one of those moments again.
Mar 13, 2015 | AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR, Daily Image 2015, Landscape, Nikon D300, Platte River, Sunset
Platte River Sunset The Platte River beckons. Over the next few weeks, Sandhill Cranes, 500,000 of them, will make their annual visit to the Platte River in Nebraska. They’ll feed, rest, and gain weight for their flight back to Alaska, Canada, and Siberia.
Mar 1, 2015 | AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 ED VR II, Daily Image 2015, Landscape, Nikon D3x, Platte River
Platte River Sunrise Finally, it’s March. To me, March means Sandhill Cranes on the Platte River in Nebraska. Even though the temperature outside has been in the below zero range, in just a few weeks, the Sandhill’s will be visiting the Platte.
Mar 17, 2014 | AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 ED VR II, Daily Image 2014, Landscape, Nikon D3x, Platte River
Platte River It’s that time of year when the Sandhill Cranes stop along the Platte River on their way north to Alaska and beyond. So, my mind continues to think of the Platte and the Sandhills.
May 20, 2013 | AF 80-400mm f4.5-5.6D ED VR, Landscape, Landscape Portfolio, Nikon D3x, Platte River
Platte River Sunset The Platte River in central Nebraska, during late February, March, and Early April, provides us with a unique opportunity to experience Sandhill Cranes by the thousands. This image was captured near one of the bridges crossing the river just after sunset. The black dots in the sky are Sandhill Cranes coming to roost for the night on the swallow sand bars of the river where they can hear predators before they get too close. And, the landscape images can also be stunning like this Platte River Sunset.
