Sandhill crane migration

Every year in the Platte River Valley, there is an unusual event that brings in countless visitors from all across the United States. The sandhill crane migration takes place in the spring and the fall. In the spring, the sandhill cranes fly north, and they fly south in in the fall. While this airborne migration is typical of many types of birds, what makes this unbelievable is the size. More than 80 percent of all sandhill cranes make the migration following the same path. For 80 miles in Nebraska, birds fly along what is known as the flyover, which stretches all the way from Grand Island to Kearney.