At dusk they return to the river, in strings of hundreds or even thousands of birds. The Rainwater Basin , south of the Platte, serves a similar purpose for millions of other waterfowl and shorebirds. For the birder, early spring in Nebraska is one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in North America. This is the Hike-Bike Bridge at Fort Kearny. The sunrise, even without thousands of birds, was grand.
Cranes abound in the cornfields around the Platte.
And the show continues after the sun has set and the moon has risen. . .