Podcasts about sandhill cranes

Who's going to win the Women's Basketball game? Callers weigh in! Mike talks about the Sandhill Crane with a surprise call from Warren Erbsen and morning show listener Jacquelyn from Nebraska!!! Join In!!! www.mikeboyle.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We sit down with Todd Schaller, Vice President of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA), to discuss all things conservation, hunting legislation, and upcoming events. Todd shares insights on the WWA's wetland restoration projects, the push for a Sandhill crane hunting season, and how hunters can get involved in conservation efforts. We also talk about prepping for the Open Season Expo, what to expect at the Waterfowl Hunters Expo in August, and why events like these are so crucial for the hunting community. Plus, Todd fields some rapid-fire questions, shares his thoughts on jerk rigs, breakfast routines, and why he doesn't have a single taxidermy mount in his home. If you're passionate about waterfowling, conservation, or just love a good hunting conversation, this episode is packed with insights you won't want to miss. Topics Covered: ✅ Wisconsin wetland restoration and habitat projects ✅ The push for a Sandhill crane hunting season ✅ Waterfowl Hunters Expo details and why you should attend ✅ Conservation efforts and how hunters can get involved To learn more about the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association, check out their website. Learn about the Waterfowl Hunters Expo here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nebraska's sandhill crane migration is stronger than ever, despite the worries about bird flu. Hear what the experts are saying about this year's migration and the effects that it has on south central Nebraska.

On this episode of the Wisconsin Sportsman, Pierce is joined by Paul Schecklman for the first ever Wisconsin Public Land Policy Update brought to you by the Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers! Paul Schecklman is the Policy Chair on the Wisconsin BHA board, and in this episode he dives into how policy changes are made in the Badger State. Expect to learn how the Natural Resources Board affects changes in Wisconsin, different funding mechanisms for wildlife management in our state, and topics and projects that the BHA is focusing on including proposing a Sandhill Crane hunt, urban hunting opportunities, improving access to public lands, a recent proposal for license fee increases, and the importance of public input. Stay tuned for the next Public Land Policy Update near the end of Q2 this year, and be sure to go check out backcountryhunters.org/wisconsin to stay on top of what's going on here in Wisconsin.   Big thanks to our fantastic partners: onX Hunt: www.onxmaps.com XOP Gear: www.xopoutdoors.com Huntworth: www.huntworthgear.com Wisconsin Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: www.backcountryhunters.org/wisconsin Good Chance Fly Fishing: www.goodchanceflyfishing.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Wisconsin Sportsman, Pierce is joined by Paul Schecklman for the first ever Wisconsin Public Land Policy Update brought to you by the Wisconsin Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers!Paul Schecklman is the Policy Chair on the Wisconsin BHA board, and in this episode he dives into how policy changes are made in the Badger State. Expect to learn how the Natural Resources Board affects changes in Wisconsin, different funding mechanisms for wildlife management in our state, and topics and projects that the BHA is focusing on including proposing a Sandhill Crane hunt, urban hunting opportunities, improving access to public lands, a recent proposal for license fee increases, and the importance of public input.Stay tuned for the next Public Land Policy Update near the end of Q2 this year, and be sure to go check out backcountryhunters.org/wisconsin to stay on top of what's going on here in Wisconsin. Big thanks to our fantastic partners:onX Hunt: www.onxmaps.comXOP Gear: www.xopoutdoors.comHuntworth: www.huntworthgear.comWisconsin Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: www.backcountryhunters.org/wisconsinGood Chance Fly Fishing: www.goodchanceflyfishing.com

David and Scott Menough, the Bird Talk Guys and former Owners of Wild Birds Unlimited are on The Show to talk Sandhill Cranes! Migration, Kearney Nebraska Crowding, Crane Evolution, Relation to Dinosaurs, Woodpeckers, Life and Career in Radio, and much more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 In the eyes of the Trump Administration, trans people do not exist. The president signed an executive order declaring, in part, “it is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female." Reality is more nuanced than that. We get perspective from Rev. Paula Stone Williams, a pastor, therapist, and mayor pro tem of Lyons, Colorado. Then, the sandhill cranes return this weekend to the San Luis Valley. Plus, how USDA cuts are affecting Colorado. 

While this flock appears to have not been impacted by bird flu, an eastern population of sandhill cranes saw 1,500 die.

Steve Nesbitt–a retired Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wildlife biologist, who over a FWC stint of some 35 years, developed a reputation for extensive knowledge about a slew of species—recalls his interest in birds was cultivated as a kid by his grandfather, a passionate birder. Nesbitt elaborates, noting that his childhood was marked by […] The post Steve Nesbitt, retired FWC wildlife biologist first appeared on Talking Animals.

An unexpected visitor to the town of Sunnyside has birders and photographers flocking to catch a glimpse. We reach the town resident who has made a friend of the sandhill crane... and welcome a keen birder and photographer from MUN's Botanical Garden to the studio. (Krissy Homes with Grant Recknell and Todd Boland)

Stan Tekeila, of www.naturesmart.com, joins us to talk sandhill cranes, snow geese, and monarch butterflies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The sandhill crane is a striking creature, with its signature red crown and wingspan of more than six feet. Once driven to teeteringly low numbers, the species is now a conservation success story.

On our latest show: Sandhill Cranes in Arizona; expert binocular and scope advice; and the story of an eagle poacher who's on his way to jail.

John Martino and Nick Echterling on for outdoor show about Sandhill cranesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice there's a backlog of more than 10,000 felony cases. New proposals on how to manage the sandhill crane population are being drafted. One of ideas is a hunt. And, we'll hear about one program is helping teens address mental health challenges, and it's one of the few with proven results to reduce suicide. .-

One of North America's most unique webless gamebirds, sandhill cranes are oftentimes referred to as "ribeyes of the sky" and included among popular waterfowl slam listings. Alabama biologist Courtnay Conring has studied them extensively and hunted them seriously. We do a deep dive into sandhill cranes to include migrating and non-migrating populations, which populations are hunted and protected, differences between greater and lesser sandhill cranes, habitat, diet, habitat conservation, new hunting opportunities, cooking and how-to sandhill crane hunting techniques. Whether collecting groceries, trophies or experiences, most North American waterfowl hunters may likely find themselves chasing sandhill cranes and will appreciate this informative discussion.   Visit MOJO's Duck Season Somewhere Podcast Sponsors:   MOJO Outdoors  Benelli Shotguns BOSS Shotshells Ducks Unlimited  Flash Back Decoys  HuntProof Premium Waterfowl App Inukshuk Professional Dog Food  Tetra Hearing Tom Beckbe Voormi GetDucks.com USHuntList.com     Please subscribe, rate and review Mojo's Duck Season Somewhere podcast. Share your favorite episodes with friends! Business inquiries and comments contact Ramsey Russell ramsey@getducks.com

In this epoisde Doug addresses the 15/20 3 fish limit on speckle trout. Doug and callers gives their tips on how to approach any deer/hog kill. Do you know what to look out for? Here's a hint: "Its in the eyes." Also, be aware of Sandhill Crane to. At some point Doug suggest that you get out of your deer stand and track down you deer. Use those antlers to attrack your buck. Doug suggests you watch some videos on recreating bucks fighting. Do you know how long you should wait before moving to a new area to hunt deer? You'll get that answered by listening to Doug. He'll tell you when to move. Plus, an Interview with Will Doctor of "The Spirit International Tournament"

Rentenaar Road is just a flood-prone, gravel road through blackberry briars on the east side the Sauvie Island Wildlife Area. It does not look particularly special or inviting. But it is. It's a portal to the kingdom of birds that have come to this island every winter for time immemorial. And, unless you're there to hunt, it's as close as you can get to the large flocks of Snow Geese, Canada Geese, Tundra Swans, Sandhill Cranes and various ducks and coots.The sound of these large flocks is visceral. A tradeoff of coming here though, for the uninitiated, is the manifold shotgun rifle reports that distract from the enjoyment of the natural soundscape. (I'm sure for the hunter it's an exciting sound, like the chime of a slot machine for a gambler. Tomato, tomawto.) The island is also under a commercial flight corridor; the noise of which is inescapable. Here's a tip: Check the hunting season calendar to visit on an off day, or come in February, when there's still lots of birds and the duck hunting season is concluded. Any reports you hear should be distant and less frequent. And, maybe bring some galoshes. I came on a gray February day and walked down the lane, until I came to the flooded area, and I just stood there with water all around me, soaking up the wildlife sound until a rain shower came. You know, I often feel like my soundwalks are kind of like Tootsie Pops; the sweetest part encased inside. You have to spend some time to get to it. That's the way I feel about the end of Rentenaar Road Soundwalk. I just love the sound of the gentle rain starting, falling on the pond-like puddle; the way the rain seems to calm the thousands of birds nearby. I quietly take off my recording hat, and hold it close to the puddle surface. It's an entrancing sizzle that concludes the piece. I hope you can spend some time with it. Rentenaar Road Soundwalk is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) tomorrow, Friday, October 18th.Two more things: * Yesterday I offered an amuse-bouche alternate of this walk with galoshes on. Check out Rentenaar Wade Soundwalk here:* Also this Friday, Nov. 1st, Cultural Norms (20th Anniversary Edition) by my old indie pop band Blanket Music will be released. It features several bonus tracks, with parallels and through-lines to the state of the nation today. Hear it on all streaming platforms. (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, and YouTube…) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of the Ducks Unlimited podcast, host Dr. Jerad Henson and co-host Dr. Mike Brasher welcome special guest Pete Stoddart, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Cargill, along with Adam DeHaan, DU's Senior Director of Development for Minnesota and Iowa. The discussion centers around Playa wetlands and the innovative funding opportunities and unique partnerships that are overcoming conservation challenges in Kansas and Nebraska. Pete and Adam discuss the DU and Cargill partnership and how they helped Cargill reach their sustainability goals and create and restore valuable waterfowl habitats.  Tune in for insights into how collaboration paves the way for impactful environmental initiatives.Listen now: www.ducks.org/DUPodcastSend feedback: DUPodcast@ducks.org

No doubt many North Dakotans hear a loud, gurgling call emanating from overhead during spring or fall, and look skyward in search of the source. After a bit of searching, you finally identify the source as a flock of large birds, way up there! If the flock is lower, long legs might be visible sticking out behind them. Ahh, the call of sandhill cranes!

It's Oct 2nd as I write. The Oak Island area on Sauvie Island, near Portland Oregon closed to recreational use for the season yesterday. For the coming Fall and Winter, it will serve as a haven for the birds, save for the occasional hunters. Last winter, when I brought my Soundwalk podcast to Substack, I embarked on a series touching down at certain points in the greater area I referred to as the Columbia Lowlands. I'm pleased to say I'm taking us back there, covering some spots that I didn't get to last time through. Lewis and Clark called this area the Wappato Valley, after the edible tuber, Wapato, that the Native Americans harvested here on Sauvie Island. The island was also named Wappato Island, the geographical center of Wappato Valley. (Both the double P spelling and the geographic names didn't really take.) Today, this area is also referred to as the Portland Basin.Oak Island in the early 1800s would have looked pretty similar to what it looks like now—only without pastures—and the name would have made more sense than it does today, because the land mass used to be surrounded by shallow lakes. Today it more resembles a peninsula. Like the lakes of the Columbia Bayou (slough) on north side of Portland, many lakes on Sauvie Island were drained in the early 1900's, and dikes were built, hardening the river bank. Now, as far as I know, the only marker honoring the stewardship of this land by Native Americans is found a few steps into the Oak Island Nature Trail. There you will see wood post with a line drawing of a two people in a canoe with a QR code underneath. Focusing on that QR code with a smartphone will pull up a page, offering the following:Two hundred years ago, Native Americans walked on this very spot. Each year, just before winter, tribes from up and down the Columbia and Willamette rivers gathered on Oak Island for a trading fair which included dancing and festivities.I want to know more about that. I want to imagine what that looked like, what that sounded like. Of the environmental sound, Capt. William Clark leaves only this description on November 5th, 1805, from the vicinity of Sauvie Island:I could not sleep for the noise kept by the Swans, Geese, white & black brant, Ducks etc. on a opposit base, & Sand hill Crane, they were emensely numerous and their noise horrid. Immensely numerous and horrid. Ha! We will hear numerous birds soon enough in our extended soundwalk survey. For now, on our Oak Island Road Soundwalk, we hear just a handful of bugling Sandhill Cranes, small flocks of geese, wintering songbirds, Pacific tree frogs and light rain showers. Anything but horrid to my ears. Dig a little deeper and you'll discover 200 years ago is just the tip of the iceberg. Native Americans lived in various village sites on the island dating back 2500 years; one thousand generations! (Archeological sites upriver near The Dalles increase that time horizon to human occupation of the area going back well over 10,000 years ago). And all they got was a QR code.How do we know Native Americans lived on Sauvie Island so long? Well, less than a mile south of Oak Island is Merrybelle Farm. Several archeological digs occurred here, beginning in 1958. Analyzing the projectile points and found here with others found on the island and throughout the region, Richard Pettigrew points to an estimated timeline of village occupation at the Merrybelle site from 600 BCE to 200 CE. There were 16 known village sites on Sauvie Island. Several have been the subject of formal archeological excavation. Many were picked over by amateur artifact collectors. Some were buried or partially buried under tons of dike soil. One was “sunken”, preserving woven baskets in the mud for up to 700 years. Today there's no physical reminder of the civilization that existed here before Euro-American settlers; no formal mention or marker, save for a recently renamed bridge. Wapato Bridge. It's a start. Scholars believe the Wapato Valley once sustained the highest population density north of Mexico in aboriginal times. Isn't this a story that should be told?In fourth grade we had a “Pioneer Day”. We came to school in costume: bonnets for the girls. Cowboy hats for boys. Did some boys bring toy guns? Did anyone dress up as an Indian? Seems plausible. We rolled out pasta from scratch, cutting broad noodles for chicken noodle soup “like the pioneers did”. We pledged allegiance to the flag every morning. We did not learn we were inhabiting what was once the cradle of the largest Native American population center, in the Portland Basin, in the United States. When I walk around on Sauvie Island, I try to picture the long house villages, and the multitude of dugout canoes. When I went paddleboarding on Sturgeon Lake a month ago my feet sank up to my calves in mud as I clumsily launched my craft. I imagined Wapato growing there, plentifully. I imagined Native Americans loosening the root bulbs with their toes, harvesting them in floating baskets. The land of plenty. People of the river.This soundwalk was recorded on mild December evening last year, on Oak Island Road, adjacent the Wildlife Area. There are half a dozen farm houses on this quiet spur road. It was very relaxing, and nourishing. I totally recommend this to anyone in the area. Like last time, the composition is almost entirely solo performances strung together. Four voices: piano, a clean Wurlitzer electric piano, a modified Wurlitzer electric piano, and a piano with heavy tape effects. All taking turns. It won't always be like this, though. In fact, next week I have a whole new direction I'm excited to unveil! Til then, thanks for reading, for listening, for joining me here.Oak Island Road Soundwalk is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, Amazon, YouTube…) today, Friday, October 4th. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

In early August, the 2024 Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes, met for the first time. The committee is tasked with recommending legislation to manage the sandhill crane population. […] The post Sandhill Cranes: Population Boom and Agricultural Impact appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

A lone Sandhill Crane stood at the edge of the marsh feeding, its bill dipping repeatedly through the mud with a series of rapid, steady bursts reminiscent of a sewing machine's insistent motion.

This week we're are joined in studio by Dr. Blake Grisham of Texas Tech and Courtenay Conring, a hardworking young biologist. These two and others have been working a long term research project on Sandhill Cranes. It's a very interesting discussion and we learned so much.  Most people don't understand the various populations of cranes, their migration, pair bonding, parenting skills and how long lived they are. We did know that they are referred to as “ribeye in the sky” and it was confirmed they are in fact delicious. We also learned just how much fun they are to hunt and we were surprised to learn just how wary they are. Sandhill Cranes have a beautiful throaty call and once you have heard one it's easy to recognize.  We are proud to know these researchers are helping other state agencies understand these wild birds to better manage them.  Listen, Learn and Enjoy.              Show Notes:Dr. Blake Grisham: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nrm/people/faculty/faculty_pages/blakegrisham/grisham.php Courtenay Conring: https://www.instagram.com/courtenay_conring/ Photo Credit, Joseph Richards: https://www.instagram.com/richardsoutdoorphoto/ | https://www.facebook.com/richardsoutdoorphotography | https://www.richardsoutdoorphotography.com/Support the Show.Stay connected with GameKeepers: Enter the Gamekeeper LS Tractor Giveaway!: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/gamekeeper-ls-tractor-giveaway/ Instagram: @mossyoakgamekeepers Facebook: @GameKeepers Twitter: @MOGameKeepers YouTube: @MossyOakGameKeepers Website: https://mossyoakgamekeeper.com/ Subscribe to Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Magazine Buy a Single Issue of Gamekeepers Magazine: https://bit.ly/GK_Single_Issue Join our Newsletters: Field Notes - https://bit.ly/GKField_Notes | The Branch - https://bit.ly/the_branch Have a question for us or a podcast idea? Email us at gamekeepers@mossyoak.com

“As the sun rises over the mountains in a peachy orb, the cool air erupts with crane music. One group after another flaps heavily into the air and the cranes fly past me in straggling lines, heading east.”  This story is a portrait of early fall in Montana's Helena Valley—the third and final episode in the Lake Helena series about getting to know this particular place over time. It's a story of sandhill cranes, Baird's sandpipers, thunderstorms and waves, and the wonder and music of fall bird migration.  The podcast includes lots of ambient sounds I recorded. At Lake Helena, we hear sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis), marsh wrens (Cistothorus palustris), common yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas), red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), Virginia rails (Rallus limicola), Baird's sandpipers (Calidris bairdii), greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), and waves. We also hear a post-breeding red-winged blackbird flock I recorded in Granite County, Montana in August 2024. Finally, from the Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir, we hear Canada geese (Branta canadensis), sandhill cranes, ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis), and a Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia). You can find the illustrated transcript of this story here: https://wildwithnature.com/2024/09/01/sandhill-cranes-helena/I depend on the support of my listeners to continue doing this work. Please share these podcasts, leave a rating, and, if you're able, support me through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wildwithnature. Thank you!!!

On Creature Comforts, Kevin Farrell is joined by Dr. Troy Majure, veterinarian at the Animal Medical Center in Jackson and Libby Hartfield retired director of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.As one of the larger birds in Mississippi, Sandhill Cranes stand head and feathers above most of the birds we encounter here in the state. Today, Scott Hereford, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist at the Sandhill Crane Wildlife Refuge joins the show to discuss what makes these birds so special and how to identify them. Also, Libby Hartfield is out today, so Joe McGee steps in to fill her shoes.To submit your own question for the show, email us at animals@mpbonline.org or send us a message with the Talk To Us feature in the MPB Public Media App. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather Talley joins Tim and Russ to talk about application dates for some upland game hunts but also explains the challenges in trying to put tags on  BIG feisty Sandhill Cranes!

One of the things that makes Madison such a special city is the pride that people show when talking about their favorite places to eat, or things to do around town.  Since our new City Cast producer, Phil Surkis, is a new resident, we've been asking our listeners and the readers of Madison Minutes to give him suggestions on where to go, what to eat and things to do.  Well, Phil has been about town, and now is back to report on his findings, along with host Bianca Martin and executive producer Hayley Sperling. Buckle up for our third installment of what we're calling “Must See Madison”! And, if you have a suggestion for Phil, or the whole City Cast team, please let us know here!  Mentioned in this episode The Cardinal Bar Crucible Five Sotto Tavern Nakaya Elvehjem Community Garden Marquette Waterfront Festival El Sabor De Puebla Green Owl Cafe Alchemy Cafe Warner Park International Crane Foundation Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We're also on Instagram!  Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Subscribe to the Madison Minutes morning newsletter.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Green Way Outdoors team is joined by Steve Windom & Justin Tomei from the Michigan United Conservation Clubs. Here are the topics they cover: -What does the MUCC do? How do they represent hunters and anglers in Michigan? -How do people feel about lobbyists? -The bill that attempted to make commercial fishing legal for Michigan game fish and how the MUCC helped stop it. -How MUCC builds email campaigns to make sure our voices are heard. -Kyle asks the tough questions about Michigan laws that make no sense for hunters and anglers. -How an electrician got a bill passed and became president of the board. -How much a political campaign costs. -Kyle disagrees with the MUCC stance on the bait ban. -The current state of the sportsman against hunger program. -How to get involved with MUCC & upcoming events. To join MUCC: https://mucc.orgWatch our HISTORY Channel show on:  - HISTORY - TUBI Follow us on: - Facebook  - Instagram - Twitter - Youtube - Our Website

When writer Lee Ann Roripaugh visited the annual staging grounds of Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska, she was in awe of the birds. During their spring migration, hundreds of thousands of cranes roost on sandbars in the Platte River. The sound and sight of these birds is breathtaking; Lee Ann captures it beautifully in her poem “:: #sandhillcranes #string of beads ::.”More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

A visit with Roger Jasnoch, Director of the Kearney Visitors Bureau about experiencing the crane migration and experiencing Kearney, Nebraska's attractions.

Madison resident Mary Gemignani spends her free time with Sandhill Cranes. Today we learn all about these leggy, gentle giants from a photographer who sees them through a lens of love. Links from Mary's show: Mary on Twitter International Crane Foundation Birding links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Merlin Bird ID⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠e-Bird⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow The Thing With Feathers: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTWF on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTWF on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTWF on Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Thing With Feathers is produced by Courtney Ellis. Original music by Del Belcher. New episodes every Monday. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/courtney-ellis02/message

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For 20,000 years, spring rains and melting snow have filled the playas of the Rainwater Basin of south-central Nebraska. As winter ends, 10 million waterfowl rest and feed there before continuing north. The seasonal wetlands form a funnel for birds heading from the Gulf Coast and points south to northern breeding grounds. In recent years, the number of Snow Geese stopping there in spring has risen dramatically to more than three million birds. A third of North America's Northern Pintails rely on the food-rich habitat there. Twenty-seven species of shorebirds use the wetlands, as well as half a million Sandhill Cranes.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

There are 15 species of crane worldwide, but only 2 are native to North America: The Sandhill Crane and the Whooping Crane.  The Sandhill Crane's spring migration staging is considered to be one of the top wildlife spectacles in the world.  Whooping Cranes were once nearly extinct - with fewer than 28 individuals left in the wild.  Learn more about these remarkable birds and the fight to keep them from going extinct in this episode!   Email/Paypal address: Dispatchesfromtheforest@gmail.com   Patreon: Patreon.com/dispatchesfromtheforest   Merch store: Cafepress.com/dispatchesfromtheforest

With a graceful leap, wings outstretched, Sandhill Cranes welcome the longer days. The stately cranes are courting, renewing an annual dance they perform in earnest as the days lengthen into spring. Sandhill Crane pairs remain together for life, and their spirited dance plays an essential role in reaffirming this bond.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.comThe conclusion to the five-part Lower Columbia River soundwalk series brings us back to the Washington shoreline, three miles upriver from where we last visited, at a place called Frenchman's Bar. Though it takes an hour by car to drive from Willow Bar to Frenchman's Bar, they are literally just around the corner from each other on the water. And of course, this is how the birds experience it. Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese, Canada Geese and others often overnight on Sauvie's Island and forage by day across the river in The Vancouver Lowlands. There are plenty of opportunities to capture fly-bys and fly-overs in field recordings here, but there is also plenty of competition in the soundscape from industrial sources. In addition to the planes, trains, and autos, you'll often hear hulking cargo ships chugging by. If you listen closely you'll hear a crew pounding on the hull of one such ship in the distance, close to the end of our soundwalk. I left it in, half because it was an interesting sound, and half because there's only so much noise one can get rid of without messing it up. Incidentally, I also left in the subtle sound of me setting up a stationary recording rig. I'll share that field recording next week on Soundscape, the companion podcast to Soundwalk, all linked up with this Substack newsletter. I visualize it like an H2O atom! And maybe now is a good time to catch you up, since I don't send emails as often as I'm posting. Recently I shared A Brief History of Soundwalks, taking a look at a couple examples of soundwalks, new and old, and arriving at a tentative answer to the question what is a soundwalk? (In the words of Christopher Robin, "It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear and not bothering.”) Also, I shared a soundwalk through the Black Artists of Oregon Exhibit at Portland Art Museum and field recordings of the charming American Dipper at Wildwood and some Trumpeter Swans and allies at Ridgefield NWR. Subscribers enjoy 5 min excerpts while premium subscribers get the complete recordings (10-90 min). Available in your podcast app and here.For the Frenchman's Bar Soundwalk score I used a lot of the same voices that we've been hearing in this batch. In particular, I try to follow the swells of sound from the abundant geese and cranes with synth pads and vibrating drones. This time I swap out the electric pianos for the intimacy and warmth of an acoustic piano and celeste. It's both quiet and loud; a dynamic outing!Frenchman's Bar was named by Donald and David Scherruble who grew up in the area, heirs to the 120 acre farm that would become Frenchman's Bar Park in the late 1990's. The Scherrubles listened to their colorful "Old Frenchman" neighbor speak of his adventures when they were kids on the farm. Don Hamilton penned this story with an ear for the brothers' lively storytelling for The Oregonian September 9, 1985:Frenchman's Bar really has a French connection. That connection is the late Paul Haury, a Frenchman who once deserted a doomed ship,Well before the turn of the century Haury, then 15, was an apprentice river pilot in France hoping to make his living on the sea. He signed on as a cabin boy on a wooden saling ship bound for Vancouver, British Columbia, via Cape Horn. It was to pick up a load of lumber and take it to the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii. But the cabin boy who hoped to make his life sailng was treated poorly."He jumped ship, he did," David Scherruble said. "He used to come to the house and tell my mom and dad about how there was this big old hollow cedar tree and he hid in it while the searchers (from the ship) looked for him. They walked right past him, they did, and didn't even see him. That's the story he told."After about three days the searchers gave up the hunt for their cabin boy and set off for Hawaii. In mid-Pacific the ship hit a fierce storm and went down with all hands.For five years Haury's parents in France believed he was dead. By the time he wrote to tell them he hadn't perished, he had made his way north from Vancouver and was working as a commercial fisherman in Alaska.In 1915 Haury bought five or six acres along the Columbia and moved to the Vancouver area…Interestingly, Haury, who died in 1937 while in his 70s, never saw the stretch of beach named for him. The bar was created by dredge spoils when the Columbia River channel was deepened by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1940s.It might also be worth mentioning that Frenchman's Bar is about a mile upriver from Tena Bar, which in 1980 provided a break in the infamous D.B. Cooper skyjacking mystery. A kid found $5800 in bundles of decomposing cash in the sand. Serial numbers on the bills matched those in the $200,000 ransom. (Funny how that seems like not so much today.) How did these bundles end up buried in the sand at Tena Bar? The FBI put a lot of energy into trying to answer that question but apparently few definitive conclusions could be drawn. There is absolutely no shortage of conjecture online. In 2020, a scientist ruled out quite a few timeline scenarios by testing the bills for diatoms. “Because the bills only had one season of diatoms on them, and did not have diatoms that bloom in the winter, Kaye theorizes that the money came out of the water and landed on the bank of Tena Bar after only a few weeks or months.”Today the Tena Bar area, bound by a sand and gravel company, has No Trespassing signs posted every 10 meters. Well, I guess that's about it for this one. Thanks for being here with me.

I recorded this on a breezy winter afternoon beside Big Lake in the northeast corner of Shasta County, California. The sky started off mostly cloudy with rain showers to the west, but the showers dissipated as they moved eastward towards the lake, and the clouds broke up allowing the sun to shine through. In this episode the constant lapping of small wind waves against the tule lined shore is punctuated by the soft sound of the wind blowing through the bare branches of nearby trees and the gentle rustling of dry grasses. Various species of ducks call as they bob on the surface in large flocks far out on the lake. Geese are heard in the distance calling from the ground, with the occasional flock heard flying high above. Listen for the solitary call of a Red Tailed Hawk, and distant flocks of Sandhill Cranes in flight. There was an unfortunate amount of air traffic the day this was recorded, but I liked this recording too much not to share it with you. I hope you like it as well and don't mind the air traffic too much. I recently got a new production assistant! She is a sweet dog named Molly and she was a big help with this episode. I look forward to her help with many, many future recordings. Do you like the podcast and want to help it get made? You can do just that by making a contribution! Just click one of the following links or the link at the end of this podcast description- ⁠⁠https://soundbynaturepodcast.com/donations/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/soundbynaturepodcast⁠⁠ If you can't help by making a monetary contribution, that's okay! You can also help by rating and reviewing the show on your favorite podcast platform, and by telling friends about it. A big thank you to those of you that support the show monthly through Spotify and Patreon. Your contributions go directly into making these recordings and I am extremely grateful for your help. Thanks to everybody that has rated the show, and especially those of you that have written a review on Apple Podcasts. Your kind words mean a lot! If you'd like to see pictures of the area this was recorded, check out the Instagram or Facebook page for the podcast. You can find them by searching @soundbynaturepodcast. If you have questions or comments email me at soundbynaturepodcast@gmail.com Please make an effort to reduce the amount of single use plastics you use and do your best to keep them and all plastics out of the environment. Many small actions added together can have a big impact! We can all make a difference on this planet by making more conscientious choices about the stuff we use and thereby leave a smaller footprint on the environment and help preserve nature for future generations. Thank you very much for listening. Stay healthy, stay safe, stay sound. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soundbynature/support

In some parts of North America, Sandhill Cranes are common as ants at a picnic. In New England, on the other hand, they've been almost as rare as pterodactyls — until relatively recently! Birders began reporting cranes scattered throughout the region. When a Sandhill Crane chick hatched in Maine in 2000, it was evident the New England birds were not just strays. Cranes now breed in several parts of New England, especially Massachusetts.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

When have you encountered a Sandhill Crane? Those things are WILD! We try to give our best advice with 30 seconds of therapy. If someone was going to summons you, what 3 things could they use to summon you? We hear more true stories from our listeners that are so insane. Are you neighborly? It is National Wave to your neighbor day and our listeners say they are NOT Neighborly. We end the show with the adults talking about injuring themselves at the movies!

When have you encountered a Sandhill Crane? Those things are WILD! We try to give our best advice with 30 seconds of therapy. If someone was going to summons you, what 3 things could they use to summon you? We hear more true stories from our listeners that are so insane. Are you neighborly? It is National Wave to your neighbor day and our listeners say they are NOT Neighborly. We end the show with the adults talking about injuring themselves at the movies!

We hit something a little different this week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, sandhill crane hunting! John's good buddy Charles just returned from a bucket list hunt and one that John was quite jealous of. Sandhill cranes are present in large numbers in western Oklahoma and Texas, and as Charles will discuss in this episode, make for a fun and engaging hunt. The "ribeye of the sky" are not as easy as you might think to hunt, and possess a keen eye for anything out of the ordinary. Charles and his buddies were able to hunt cranes and geese on this trip, which makes for a great comparison of the two species and helps people relate to something they may be a little more familiar with. Charles talks about the strategy they used, the decoy set ups, the size shells, and the hides the group used to put a 14 man limit on the ground one day, and a stack of geese the next. If a crane hunt isn't already on your list, it definitely will be after this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hit something a little different this week on the Oklahoma Outdoors Podcast, sandhill crane hunting! John's good buddy Charles just returned from a bucket list hunt and one that John was quite jealous of. Sandhill cranes are present in large numbers in western Oklahoma and Texas, and as Charles will discuss in this episode, make for a fun and engaging hunt. The "ribeye of the sky" are not as easy as you might think to hunt, and possess a keen eye for anything out of the ordinary.Charles and his buddies were able to hunt cranes and geese on this trip, which makes for a great comparison of the two species and helps people relate to something they may be a little more familiar with. Charles talks about the strategy they used, the decoy set ups, the size shells, and the hides the group used to put a 14 man limit on the ground one day, and a stack of geese the next. If a crane hunt isn't already on your list, it definitely will be after this episode!

On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast' Brandon Malson and Sterling Peay, owner of Texas Renegade Outfitters, dig into the amazing waterfowl migration and hunting opportunities in Texas.Sterling is a wealth of knowledge! He shares his thoughts on migration numbers, species in abundance, bird movement and feeding behaviors. They talk about how to factor in weather conditions when choosing fields to hunt, what to look for while scouting, how to setup in the morning before sunrise, and what to adjust if birds are deciding not to commit to your original spread. Each week him and his team take clients out chasing the beautiful, fully plumed puddle ducks and divers. Large migrations of snow geese, blues, specklebellies and sandhill cranes are present as well.Thank you so much for listening and for your support! If you or someone you know finds value in connecting with other outdoors people, please drop us a line and we will get you plugged in.Be sure to follow us on social @networkoutdoors and subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpCfJXk0eoo0oKiEFPmWIATo stay up-to-date on events, trips and networking opportunities sign up for our email list at our website www.NetworkOutdoors.com.Until next time - signing off!

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On this Fowl Life Podcast, Midwest Series with Joel Kleefisch, Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Executive Director, Bruce Ross, and Champion Duck caller, Mark Kakatsch, with the Wildlife Foundation go in-depth on hunting Sandhill Cranes. Should there be a season and will there be? D.N.R. Game Bird Ecologist, Taylor Finger, weighs in on the booming population of Sandhills in Wisconsin and how it's affecting agriculture. This must-listen episode talks about the future of waterfowl in the Midwest.

On our latest show: Sandhill Cranes in New Mexico; the birds of Poplar Island in Chesapeake Bay; and the effects of extreme heat on birds nesting in agricultural areas.

On our latest show: Listener reports about Sandhill Cranes in Utah, and American Flamingos in Louisiana; feeder advice from backyard bird expert, Mike O'Connor; and details about the In Color Birding Club from club founder Jason Hall.

Sandhill Crane families form a close bond. A pair of adults might travel north with their young from the previous summer, along with grown-up offspring from several years ago. After the breeding season, families will stick together for the journey south and the winter, even in large flocks. The parents often remain together for the rest of their lives.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.