<p>Every year hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes congregate on the Platte River during their Spring migration, forming large flocks that use the sandbars of the Platte River as a nightime refuge before dispersing to local fields to feed during the day.
</p><p>Credit: Larry Crist / USFWS
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Photo Contest Entry #152
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2012-03-25 06:41
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