Drought in Southwest to coastal Texas led sandhill cranes to migrate early
2/23/2022 12:40:58 AM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Arizona
Nebraska
New Mexico
Texas
Start Date: 2/14/2022
- End Date: 3/15/2022
The sandhill cranes that migrate through Nebraska in February to March overwinter in coastal Texas to southeast Arizona, south into Chihuahua, Mexico, and north into the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma. Warm, droughty weather in their winter habitat makes the birds migrate early, explaining why the birds have arrived in central Nebraska so early this year.
Omaha World-Herald (Neb.), Feb 21, 2022
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