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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs sandhill crane tourism booms, Harlan County capitalizes on pelicans
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BRENDAN SULLIVAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
American white pelicans stop at Harlan County Lake by the hundreds and thousands every year during their migration. Encouraged by the success of tourism centered on the annual migration of sandhill cranes along the Platte River, promoters in Harlan County launched a pelican festival in 2011.
http://www.omaha.com/outdoors/as-sandhill-crane-tourism-booms-harlan-county-capitalizes-on-pelicans/article_043298a5-a64c-5433-b928-e246adab2e9f.html
POSTED: MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015 12:30 AM
By David Hendee / World-Herald staff writer
REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb. Its the Other Migration.
Just as hundreds of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes flock to central Nebraskas Platte River each spring, American white pelicans descend on Harlan County Lake by the hundreds and thousands.
And just as tourism promoters from Grand Island to North Platte feather the regional economy with tens of millions of dollars from visitors from around the world during the annual sandhill crane spectacle, Harlan County advocates hope white pelicans will help their communities soar, too.
Bruce Beins provides free pelican-watching tours on a pontoon boat from his North Shore Marina near Republican City. Its part of a Harlan White Pelican Watch campaign to grab the tail feathers of sandhill cranes and encourage wildlife enthusiasts drawn to the Platte to take part of a day to migrate 55 miles south for close-up views of one of North Americas largest birds.
FULL story at link. Photo gallery: http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=5869
Sizing up the American white pelican
(Both sexes)
Length: About 4 to 5½ feet
Wingspan: 8 to 9½ feet
Weight: 10 to nearly 20 pounds
Relative size: One of the largest flying birds; considerably larger than a bald eagle; smaller than a California condor.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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As sandhill crane tourism booms, Harlan County capitalizes on pelicans (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2015
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Boids!
hatrack
(59,592 posts)2. Just got back from Kearney yesterday - tail end of the migration, but still awesomely cool
First time with the sandhills - won't be the last.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)3. First time I saw White Pelicans was in western IA
Their huge!
Haven't ever seen one in SE WI.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)4. Pelicans -- the coolest fliers of all the birds.
--imm