ML139287381

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Observation details

Initially found by Chuck Cooper on 25 March, along Platte River Drive, south of the Platte River. I couldn't relocate the bird at the time, but let people know that this bird might still be in the area.On 7 April Jeanine Lackey called me. She'd just received a call from a friend driving along I-80 that there was a dark crane near the rest area east of Grand Island. I drove along cty rd 4 and was able to see the bird foraging with SACRs in the corn field. I took some quick I.D. shots before it flew off. It was seen in this field for several days afterwards. The record was accepted by the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee, but rejected by the American Birding Association committee. Based on additional record in Alaska, the species was added to ABA and AOS list.

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