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In a Tuesday, March 13, 2012 photo, a flock of sandhill cranes takes flight shortly after sunrise at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Neb. Every year, during March and early April, the Platte River from near Grand Island to west of Kearney is home to more than 500,000 sandhill cranes.  (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Alyssa Schukar) MAGS OUT TV OUT
Caption: In a Tuesday, March 13, 2012 photo, a flock of sandhill cranes takes flight shortly after sunrise at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Neb. Every year, during March and early April, the Platte River from near Grand Island to west of Kearney is home to more than 500,000 sandhill cranes. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Alyssa Schukar) MAGS OUT TV OUT Album ID: 1435703 Photo ID: 40832002