An educator from Rowe Sanctuary came to talk to Miss Crowe’s class about the Sandhill Cranes and other birds in Nebraska. Some interesting things that Wally and the other students learned were that there is a cool looking bird thats eats JELLY! The bird’s name is Baltimore Oriole. Did you know that all birds don’t lay their eggs at the same time? The Blue Jay can incubate their eggs for 16 to 18 days.
A sandhill crane eats a lot of corn while it is here in Nebraska. Their wing span can be 6 ft. and they can lay about 2 eggs. They eat insects, fruit, worms, plants, amphibians. Wally was so interested in the Sandhill Cranes he took a trip out to Rowe Sanctuary to see for himself.
First Wally studied up...
Miss Crowe got him a pin and put him to work.
He worked in the gift shop and in the education center for a while.
He learned how to use a spotting scope and tested out the camouflage.
Wally went out on the trail and to the blind.
He walked out on a sandbar in the Platte and then took a nap in the flowers.
The Sandhill Crane is the only animal in Nebraska that was also living here during the time of the Mammoth. Do you have an animal in your state that has been around that long?
The Sandhill Crane sounds like they have a wide range of diet -like me- and a wingspan even bigger! I bet Wally had a fun time at Rowe Sanctuary. There are no animals that I can think of that have been around as long as the Sandhill Crane in Pennsylvania, but I bet there are plants that have been.
ReplyDeleteThere is a bird that eats jelly?! That is so cool! The Sandhill Crane are kind of like the Native Americans since they both eat corn. But I don't know any animals that had been living around as long as the Sandhill Crane in Montgomery County.
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