Sometimes in the middle of February, the Sandhill Cranes will begin arriving in the thousands. By the end of March most of the 500,000 cranes have rested up and fed on some Nebraska corn and are ready to head up north to their nesting grounds. If you are interested in witnessing one of nature's most magnificant migration, make your reservations now. The Burchell's White Hill Farmhouse Inn is located within 15 minutes of Rowe Sanctuary, a premiere crane watching site located on the Platte River. The cranes come every year, time for you to come and watch.
Cranes in the Middle of the Week
Package Special
Avoid the weekend crowds and enjoy half of million sandhill cranes all by yourself. For thousands of years, cranes have used the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska for rest and relaxation as they travel from southern wintering grounds in Texas and Mexico to northern breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska and Siberia. Whooping Cranes, eagles, ducks and geese, and shorebirds also migrate through the Central Flyway. It is an amazing sight.
This is a Wednesday-Thursday-Friday Special for March 10-12, March 17-19, March 24-26, or March 31-April 2. Your package includes two nights of lodging and farm fresh breakfast at Burchell’s White Hill Farmhouse Inn, dinner at Burchell’s White Hill Farmhouse Inn Restaurant, coffee and snack at The Minden Coffee House, and a reservation to the viewing blinds for sunrise lift off at Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary. Your hosts, Bob and Linda Ard, will take care of all your arrangements and provide a wealth of information about how to best enjoy Sandhill Cranes in the Middle of the Week.
The price for this package is $140.00 plus tax per person based on double occupancy. For more information and a suggested schedule of activities, contact blard@rcom-ne.com. Call 308-832-1323 with credit card information to make your reservation. Reservations must be made at least 72 hours in advance. All reservations are subject to availability.
It looks like a convention at the river. This photograph taken by Bob Ard, Innkeeper/Owner of Burchell's White Hilll Farmhouse Inn.
If you would like to know when the cranes arrive and suggestions for crane viewing areas, check out the www.Nebraskaflyway.com.
It looks like a convention at the river. This photograph taken by Bob Ard, Innkeeper/Owner of Burchell's White Hilll Farmhouse Inn. 
