116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Tour will visit cranes, prairie chickens
The conservation boards in Linn and Buchanan counties are sponsoring a three-day trip in March to witness two of the Midwest's greatest bird spectacles.
Participants will observe the mating rituals of the prairie chicken at the Kellerton Bird Conservation Area in Ringgold County on March 26.
On the following evening they will witness the annual spring gathering of sandhill cranes from blinds at the Rowe Sanctuary along the Platte River near Kearney, Neb.
For details or to make reservations, call the Linn County Conservation Board at 319-892-6485 or the Buchanan County Conservation Board at 319-334-3436.
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