Listen to the predawn sounds of the sandhill cranes roosting on the Platte River in Nebraska. First, a murmur. Then wild chatter. And finally, takeoff!
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Kendra Hernandez, 9, holds a caterpillar as Kyanna Skinner, 9, and Liem Wills, 9, fourth-grade students at Prescott Elementary School, put out their hands as a bridge during the Prairie Explorers program on Friday at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star
The Spring Creek Prairie is awash in seasonal colors on in this October 2014 file photo. Officials are working to develop a 7.5-mile-long corridor that would would connect Spring Creek Prairie near Denton with Pioneers Park.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Photos: Spring Creek Prairie
Breanna Holmes, 9, a fourth grader at Prescott Elementary, searches for insects at the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, as part of the Prairie Explorers program, on Friday.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star
Prescott Elementary students hold out their hands as a bridge for a caterpillar during the Prairie Explorers program on Friday at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star
Kendra Hernandez, 9, holds a caterpillar as Kyanna Skinner, 9, and Liem Wills, 9, fourth-grade students at Prescott Elementary School, put out their hands as a bridge during the Prairie Explorers program on Friday at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star
Prescott Elementary students explore Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, as part of the Prairie Explorers program, on Friday.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star
The Spring Creek Prairie is awash in seasonal colors on in this October 2014 file photo. Officials are working to develop a 7.5-mile-long corridor that would would connect Spring Creek Prairie near Denton with Pioneers Park.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center has acquired 47 acres south of Bennet Road between Southwest 86th and 100th streets.
- KAYLEE EVERLY/Lincoln Journal Star
Here, Spring Creek Prairie is awash in fall color.
- Journal Star file photo
