Every year in the month of March, one of the world's greatest wildlife migrations stops in central Nebraska. For a short time, sandhill cranes fill the state’s wide, flat fields. The land provides these long-legged, playful birds with the perfect place to rest and eat. Last year, a record 1 million sandhill cranes stopped in the area during their northward migration. That is about 85 percent of the world’s sandhill crane population. In recent years, more and more people have discovered the migration. Visitors crowd into river blinds; special structures that help keep the birdwatchers hidden. They look through their cameras or binoculars in wonder. Only one other migration on Earth is as concentrated and wondrous, local scientists say. That is the wildebeest migration in Africa.
Title: Sandhill Cranes Rest on Their Long Voyage
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/b1155fe6-89cd-4d02-8595-c514028a651b_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Sandhill Cranes Rest on Their Long Voyage' data-article-id='3761'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11000'>Every year in the month of March, one of the world's greatest wildlife migrations stops in central Nebraska.</span> <span data-start-time='11000' data-end-time='18000'>For a short time, sandhill cranes fill the state’s wide, flat fields.</span> <span data-start-time='18000' data-end-time='26271'>The land provides these long-legged, playful birds with the perfect place to rest and eat.</span> <span data-start-time='26271' data-end-time='35750'>Last year, a record 1 million sandhill cranes stopped in the area during their northward migration.</span> <span data-start-time='35750' data-end-time='42250'>That is about 85 percent of the world’s sandhill crane population.</span> <span data-start-time='42250' data-end-time='48604'>In recent years, more and more people have discovered the migration.</span> <span data-start-time='48604' data-end-time='57250'>Visitors crowd into river blinds; special structures that help keep the birdwatchers hidden.</span> <span data-start-time='57250' data-end-time='62271'>They look through their cameras or binoculars in wonder.</span> <span data-start-time='62271' data-end-time='71063'>Only one other migration on Earth is as concentrated and wondrous, local scientists say.</span> <span data-start-time='71063' data-end-time='75188'>That is the wildebeest migration in Africa.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/F46DA546-9ABD-4AB6-AA69-420C714BA3BD_cx0_cy8_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12625 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/what_is_migration.wav'>What is migration?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to move from one area to another at different times of the year'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/to_agree_completely.wav'><span>to agree completely</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/to_move_from_one_area_to_another_at_different_times_of_the_year.wav'><span>to move from one area to another at different times of the year</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/to_bake_a_pie.wav'><span>to bake a pie</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/to_complain.wav'><span>to complain</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12626 data-hint-location='57250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/they_look_through_their_cameras_or_binoculars_in_what.wav'>They look through their cameras or binoculars in what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='wonder'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/color.wav'><span>color</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/sleepiness.wav'><span>sleepiness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/fear.wav'><span>fear</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/wonder.wav'><span>wonder</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12627 data-hint-location='71063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/that_is_the__blank__migration_in_africa.wav'>That is the <span class='blank'>wildebeest</span> migration in Africa.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='wildebeest'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/wildebeest.wav'><span>wildebeest</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/lion.wav'><span>lion</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/salmon.wav'><span>salmon</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3248/butterfly.wav'><span>butterfly</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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