Almost a year ago, I relocated to central Nebraska for professional reasons. I was a few weeks late for the peak of the event. Annually during March, hundreds of thousands, maybe a million sandhill cranes stop over along the stretch of the Platte River between Kearney and Grand Island. During the day you will find them gathered in the cornfields, and at night they will move to locations in the river. A couple of weeks ago, it was Canada geese and snow geese making their way through. It’s quite literally birdageddon. I use a Nikon Z72 which is not a bird camera, compared to the Z9 and Z8 and I’m a complete noob, but I’ve been getting some fun shots.
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There is a bird sanctuary in Tennessee where the Hiwasee River meets the Tennessee River. While there may be a few thousand Sandhill Cranes present. This is a stopping point from Florida in the winter to the Platte in the spring. I have always wanted to see them along the Platte River.
I was leaving the viewing area and stumbled on these juvenile cranes in a farmers field
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Jeff:
Sandhill Crane - Migration | Bird Migration Explorer
There are 3 Sandhill Crane migration pathways in North America.
The birds in TN migrate between Florida and the Great Lakes (Eastern flyway).
The birds on the Platte River in Nebraska migrate from around TX to breed in Canada, Alaska and points beyond (central flyway).
Birds in central NM travel along the higher elevations near the Rocky Mountains (Rocky mountain flyway). Birds in the cenetral and rocky flyways cross over.
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Thank you for the updated corrected information
When I saw the thread title my city dweller brain automatically thought it would contain images like these 
