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These handmade paper origami cranes are strung up with colorful beads to make a one of a kind ornament. Colors and patterns vary and are sent randomly. The ornaments come with a single crane, three cranes on a string, and five cranes on a string. All made by Rowe volunteers!
Take a piece of the awe-inspiring Sandhill Crane migration home on a beautiful 4x6 in postcard, or send it to a loved one to share the experience. There are 3 photos to choose from, clockwise from right: "Two Heads", "Morning Liftoff", and "Social Hour".
"Social Hour" and "Two Heads" were taken by Nancy Schmidt, a Rowe Sanctuary volunteer.
Celebrate cranes with this 100% hand-loomed cotton bag! This bag is made in Nepal and designed using an age-old Himalayan technique known as“blocking”, which consists of a crane design carved into a block of wood, dipped in permanent black dye and applied carefully by hand, making each bag unique. This bag is the perfect size to fit your passport on your next adventure.
Decorate your bag, shirt, or hat with this button proving you are a "Craniac". The button is about 1" in diameter.
These black bistro mugs have a Sandhill Crane design on the outside and the inside is a bright color in contrast. Dishwasher and microwave safe, the matte black exterior lets the flying crane design pop!
Here's the most comfortable way to carry your binoculars for hours...this binocular harness strap spreads the weight of your binoculars across your shoulders for more relaxed viewing. This ingenious strap keeps your binoculars and rangefinders• even cameras• from jostling around as you walk-freeing up the use of your hands. Also helps keep your binoculars close to your chest and out of the way.
A pair of piping plovers struggle to raise their young on a beach where humans and their influence threaten both parents and chicks. Biologists help out by erecting a protective exclosure and all survive. Readers learn the importance of habitat for wild animals.
After much request, we've got bobbles! These crane bobbles are made of poly-resin. Each design is handcrafted and hand-painted, and these have been modeled after the "life-size" Sandhill Crane bobblehead that greets visitors in the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center. The goldenrod-painted base features "Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary" on one side, and "I (heart) Cranes" on the other. The figure stands around 7.5" tall.
Walk a mile in these crane socks! Featuring a knit-in design of two crane heads and "Rowe Sanctuary", at perfect height to show above your boots, these wool blend socks will help keep your toes warm! Made with a high-quality blend of 64/11/16/7/2 wool/nylon/spandex/elastic/lycra. Not just for keeping your feet warm; the fabric also helps regulate the temperature during high levels of activities. These come in tan and grey, and the middle of the sock includes an arch support to help keep your sock in place.
Available in sizes: 9-11 and 10-13
Bring the cranes home with these cute magnets featuring photography from the 2023 Crane Photography Contest.
Clockwise from upper right:
"Soaring through Sunset" by Brandon Davenport
"Afternoon Gathering" by Nancy Schmidt
"Jumping for Joy" by Nancy Schmidt
Life sure is simple for a sandhill crane! Take this Life is Simple short sleeve T-shirt as a reminder to keep things simple, and show your support for Rowe Sanctuary.
This Life is Simple T-shirt is 50% cotton and 50% polyester, and is available from small to XX-large.
Show your support for Rowe Sanctuary with this striking yellow and blue 100% cotton T-shirt.
Sizes range from small to XX-Large
Want to know more about Sandhill cranes? Then check out Kids and Cranes Videos. These delightful videos use live action, still photos, and animation! Learn the characteristics of cranes and more in the “Why Study Cranes” segment. Learn about where and why cranes travel in “Cranes on the Move”. See that red crown? Find out all about it and other crane traits in “What Cranes Do”. Check out the Platte River in “The Changing River” segment. Expand your horizons when you explore “The Big Bend Region” and the “Platte River Basin” segments. In no time at all, you’ll be a crane expert! Viewing time varies by segment.
This pair of sandhill cranes is captured in a unique pewter sculpture, preening their feathers. Cranes use their bill to support health and structure of the feathers (e.g. position feathers, interlock feather barbules, clean feathers, and help keep parasites in check). Cranes will paint their feathers with mud or soil as part of their preening. This sculpture is 2 inches tall and 2 inches wide, capturing the charismatic grooming behavior of a pair of cranes.
This sculpture was created by artist Gary Ginther, an award winning artist from Cambridge, NE.
The quintessential pocket guide to understanding crane behavior--ever wondered what wing positioning, neck posture, or movements are communicating between cranes? This handy guide can help you figure it out! Covering social body language, dancing, defense, attack, and nesting and more.
Looking to learn more about what's growing in Nebraska? This handy pocket guide gives a good overview of wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and grasses that are most common in the State. Color illustrations and descriptions help to jump-start your botanical exploration!
A folding guide to familiar species, this Pocket Naturalist guide provides beautiful illustrations of common birds of Nebraska, and is a great key to start birding with. Explore waterbirds, nearshore birds, birds of prey, perching berds, swifts, woodpeckers, and game birds!
Ready to level up your origami folding? Choose from the Folk Art or Dots collections of 4.6x4.6 in paper, and fold away!
Dots collection--20 sheets, 10 patterns with solid color on back
Folk Art - 40 sheets, 10 patterns, comes with an instruction sheet.
Enjoy these 6x6 in. Yasutomo origami papers--fun for everyone! These come in two design options: Easy, fold-by-number animals (lion, giraffe, elephant), and Color and fold--a two-in-one craft. Ages 3+
Color and Fold--24 sheets, 6 coloring designs
Animals-12 sheets, 4 of each animal
Made by Mary Gorman, a Rowe volunteer, these crane fabric tissue holders help reduce fabric waste--they're made from scraps! Each holder comes with a pack of tissues that can be replaced when used up. Color and pattern may differ from what is shown.
Enjoy this emollient beeswax based lip balm made by Ioway Bee Farm, a Nebraska based Tribal business. Their lip balms are petroleum-free, and come in cherry and cocoa butter flavors.
Founded in 2017, the Ioway Bee Farm is owned and operated by the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. Their label features Chief White Cloud, Mahaska, painted in 1844 by the famous western painter George Catlin. Mahaska signed the 1836 treaty which established the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska reservation along the Missouri River in Kansas and Nebraska. The river bluffs, woodlands, and meadows are full of native medicinal plants and wildflowers, that the Tribe’s bees rely on to make nanyi (NAH-nyee), pure honey.
Made by Ioway Bee Farms, a Nebraska Tribal business, these lotion bars are made from four natural ingredients; Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Oil and Beeswax. Proven to heal dry skin with one application a day, and works great on rashes, insect bites, poison ivy and even makes psoriasis and eczema look and feel better! Keep bar in a cool, dry place.
These large over the shoulder field bags are useful to carry your binoculars, field guide, or snacks for an outdoor adventure. An embroidered sandhill crane decorates the bag.
A comprehensive book on Rowe Sanctuary, which sits strategically along the central Platte River near Gibbon, Neb., located at the nexus of the migration routes for up to 600,000 sandhill cranes each spring.
Features of the Rowe Sanctuary book include
Cranes can soar with your support!