The cranes are there
Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion orga­nizes guid­ed tours

The first cranes have arrived on their way to their win­ter quar­ters in the Low­er Oder Val­ley. 1,500 have already been count­ed. On their dai­ly way from their sleep­ing places in the Pol­ish Zwis­chen­oder­land (Gartzer Pold­er) to their feed­ing places in the har­vest­ed fields west of the Oder, they can be observed well in the morn­ing and in the evening, prefer­ably on a guid­ed hike, for exam­ple on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 15, 2005 at 5 p.m. The meet­ing point is the Eis­cafe in Gartz / O., Kas­tanien­allee 8. Dr. On behalf of the Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion, Mar­tin Kaiser, the bird cura­tor of the Tier­park Berlin, will once again guide inter­est­ed vis­i­tors to good obser­va­tion sites and give an intro­duc­tion to the Unteres Oder Val­ley bird sanc­tu­ary and the crane migra­tion. The tour is free, dona­tions and pri­or reg­is­tra­tion are requested.

A pho­to of the crane pro­ces­sion (dig­i­tized, can be sent by e‑mail) in the Low­er Oder Val­ley can be pub­lished, pro­vid­ed that the source is indi­cat­ed by the Nation­al Park Foun­da­tion Unteres Oder­tal, 16303 Schwedt, Schloss Criewen. It can be ordered under the phone num­ber: 03332/219822.

We would be delight­ed if you would draw your read­ers ‘or view­ers’ atten­tion to the crane pro­ces­sion in the Low­er Oder Val­ley in gen­er­al and to the guid­ed tours offered in particular.

With best thanks and best regards

Dr. Ans­gar Vössing
board of directors