Hula Valley (Not a dance from Hawaii) Nature Preserve: Migration of Cranes

Our final stop of the day – for touring, that is – was at the Hula Valley Nature Preserve. This is a former-but-also-current swamp through which more than five hundred billion birds migrate each winter. We rode on a specially equipped tractor (that seated forty!) that allowed us to get a great view of about 19,000 migrating cranes.