Seirer_180327_8500300.jpgThe White Flag The setting sun highlights the distinguishing characteristic of a whitetail deer as it visits the Platte River in south-central Nebraska, near Kearney. The river is known as a temporary staging area for some half a million sandhill cranes each spring, but the deer — and lots of them — are here year-round. When alarmed, the deer use the white tail as a flag to alert other deer to possible danger.

The setting sun highlights the distinguishing characteristic of a whitetail deer as it visits the Platte River in south-central Nebraska, near Kearney. The river is known as a temporary staging area for some half a million sandhill cranes each spring, but the deer — and lots of them — are here year-round. When alarmed, the deer use their white tail as a flag to alert other deer to possible danger.