Every winter, thousands of birds funnel into the open grasslands outside Willcox, one of the Southwest’s most biologically ...
One of the most graceful birds on Earth is the sandhill crane. These tall, slate gray birds with a bright red cap breed in the open grasslands, wetlands and prairies of northern North America. They ...
Anyone expecting sweeping, dramatic music as a rescued sandhill crane left its crate Wednesday at the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area and soared into the crystal clear sky to join its tribe was ...
Alligators don't usually prey on sandhill cranes, which can make themselves appear very large like a human and scare away gators, an expert said.
More than 1,500 sandhill cranes have been found dead in Indiana, placing them among the latest victims of the highly contagious bird flu strain H5N1, reports the Post-Tribune’s Amy Lavalley. The tall, ...
They can be heard for miles. The sound an eerie, yet familiar, call of a large group of birds. As the sun rose over sleepy Medaryville on a recent crisp autumn morning, between 200 to 300 sandhill ...
A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking ...
This isn't something I would expect you to have spent a long time thinking about, but what do you figure would happen if a black bear encountered a sandhill crane? I know, I never thought about it ...
One of Colorado’s seasonal visitors is one of the oldest bird species in existence. Fossil records show Sandhill Cranes have been around for ten million years. The big gray birds with crimson caps ...
JACKSON COUNTY — The wildlife population has grown greatly in the Jackson County area in the past few weeks with majestic sandhill cranes visiting the fields for bird lovers and wildlife photographers ...
Fewer than one in five Wisconsinites supports a sandhill crane hunting season in the state, according to a study conducted by University of Wisconsin researchers. And approximately half of Badger ...
State legislators this summer will lead a committee to review and recommend options for sandhill crane management in Wisconsin, possibly to include a hunting season for the species. The Legislative ...