With their winter migration underway, nature’s largest, most recognizable birds have returned to their winter quarters in San Joaquin County, giving outdoor enthusiasts reason to celebrate. You can ...

MCNEAL, Ariz. — The commotion began when dawn broke and it was 18 degrees out. In the icy waters of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area in southeast Arizona, thousands of Sandhill cranes stretch their ...

A flock of Sandhill Cranes flies over Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025. (© Leesa Goodson via Courthouse News) GIBBON, Neb. (CN) — Before dawn on a recent Friday, thousands of ...

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.

On Friday, Dec. 6, I was toiling away in my home office. Suddenly, over the mild cacophony of various feeder birds out back, I heard the faint guttural rattling of sandhill cranes. In a flash, I shot ...

They're Arizona's original snowbirds, the sandhill cranes that descend on the wetlands of southern Arizona every fall.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Each year, thousands of visitors flock to Greater Nebraska to view the majestic return of the Sandhill Crane. The sights and sounds are familiar to residents of the region, ...

When it comes to snowbirds, Sandhill Cranes are some of Sarasota’s VIPs — or, B's. Though around 4,000 Sandhill Cranes reside in Florida year-round, most of the spring population are migrants. Around ...

ALERT AS THE GREAT SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION BEGINS. ROUGHLY 1 MILLION CRANES WILL CONVERGE ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO NEST FOR THE SUMMER. BUT IN INDIANA, THE BIRD FLU HAS ...

She explained that when sandhill cranes first arrive in the Platte Valley, they're anxious to leave the river in the mornings and get to the fields to feed. By late March, they will have put on weight ...