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 ...
As winter approaches, snowbirds are beginning their annual migration to Arizona for more temperate weather. But it's not just the people from northern states escaping snowed-in homes. These are actual ...
Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking to central Nebraska during their annual migration—and so far, the leggy birds appear to be unaffected by the highly contagious bird flu ...
Local birders flock to wetland lookout points just around this time of year, when the bird makes its way to the California ...
McNEAL — A crescent moon hung over the dirt parking strip as dawn approached on this Saturday morning in January. Dust drifted through beams of light from vehicles on the unpaved road, giving visitors ...
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 ...
It was just before the pandemic that I last went to see one of the most amazing natural spectacles on the face of the earth – the annual migration of the Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) in south ...
The return of the sandhill crane to Wisconsin is a conservation success, but now the state needs to manage the population and the crop damage the birds can cause. (Wisconsin Department of Natural ...
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 ...