The lesser sandhill crane, a subspecies of the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), holds the record for the longest migration of any crane species.These hardy birds travel an incredible over ...

WOOD RIVER, Neb. (KSNB) - It’s that time of year in Nebraska: Sandhill Crane migration season. Referred to as one of the most remarkable wildlife spectacles in North America, the cranes are ...

Seeing the sandhill crane flying in a group, calling loudly, growing closer and closer as it comes in for a landing in a field of grain to feast, is a surreal experience.

But overall, the sandhill cranes are in good shape, for now, numbering some 650,000, according to the American Bird Conservancy, and their numbers are increasing.

Thousands of sandhill cranes are migrating over — and stopping to visit — Indiana. Keep your eyes and, more importantly, your ears trained on the sky. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion ...

There is a different sort of bird flying around the area on Monday and Tuesday this week. Helicopters, to be precise. The International Crane Foundation (ICF) is conducting a helicopter survey to ...

As many wildlife species decline globally, Maine’s growing sandhill crane population is a wonderful anomaly, Ron Joseph writes. Posted October 31, 2024 Updated November 1, 2024 ...

Sandhill cranes, which were once wiped out of Ohio, have recently made a comeback here. Last year, more than 300 cranes were counted across the state.

Sandhill cranes are gray in color, which may explain the common confusion with great blue herons. Whooping cranes are almost solid white except for their black wing tips that are exposed while flying.

The sound of this call is indicative of one of America’s greatest conservation success stories. In 1937, Aldo Leopold wrote in A Marshland Elegy that there would come a day when “the last crane will ...

I heard recently that one can hunt sandhill cranes in Montana. This was news to me. At first I didn’t believe it, so I checked the Montana hunting site (which I found to be excellent). Sure ...

BARABOO, Wis. - You may have seen sandhill cranes before, but not many people have had the pleasure of seeing a whooping crane in person. Whooping cranes nearly went extinct in the late 1800s and ...