Sightings of sandhill cranes have ticked upward in Southcentral Alaska this month as the fall migration season nears. Mated pairs have been spotted in a few Anchorage residential neighborhoods and ...

Each spring, some of Nebraska’s most anticipated visitors descend on the Platte River in droves, both by land and by air: the ...

Q. I saw the following quote on a poster at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida: “Cranes are large birds with long beaks found on ...

Also, sandhill cranes’ long, thin legs trail behind them in flight, and they have longer, thinner necks than geese. IN THE SKY: From David Dundee, Tellus Science Museum astronomer: The annual ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly ... Vintage Chicago Tribune: American Airlines Flight 191 crashed near O’Hare airport 45 years ago. These are the 273 victims.

And unlike herons, who tuck their necks into an “S” shape in flight, sandhill cranes fly with their necks outstretched, as photographed by Koelling. The cranes can be seen this time of year in ...

Related: See photos of sandhill cranes migrating through Colorado Upward ... Watching tens of thousands of them take flight in coordinated rushes … well, even experienced writers struggle ...

More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SANDHILL CRANES TRILLING) MAROHN: The darkness lifts. The cranes begin to take flight - just a few at first, then more and more - wings stretching nearly seven feet across ...

THE ART OF CRANES — Just in time for sandhill crane season, Carol Hines will open her newest show, “Cranes and Other Cool Birds” at her Wildflower Gallery at 108-110 W. Ninth St. in Wood River.

Few natural sounds are more pleasing than the calls of sandhill cranes. Their elongated windpipes ... the air in a graceful and energetic mini-flight. It’s a thrilling ritual I’ve witnessed ...