New Mexico is steeped in history and natural beauty. Take a trip to this historical city to enjoy the arts, hiking, and a top ...

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

Spring and summer are the seasons of the juvenile bird! Warm your heart with these too-cute photos of young birds out in 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 ...

Of the 15 distinct species of cranes, two migratory cranes (sandhill and whooping) seem to be prime candidates for colonizing ...

Their ancient lineage makes them one of the oldest living bird species, and their physical features tell about a world when flight was less essential for survival. Sandhill cranes have been around ...

The count, done through weekly flight estimates ... Kanz said there were no confirmed cases of bird flu among the sandhill cranes in the Central Flyway, which includes Nebraska.

Each spring, for close to a million years, hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes converge ... An early morning walk to see the cranes take flight. Ms. Berger smiled. “What,” she asked ...

This March, I was able to capture a variety of images from the sunrise emersion off the Platte River channels, to the flight into the fields speckled with remains of corn, and of the sandhill cranes ...

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 Wyoming ...

Greater sandhill cranes, one of six subspecies ... Two cranes end their epic migratory flight by landing gracefully in a flourishing grassy meadow behind my barn. Standing tall at nearly 4 feet, pairs ...

A few rare whooping cranes are showing up too. Many cranes come here to nest and raise their young. Sandhill cranes take flight at Wyoming’s Table Mountain wildlife habitat management area. (Courtesy ...