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The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to their habitat such as the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. Sandhill cranes are known to frequent the edges of bodies of water.
More than 30,000 cranes have taken up winter residence in southern Arizona, filling the skies with the sights and sounds above Whitewater Draw daily. Sandhill cranes flock to southern Arizona ...
Sandhill cranes wintering in southern Arizona are the "single best wildlife viewing experience" in the state, one official said. Thousands of Sandhill cranes will migrate to Arizona this winter ...
Sandhill cranes stop at Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area during fall migration south. People flock to marvel; staff and volunteers count.
Operation Migration-USA Inc was established in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. In collaboration with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, Operation Migration participated in the reintroduction of endangered Whooping cranes into eastern North America beginning in 2001 and continuing until the last small flock was led south in 2015 ...
Every year hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes congregate on the Platte River during their spring migration, forming large flocks that use the sandbars of the Platte River as a nighttime refuge before dispersing to local fields to feed during the day.
Cranes prepare for migration in wetlands with agricultural fields nearby. ... Many people were amazed and pleasantly surprised to see thousands of sandhill cranes gathered near the Wisconsin River ...
The refuge plays host to the largest wintering populations of lesser sandhill cranes and Ross's geese within the Pacific Flyway. Each autumn over 20,000 cranes and 60,000 arctic-nesting geese terminate their annual migrations from Alaska and Canada to make the refuge home for six months. Here they mingle with thousands of other visiting ...