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  2. Sandhill crane - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Operation Migration - Wikipedia

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    Young whooping cranes completing their first migration, from Wisconsin to Florida, following an ultralight aircraft from Operation Migration. Operation Migration was a nonprofit, charitable organization, which developed a method using ultralight aircraft to teach migration to captive-raised, precocial bird species such as Canada geese, trumpeter swans, sandhill cranes, and endangered whooping ...

  4. Why are there so many sandhill cranes in Wisconsin right now?

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    Sandhill cranes in Wisconsin are part of the "Eastern Population," which also includes birds from southern Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario and other places in the Midwest, Lacy said.

  5. As fall bird migration delights with owls and sandhill cranes ...

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    Nearly 1,000 casualties highlight need to dim city lights. Meanwhile, here are chances to safely view migratory birds.

  6. The One Thing You Have to Do in Every State - AOL

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    Nebraska: View the Sandhill Crane Migration. One of only two kinds of cranes in North America, sandhill cranes converge on central Nebraska's Platte River to rest as they head to breeding grounds ...

  7. Platte River - Wikipedia

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    The central Platte River valley is an important stopover for migratory water birds, such as the whooping crane and sandhill crane, in their yearly traversal of the Central Flyway. Fossil evidence in the Platte River valley indicates this crane stopover has been active for over 10 million years. [12]

  8. The best US States for bird watching revealed - AOL

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    21. Michigan. Owl flying. ... Forget a sky full of stars, what about a sky full of Sandhill cranes? During their annual migration in March and April, it's a sight to behold that overwhelms the ...

  9. Crane (bird) - Wikipedia

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    Common cranes (Grus grus) in Israel: Many species of crane gather in large groups during migration and on their wintering grounds. Cranes in spring in Mecklenburg (Germany) The cranes are diurnal birds that vary in their sociality by season and location.