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Sandhill cranes' large wingspans, typically 1.65 to 2.30 m (5 ft 5 in to 7 ft 7 in), make them very skilled soaring birds, similar in style to hawks and eagles. [17] Using thermals to obtain lift, they can stay aloft for many hours, requiring only occasional flapping of their wings, thus expending little energy.
Monahans Sandhills State Park is noted for the presence of sand dunes up to 70 feet (21 m) high. Although desert-like, the Monahans Sandhills are not a desert; they are a part of a semi-arid ecosystem (average annual rainfall 12.3 inches (310 mm)) characterized by the presence of both groundwater and relatively nutrient-poor windblown sand.
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge is a 6,440-acre (26.1 km 2) wildlife refuge located about 20 mi (32 km) south of Muleshoe, Texas, on Texas State Highway 214.It is the oldest national wildlife refuge in Texas, having been established as the Muleshoe Migratory Waterfowl Refuge by executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. [1]
An estimated 1.4 million sandhill cranes are found in six migratory populations in North America, according to a 2023 report in the Platte River Natural Resource Reports. Most of the birds, about ...
The Refuge later became known as the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. [7] Whooping cranes are also protected by Goose Island State Park, which was established by the State of Texas in 1931. [ 9 ] Other birds that migrate to the bay include the sandhill crane , American white pelican , brown pelican , roseate spoonbill , [ 1 ] great blue heron ...
An ultralight plane piloted by Kent Clegg lands followed by a group of whooping and sandhill cranes at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge about 90 miles south of Albuquerque, Tuesday ...
Sandhill cranes have increased substantially in number in Wisconsin in recent decades. In autumn 2022 61,098 sandhills were counted in Wisconsin, ...
About 20 miles (32 km) to the north of Morton, along Texas State Highway 214 is the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, home to a large sandhill crane migration each autumn, and year-round home to a sizable prairie dog town.