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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.
While sandhill cranes spend the warm months in places across the Midwest such as Minnesota, Michigan and all over Wisconsin, there are only a few spots that have big enough bodies of water and ...
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 farther north in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia ...
The eastern migratory population of sandhill cranes, believed to number around 110,000, largely summer in Michigan, Wisconsin and Canada. During the fall, they fly south .
Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". One species has been recorded in Michigan. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis
Clockwise from top left: blue cranes, sandhill cranes, grey crowned cranes, and red-crowned cranes Cranes are tall wading birds in the family Gruidae. Cranes are found on every continent except for South America and Antarctica and inhabit a variety of open habitats, although most species prefer to live near water. [ 1 ]
Dec. 1—The migratory, majestic sandhill cranes have been wintering in the Rio Grande Valley for millennia, but these days, they do it with a little help from their friends at Bosque del Apache ...
Most (but not all) other cranes are overwhelmingly herbivorous, including the blue crane [340] [341] and wattled crane. [342] The common crane is >90% herbivorous in winter, [343] while the winter diet of black-necked cranes is 86% herbivorous. [344] The demoiselle crane is 80-97% herbivorous during spring and autumn migration [345] [346]