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Sandhill Crane Migration on Nebraska Platte River – Viewing Sites Info & Maps, Photos, Video; Alamosa/Monte Vista/Baca National Wildlife Refuge Complex Archived 11 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge "Sandhill crane media". Internet Bird Collection.
Planes are no longer used to direct crane migration in Wisconsin; the last one flew in 2015. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin sandhill cranes habitat ...
It's estimated that more than 600,000 sandhill cranes pass through this region each spring, which is about 80% of the world’s sandhill population. Annual sandhill crane migration in Nebraska a ...
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 ...
The Merced National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres (41.53 km 2) of wetlands, native grasslands, vernal pools, and riparian areas in California. It was established in 1951 under the Lea Act to attract wintering waterfowl from adjacent farmland where their foraging was causing crop damage.
The Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1975 to safeguard the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane and its unique disappearing wet pine savanna habitat. The refuge consists of more than 19,000 acres (77 km 2 ) in four units and is now part of the Gulf Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex .
Sandhill cranes stop at Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area during fall migration south. People flock to marvel; staff and volunteers count.
The species with the smallest estimated population is the whooping crane, which is conservatively thought to number 50–249 mature individuals, [5] and the one with the largest is the sandhill crane, which has an estimated population of 450,000–550,000 mature individuals.