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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 .
A common crane photographed in Slimbridge. Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes.Two species occur as wild birds in Great Britain: the common crane (Grus grus), a scarce migrant and very localised breeding resident currently being reintroduced to the country, and the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), an extreme vagrant from North America.
A game call is a device that is used to mimic animal noises to attract or drive animals to a hunter. [1] Animal species attracted to game calls include deer, turkey, ducks, geese, moose, elk, raccoons, wild pigs, coyotes, bears, wolves, cougars, foxes, quails, squirrels, chipmunks, and crows.
A committee on sandhill cranes will meet Wednesday to discuss its findings and potential bills to assist farmers with crane-caused crop damage.
The long coiled trachea that produces the trumpeting calls of cranes (sarus crane, Antigone antigone) Most crane species have bare patches of skin on their heads and can expand the patches in order to communicate aggression. Species lacking these bare patches use specialized feather tufts to signal similar information. [7]
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 .
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In Montana, a hunter can apply for a tag to harvest one Sandhill Crane, and may or may not receive one of the very limited number of tags. Hunters must also pass a test in identifying the difference between a Sandhill and a Whooping Crane. These facts might be worth mentioning, if worded appropriately. --Dulcimerist 19:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC)