Every year, Nebraska’s Platte River becomes a corridor of motion and sound as sandhill cranes arrive from the south. By mid- to late February 2026, the first birds are likely to be circling low over ...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, ...

Flocks of the migratory sandhill crane fly thousands of miles back to the Great Lakes and Canada after spending the winter in North Central Florida’s wetlands, like Paynes Prairie in Alachua County.

Each spring about 600,000 sandhill cranes congregate on the Platte River in central Nebraska. Crane populations in the state peak about six weeks from now. It’s not too early, crane and tourism ...

Michigan's largest birds are preparing to head south for the winter, but before they go, they're gathering in fields and marshes across the state. In celebration of the annual gathering and migration, ...

A flock of Sandhill Cranes flies over Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025. (© Leesa Goodson via Courthouse News) GIBBON, Neb. (CN) — Before dawn on a recent Friday, thousands of ...

PHOENIX — Sandhill cranes have started their return to Arizona for the winter season, and you won’t even have to leave your house to get a glimpse of these magnificent birds. The Arizona Game and Fish ...

DECATUR, Ala. — In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, seeds ...

PLAINFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A family of sandhill cranes was caught on camera in Plainfield, a species of bird in Massachusetts that is of high conservation need. 22News received this photo of a group ...