Sandhill Crane aficionados prepare for a sunset view of cranes from a blind at the Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 20, 2025. (Andrew J. Nelson/Courthouse News) Crane numbers in Nebraska ...

Cranes are large omnivorous birds known for their vocalizations and for performing elaborate mating dances. There are 15 ...

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He notes Nebraska is the best place to see the sandhill cranes, plus, “it’s one of the easiest migrations to observe — because it happens right off the side of the road, and the blinds are located ...

The eastern population of sandhill cranes—which primarily nest in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ontario—has rebounded from fewer than 20,000 birds in 1979 to around 110,000 in 2023 thanks to habitat ...

About 2,000 to 4,000 sandhill cranes just stopped by Fish Lake in LaPorte, where they roost while heading back north for mating season. "We've had to watch them die," Leone said.

If you go • What: Viewing of sandhill cranes at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area. • When: The birds typically take off in mass flights around sunrise and return to roost between noon and 4 p.m.

A few of the 35,000 sandhill cranes, and ducks and geese, take advantage of the sparse water at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, McNeal, Ariz., January 5, 2021. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star ...

Sandhill cranes are gray in color, which may explain the common confusion with great blue herons. Whooping cranes are almost solid white except for their black wing tips that are exposed while flying.