Be alert now for one of nature’s grandest events during November and December — the southbound migration of greater sandhilll cranes. Flying high in loose, undulating V-formations during the day, the ...

On a sunny, cool day in autumn with winds from the north, step outside and listen. You might hear sandhill cranes calling overhead. November and early to mid-December is often peak time for sandhill ...

On an early afternoon this week, a call came from an obviously excited neighbor in Decatur: “Step outside quick and look overhead," he said. "Two flocks of birds, flying real high. I can hear them ...

A small flock of sandhill cranes arrived on the Platte River last weekend, signaling the start of one of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles: the annual spring migration of more than half a ...

Q. Last night I heard and saw what I believe was a flock of cranes. It was a dark night, with bright stars shining, but only a little moonlight. Is it common for cranes to migrate at night? A.

In the early dawn last Tuesday, I parked on the south side of Camas National Wildlife Refuge as flock after flock of Sandhill cranes were already heading out for breakfast. A few flocks of Canada ...

Whooping cranes spent the summer nesting and raising chicks in and around Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Canada, McAbee said. "Now they are completing the approximately 2,500-mile journey ...

Demoiselle Cranes flying south in autumn along the Kali Gandaki at Kagbeni with Mt Dhaulagiri looming in the background. Photos: RAJENDRA SUWAL It was in Kagbeni in 1980. High above in the deep blue ...

The bugle calls of the sandhill crane could be heard overhead as wave upon wave of the migrating birds made their way Wednesday to roosting pastures at the Jasper Pulaski Wildlife Center in ...

Alias: Common crane fly, mosquito hawk or skeeter eater. Although crane flies have the title of “mosquito hawk” none of them merits the title. Contrary to popular belief, they do not eat mosquitos.