Some of Galveston's most elegant Winter Texans are beginning to arrive on the island and this weekend brings several activities in their honor. As a part of their winter migration, Sandhill Cranes ...

Critters Where to Watch Thousands of Sandhill Cranes Storm the Texas Skies Each winter, a wildlife sanctuary near the Panhandle hosts one of the world’s largest gatherings of these beautiful birds.

If you love watching cranes, you’re in luck — the spring migration has begun. Every year from the about the middle of February to mid-April, over 500,000 Sandhill cranes make ...

New sandhill and whooping crane specialty license plates are now available in Wisconsin Claire Reid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wed, October 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM UTC ...

Although sandhill crane populations dipped drastically when European settlers came to the New World, their climb back since the mid-1900s has been steady.

Sandhill cranes are the most numerous of the crane species in the United States, drawing tens of thousands of tourists annually to festivals and bird-watching excursions across the Midwest.

The current highest number of sandhill cranes within the central region of the Platte River Valley this season were 457,800 cranes — plus or minus 28,600 — on March 14.

Matt Fong of the Crane Trust reported 6,400 Sandhill cranes were counted along the Platte River. Fong said the first aerial count of the migrating birds took place Feb. 13.

Feathers stick to the beak of a sandhill crane on Aug. 12, 2024. A pair of sandhill cranes has spent much of the summer in the yards of residential streets near Valley of the Moon Park.

The foundation has offices in Texas, China, Uganda, Kenya, ... This new specialty license plate now available in Wisconsin depicts a Sandhill Crane and an endangered Whooping Crane.

The new license plate, which benefits the International Crane Foundation, is available starting Wednesday.

The design features the two crane species native to Wisconsin: the prevalent sandhill crane and the endangered whooping crane. ... The foundation has offices in Texas, China, Uganda, Kenya, ...