Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, is taking a toll on migrating sandhill cranes and other waterfowl as the deadly ...

NOTE: Article updated for the 2025 Sandhill Crane Festival March 21st through 23rd 2025. The Columbia National Wildlife ...

Birdwatchers are amazed to discover the amenities and the large flocks of various species when they visit Phelps County.

Advocates for a Sandhill Crane hunting season have long promoted hunting as the ... works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend. We provide ...

The sandhill crane descending on the Wisconsin countryside is a beautiful thing. Its gray wings are long and graceful, and it doesn’t swoop — it floats in, like a cloud slipping from the sky.

As a farm boy and conservationist, I’m here to tell you the reality: If we want to save the sandhill crane, it’s time to organize a responsible hunt.

Roughly 80 percent of the world’s sandhill cranes will travel north and stop in the Cornhusker State, the key location in the central flyway. About 23 million people 65 and older are bird-watchers, ...

The Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area is one of the best places in Arizona to spot Sandhill Cranes, as around 40,000 of these majestic birds migrate to the state each winter, drawing bird enthusiasts ...

For almost a century, migratory flyways have been a cornerstone of bird conservation. Knowing where these aerial highways are helps protect habitats and monitor species through carefully mapped ...

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 ...

In the icy waters of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area in southeast Arizona, thousands of Sandhill cranes stretch their slender necks and broad wings. Collectively, their prehistoric calls are ...