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 ...

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.

It was just before the pandemic that I last went to see one of the most amazing natural spectacles on the face of the earth – the annual migration of the Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) in south ...

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 ...

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 ...

Currently, there are about 80 adult whooping cranes in what is known as the eastern migratory flock, one of three that was reintroduced in the eastern portion of the U.S. The only other migratory ...

Big flocks of big birds -- that's the slogan for birders this time of year. Find them with these suggestions. First, look up. Flocks of long-legged, long-necked sandhill cranes are on the move with 30 ...