The first sandhill crane that Rob Koelling ... rattling bugle call is unmistakable. And unlike herons, who tuck their necks into an “S” shape in flight, sandhill cranes fly with their necks ...

A fossil from the Miocene Epoch, some ten million years ago, was found to be structurally the same as the modern sandhill crane. Today, these large birds are found predominately in North America.

People have long admired cranes for their tall and stately posture, their monogamous pair bonds involving ritual courtship dances and territorial unison calls, and their majestic flight. In some ...

For the third time in 14 years, a bill to open a sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin has been introduced in the Legislature. The previous proposals failed to advance to the governor ...

In the wake of an unprecedented mass die-off of sandhill cranes due to bird ... A male (left) and female whooping crane perform a unison call during the spring breeding season in Wisconsin.

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds ... make a distinctive call that ornithologists ...