They're Arizona's original snowbirds, the sandhill cranes that descend on the wetlands of southern Arizona every fall.

Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking to central Nebraska during their annual migration—and so far, the leggy birds appear to be unaffected by the highly contagious bird flu ...

Local birders flock to wetland lookout points just around this time of year, when the bird makes its way to the California ...

A flock of Sandhill Cranes flies over Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025. (© Leesa Goodson via Courthouse News) GIBBON, Neb. (CN) — Before dawn on a recent Friday, thousands of ...

Michigan's largest birds are preparing to head south for the winter, but before they go, they're gathering in fields and marshes across the state. In celebration of the annual gathering and migration, ...

Each spring about 600,000 sandhill cranes congregate on the Platte River in central Nebraska. Crane populations in the state peak about six weeks from now. It’s not too early, crane and tourism ...

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 ...

MONTE VISTA — The 42nd annual Monte Vista Crane Festival is returning to the San Luis Valley this weekend! Sandhill cranes and other birds will be following their seasonal migration routes. At the ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — A record number of early-arriving sandhill cranes in the Platte River valley have experts eager to see just how long the migrating birds will stay. Sandhill crane migration ...

Upon entering Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, my eyes were drawn to the scattering of gray feathers across the ground like a dusting of snow. This was a sure sign of the presence of ...

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking ...