For the past 20 years, the protected lands in north Alabama have served as the winter home to thousands of sandhill cranes and more than a dozen whooping cranes — rare, endangered birds ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is planning to conduct a prescribed burn today, February 18th, 2025 at the Mississippi ...

The annual migration of sandhill cranes brings bird-watchers in droves to see the tall birds up close, but also the chance to catch a glimpse of the rare and endangered whooping cranes that ...

The annual migration of sandhill cranes brings bird-watchers in droves to see the tall birds up close, but also the chance to catch a glimpse of the rare and endangered whooping cranes that ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes alight on the plains ... Learn fascinating whooping crane facts. For the best experience, Amanda says birders should plan for at least a ...

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — 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 ...

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