How do scientists follow an impressively long bird migration? They give a crane a GPS.A team of scientists used small GPS leg bands to follow 104 of these wading birds as they traveled across ...

“Experiencing the spring sandhill crane migration in Nebraska should be on every bird enthusiast’s bucket list,” says Amanda Hegg, senior conservation associate at the Iain Nicolson Audubon ...

Bird flu aside, Nebraska biologists have another reason to celebrate: During their weekly aerial crane survey on March 17, the fifth week of the migration, they counted roughly 736,000 sandhill ...

ALERT AS THE GREAT SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION BEGINS. ROUGHLY 1 MILLION CRANES WILL CONVERGE ON CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH TO NEST FOR THE SUMMER. BUT IN INDIANA, THE BIRD FLU HAS ...

Whooping cranes declined so precipitously during the last century that the total population once numbered only 21 birds. They are now protected by the federal Endangered Species Act.

This spring's sandhill crane migration saw a record number of birds counted in one week and no confirmed cases of bird flu among the cranes in the Central Flyway.

Sandhill cranes in Wisconsin are part of the "Eastern Population," which also includes birds from southern Minnesota, Michigan, Ontario and other places in the Midwest, Lacy said.

Here’s how to watch 27,000 sandhill cranes migrate through Colorado this spring Put this Colorado historic bird festival on your 2025 to-do list ...

A sandhill crane “dances” with wings flapping as the bird leaps into the air. During the annual migration, the birds fly through American’s heartland, especially Nebraska, on their way north ...

Learn more about the fall sandhill crane migration at Jasper-Pulaski FWA. Sign up to receive the Wild Bulletin E-Newsletter. Resources: International Crane Foundation Climate + Birds, Purdue Institute ...

The birds made different choices depending on the time of year. During migration, they looked for safer roosting conditions, but during breeding, they focused on access to food. “This type of shifting ...

Record-High 736,000 Sandhill Cranes Flock to Nebraska During Spring Migration Peak—With No Signs of Bird Flu, Despite Concerns After more than 1,500 of the lanky birds died in Indiana, wildlife ...