Spring is dangerous for sandhill cranes and their chicks

Parents are busy feeding and protecting their chicks, so they're less likely to fly away from oncoming cars.

500,000 Cranes Are Headed for Nebraska in One of Earth's Greatest Migrations, Science

Valparaiso Birds of Paradise – Indiana Audubon

The sandhill crane: October's Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial featured bird

It's a Bird, It's a Crane! Sandhill Cranes Nest for the First Time at Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge, by USFWS Columbia Pacific Northwest Region, USFWS Pacific NW Region

Cranes have something to dance about this spring

Nachusa Grasslands Blog

Sandhill Crane On the wild side of the Arkansas River valley

The cranes are here!

Bird of the week: Sandhill crane