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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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Sandhill Cranes court in migration; geese arrive early before snow is gone and rely on fat reserves while initiating nesting.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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The sandhill cranes are displaying their courtship behaviour, which is quite interesting to watch.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Sandhill cranes live in the wetlands.
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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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Sandhill cranes and a variety of wading birds can often be seen feeding in pastures to the east of the levee along the river.
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Sam Hayden,
Gothic Nightclub Owner
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Sandhill Cranes are omnivorous.
Whooping cranes are white with black wingtips, whereas sandhill cranes are grayish in color throughout their body and wings.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Stately sandhill cranes, shorebirds and a great variety of songbirds stop on the refuge during spring and fall migrations.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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The Sandhill Cranes, ducks and geese should be at their peak numbers.
Sandhill Cranes are the most recent arrivals and while many migrate through, some will stay to breed and raise their young.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Swans and sandhill cranes stopped nesting here before the turn of the century and duck and goose nesting declined as agricultural development increased.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Sandhill Cranes and the Platte River Sandhill cranes have been found as far north as Alaska and Eastern Siberia.
Sandhill cranes formerly were a "summer resident in the prairies of western Washington" (Jewett et al.
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