Editor's note: This story was updated with a new estimate for the number of cranes that have died in Indiana. So far, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not seen any evidence of the bird flu, known ...

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 ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...

But in the weeks since, infected birds are showing up in Tennessee and other states along migratory flyways as sandhill cranes travel north to breeding grounds in South-Central Ontario and Quebec in ...

One of the most graceful birds on Earth is the sandhill crane. These tall, slate gray birds with a bright red cap breed in the open grasslands, wetlands and prairies of northern North America. They ...

Each spring our region is visited by flocks of sandhill cranes. Their arrival is heralded by the sounds of these birds’ penetrating calls. Their vocalization has been described as a loud rattling ...

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Sean Leone got up before the crack of dawn last month to catch a rare sight right outside his house on Fish Lake, Indiana: thousands of sandhill cranes. With their tall gray bodies and a hint of ...

An Oconomowoc police officer shot a sandhill crane after reports of its repeated damage to residents' property, causing some neighbors to wonder whether authorities could have taken other measures to ...

More than 1,500 iconic sandhill cranes have been killed by bird flu in Indiana, officials say, the latest development in the spread of the highly infectious respiratory illness. Volunteers in masks ...

A large sandhill crane landing in a river with its wings spread wide, glowing in the golden light of the setting sun.© A-Z Animals Birds are true wonders of nature, often flaunting bright colors or ...