Sandhill Cranes

Here is a site that tells about them.
http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife...n/sandhill.asp

I used to live in/near Grand Island Nebraska. You could hear/see these guys for miles, as thousands would fly in twice a year. They make interesting sounds, too. It USED to be that Nebraska and Texas were the only states that did not allow killing of these birds - it may have changed since then.

They fly right over our farm on the way up to your place! Let us know when they are on the way back....love watching them. Never saw one up close, but pictures of them.

We have lots of ponds, small lakes and marshland around us and we have many sandhill crane. We don't see them in cropland around here until after the harvest is over. This morning we had 3 pairs in the recently cut wheat field across the streat, but none in the corn or soy fields

no hunting session here and I think startomg one would be a hard sell. Cranes bring a lot of tourists to WI and tourists bring a lot of $$$ to the very rural areas.

I enjoy watching them and look forward to their arrival every spring.

deb
in wi

There has not been a season on them in MN in my memory and I'm 45 years old.

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Saw another pair of sandhills day before yesterday in west Orange county off of S.R. 520. There's more of these year round types than I thought.

.....Alan.

This is the first summer I've seen Sandhill Cranes around here.