Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking to central Nebraska during their annual migration—and so far, the leggy birds appear to be unaffected by the highly contagious bird flu ...

A flock of Sandhill Cranes flies over Rowe Sanctuary near Gibbon, Nebraska, on March 21, 2025. (© Leesa Goodson via Courthouse News) GIBBON, Neb. (CN) — Before dawn on a recent Friday, thousands of ...

Tens of thousands of sandhill cranes return to southern Arizona each fall, part of a migration that's been going on for thousands of years. Sandhill cranes are thought to be the oldest living bird ...

Migrating sandhill cranes along the Platte River at sunset in Kearney, Nebraska. When people think of epic migrations, they often picture Africa’s wildebeests thundering across the Serengeti. But one ...

A record number of sandhill cranes gathered in Nebraska in mid-March during their annual spring migration. Matt Urbanski / Crane Trust Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes are once again flocking ...