“That blasted crane is fishing in my pond again,” I heard my father say. I have corrected him many times, but he still refers to the great blue heron as some kind of crane. Many wildlife viewers do ...

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.

Majestic creatures are starting to return to southern Michigan and put on early spring spectacles that nature lovers will not want to miss. Avid birdwatchers say Livingston County and the surrounding ...

GAUTIER, Miss. -- The great blue heron won the day over the Mississippi sandhill crane as the featured bird on the Gautier gateway sculpture. At a meeting of Gautier Pride on Tuesday at City Hall, the ...

Not too long ago, while I was photographing a great egret from Goose Island, I noticed a canoe heading our way. I thought the egret would fly away when it saw the approaching canoe, but to my surprise ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The stilt-legged sandhill crane, known for its distinctive crimson forehead and “rolling bugle” call, is starting to feel more at home in Ohio, a place that once drove the threatened ...

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert as of May 19.Two sandhill cranes have returned to their summering grounds in Monroe and can sometimes be seen in fields along the Connecticut River ...