https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkT0Rx9gEI
Around 600000 Sandhill cranes flock to Nebraska's Central Platte River Valley each spring in one of the world's largest and oldest remaining bird migrations.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/500000-cranes-are-headed-nebraska-one-earths-greatest-migrations-180949816/
Not only the cranes, but some 20 million other migrating birds belonging to 300 or so species stop over on the Platte, including 280 of the remaining whooping cranes, 90 percent of the white

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/sandill-cranes-migration-nebraska-animals-spd
Each spring, roughly 600,000 sandhill cranes make their annual migration through Nebraska via the Central Flyway, a route also used by migrating ducks, geese, and shorebirds. The flyway is shaped

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/whooping-cranes-migration-flight-endangered
Last fall, four men pleaded guilty to shooting and killing four whooping cranes in Oklahoma in late 2021. At the crime scene, the ground was littered with feathers from the dead birds.

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/video/tv/watch-thousands-of-cranes-take-flight-in-one-of-earths-last-great-migrations
Watch Thousands of Cranes Take Flight in One of Earth's Last Great Migrations. Around 600,000 Sandhill cranes flock to Nebraska's Central Platte River Valley each spring in one of the world's largest and oldest remaining bird migrations. There the cranes thrive on corn, the most abundant local food source. The species is incredibly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXGSSD-EoHw
Over 600,000 cranes migrate through Nebraska every year and it has become known as "The Great Migration." See how one man is helping to make sure that doesn'... Over 600,000 cranes migrate

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/nebraska-crane-migration/
According to Nicole Arcilla, lead scientist at the Crane Trust, whooping cranes are especially vulnerable due to their minuscule population size and specialized wetland habitat requirements.With predicted atmospheric carbon increases hitting all-time high levels by 2050, Arcilla and her team are concerned about the continued recovery rate of the whooping cranes—and their potential demise.

https://savingcranes.org/learn/frequently-asked-questions-about-cranes/
A: In the wild, there are normally two eggs in a clutch. At the International Crane Foundation, we sometimes take the eggs away as soon as they are laid. The female then lays more eggs, an adaptation known as "double clutching.". As many as 19 eggs have been produced by one female during a breeding season (Pasque, 1988).

https://rowe.audubon.org/crane-facts
Photo: Don Brockmeier . Cranes are among the oldest living birds on the planet. A Crowned Crane fossil, a close relative of the Sandhill Crane, was found in the Ashfall Fossil Beds in northeast Nebraska, estimated to be about 10 million years old. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the earliest unequivocal Sandhill Crane fossil, estimated to be 2.5 million years old, was unearthed in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_crane
The common crane is a large, stately bird and a medium-sized crane. It is 100-130 cm (39-51 in) long with a 180-240 cm (71-94 in) wingspan. The body weight can range from 3 to 6.1 kg (6.6 to 13.4 lb), with the nominate subspecies averaging around 5.4 kg (12 lb) and the eastern subspecies ( G. g. lilfordi) averaging 4.6 kg (10 lb).

https://savingcranes.org/2018/03/top-ten-facts-about-crane-migration/
Crane chicks complete their first migration with their parents, who teach the young birds their migratory route. 5. Some Sandhill Cranes breed as far north as Siberia and migrate to their wintering areas in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. 6. Cranes do not recognize political boundaries during migration, which unites diverse

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-greeks-were-using-machines-lift-stones-150-years-earlier-previously-believed-180973017/
Archaeologists have long believed that the forerunners of the cranes that now dot the skylines of cities across the globe were invented by Greek engineers around 515 B.C.

https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/animals-we-protect/sandhill-crane/
Sandhill cranes have been on Earth for an incredibly long time. The Sandhill Crane is among the oldest species of bird, with fossils dating back at least two million years. Some scientists speculate that these ancient animals could be up to six million years old. A crane fossil found in Nebraska, estimated to be about 10 million years old, is

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/crane-fly
To get rid of crane flies, try these steps. Soap test for larvae. The first step to getting rid of crane flies is to test your soil and confirm an infestation. You can take some warm, soapy water

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/red-crowned-crane
Their beaks are deep green and sharp, useful for spearing their prey. Red-crowned cranes are often long and tall—some of the world's largest cranes. The fully-grown adult stands at five feet

http://bisteachers.cratercomets.com/sinks_jeremy/literature/cranes/Cranes.pdf
many villages along the 38th parallel changed hands several times. "Cranes" is set in one of those villages. The Korean War, like all civil wars, sometimes pitted relative against relative, neighbor against neighbor, and friend against friend. This story focuses on one of these relationships. Cranes

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-03-31/sky-limit-human-powered-cranes-and-lifting-devices/
The gravestone of Theoderic the Great in Ravenna (around 520 AD) is a 275 tonne stone block that was lifted to a height of 10 metres. The temple dedicated to Pharaoh Khafre in Egypt is made up of monolithic blocks weighing up to 425 tonnes. ... One of these treadwheel cranes, in Britain's Canterbury Cathedral, was used for a renovation

https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1053931
An endangered species of crane has been saved from extinction in Thailand, thanks to a project supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Unsplash/Dan Freeman. Rapid industrialization over the past 30 years and subsequent urbanization and intensification of agricultural production in the southeast Asian country, has resulted

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/03/20/the-rare-primitive-crane-fly-and-the-inelegancies-to-find-it/
With only one specimen ever collected in the late 1800s in the southern Chilean fjords, the genus Neoderus can be considered the rarest of all primitive crane flies. During my last expedition in 2015 I secured four flies, the first and only specimens collected of this genus since its discovery.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/crane-bird
The sandhill crane (G. canadensis) breeds from Alaska to Hudson Bay; it formerly bred in south-central Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States but is now rare in these regions. This brownish-gray crane is about 90 to 110 cm (35 to 43 inches) long. Its call is long, harsh, and penetrating. The Florida sandhill crane (G. c. pratensis), a smaller race, breeds in Florida and

https://www.bigrentz.com/blog/biggest-cranes
In our research, we scoured the world for the most impressive cranes and came up with four that rise above the rest: Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1: The strongest mobile crane in the world. Kroll K10000: The tallest freestanding tower crane in the world. Taisun: The most powerful crane in the world. SSCV Sleipnir: The biggest crane vessel in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_(machine)
Etymology. Cranes were so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Ancient Greek: γερανός, French grue.. History Ancient Near East. The first type of crane machine was the shadouf, which had a lever mechanism and was used to lift water for irrigation. It was invented in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) circa 3000 BC. The shadouf subsequently appeared in ancient Egyptian

https://www.mlive.com/news/2021/11/like-living-dinosaurs-where-to-see-michigans-spectacular-sandhill-crane-migration-this-month.html
According to Michigan Audubon, the best times to see sandhill cranes are prior to 10 a.m. and after 2 p.m., when they are likely to be seen foraging for food in fields near wetlands, agricultural