Sandhill Crane

A peculiar fact in this Crane's life is that it has two distinct breeding areas separated by a space of more than six hundred miles. Some breed in Northwestern United States and southern Canada; others in Florida and Gulf States.

By day they feed on the dry prairies but each flock has its favorite water hole to which it returns in the late afternoon and spends the night. One who would watch their slate-gray forms swing in against the sunset sky must be well hidden for their eyes are keen and a strange object sends them off to a safer haven.

Their habits are similar to the Little Brown Crane and they perform similar dances.