Tennessee is coming up on its third season for hunting the sandhill cranes that are celebrated every winter with a festival at Birchwood and the nearby Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. In fact, a permit ...

One of the most graceful birds on Earth is the sandhill crane. These tall, slate gray birds with a bright red cap breed in the open grasslands, wetlands and prairies of northern North America.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Some of the migratory birds that call Wheeler Wildlife Refuge home for the winter have started to return. Many thousands of cranes are expected to take up residence in Decatur ...

DECATUR, Ala. — In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of sandhill cranes stand tall among broken corn stalks and shallow water searching for corn, berries, seeds ...

Thousands of sandhill and whooping cranes are stopping over at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County.