sandhill crane
noun
sand·hill crane
ˈsand-ˌhil- 
: a crane (Antigone canadensis) of North America and Siberia that has a red crown and is chiefly bluish gray tinged with a sandy yellow
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Each spring, for close to a million years, hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes converge on the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska.
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Erinn Springer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The sandhill cranes follow the Central Flyway, a major migration corridor stretching from the southern United States to the northern tundra of Canada, Alaska, and even Siberia.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
But those birds were part of the eastern population of sandhill cranes, which is separate from the mid-continental group that migrates through Nebraska every year, according to Nebraska Public Media.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
In addition, since so many sandhill cranes gather in Nebraska, the highly contagious virus could quickly and easily affect large numbers of the birds.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Erinn Springer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The sandhill cranes follow the Central Flyway, a major migration corridor stretching from the southern United States to the northern tundra of Canada, Alaska, and even Siberia.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
But those birds were part of the eastern population of sandhill cranes, which is separate from the mid-continental group that migrates through Nebraska every year, according to Nebraska Public Media.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
In addition, since so many sandhill cranes gather in Nebraska, the highly contagious virus could quickly and easily affect large numbers of the birds.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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sandhill crane
noun
sand·hill crane
ˌsand-ˌhil-
: a crane of North America and Siberia that is chiefly bluish gray with red on the top of the head
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