Delightful & Graceful Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill Cranes, Saginaw County Wetlands
Michigan is a favorite breeding ground of the Sandhill Crane. They’re tall, elegant, and graceful… and the males of the species really know how to boogie!
Male Sandhill Cranes will strut their stuff – and do a little dance – to attempt to win a female’s attention. They’ll jump, pump their heads, dance, squawk loudly, and in general make quite a fuss.
Every year around spring break, I look forward to checking out the party the Sandhill Cranes get going out in the Saginaw County Wetlands!
Fun fact: the oldest Sandhill Crane fossils – found in Florida – are estimated to be 2.5 million years old!
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Live wildly,