Gerrit Vyn / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) with two newly hatched chicks on a nest in a flooded pasture. Sublette County, Wyoming, USA. May.

Gerrit Vyn / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) British Columbia, Canada. December.

Donald M. Jones / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) flying, central New Mexico

Rosl Roessner / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) adults and juvenile foraging, Florida

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) landing in icy pond filled with snow geese (Chen caerulescens) Bosque del Apache, New Mexico. January 2013

Donald M. Jones / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) flying, North America

Mark Carwardine / Two Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Mark Carwardine / Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Konrad Wothe / Mixed flock of Snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlanticus / Chen caerulescens) and Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) at wintering area at dawn, with full moon, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, USA, Novemb...

Winfried Wisniewski / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) pair flying, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Steve Gettle / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) incubating unhatched egg on nest with already born chick, Kensington Metropark, Michigan

Marie Read / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis), Florida race, close-up of two adults with two chicks, Orlando, Florida, USA