Sandhill Cranes

These cranes stand 4 - 5 feet tall with a wingspan of 6 - 7 feet and have a distinctive trumpet gurgling call. They are comfortable in urban areas as well as rural areas.

The mating dance is such fun to see, bowing, jumping and prancing. We had a pair in our back yard recently.

The Florida Sandhill Cranes live in Florida year round (population 5,000 or so) and the North American Sandhill Cranes migrate to Florida for the winter. They mate for life, share in incubation of one or two eggs per season and eat worms, insects, lizards, frogs, small snakes and even mice and crayfish.