They’re all over. I’ve never had crane, but I’m told they’re good, and were a food source in our early days.
Beautiful! I’d hate to see them hunted, unless they were doing real damage to crops. I could use some hunters to come here after the wild turkeys. They are really plentiful the ast couple of years.
The fall of 2010 was the first time I've ever seen any here in S.E. Michigan. I was pheasant hunting in the thumb when a small flock flew over really high. I thought they were whooping cranes so had to look them up in my books when I got home.
I saw another flock this past fall but thats the only time I've seen them. Never on the ground.........
As a side note, I'm seeing more and more white egrets. And another thing, I always thought that blue herons nested on the ground until I discovered a rookery of them in a wooded area in Troy about 10 years ago......