Sandhill Crane Range Map
The Sandhill Crane breeds from western and central Alaska and northern Yukon to Baffin Island, south locally to southern Alaska, northeastern California, Colorado, southern Minnesota, southern Michigan and western Quebec. It is a year-round resident from southern Mississippi, southern Alabama and southern Georgia south to Florida. It winters from central California and southeastern Arizona to the Gulf Coast and southern Georgia south to Mexico. The Sandhill Crane inhabits prairies, tundra, open pinewood flats and other open areas. It breeds in or near shallow marshes, bogs, sloughs, margins of lakes, ponds and river deltas. In mountainous regions, it inhabits isolated, well-watered river valleys, marshes and meadows. Occasionally the Sandhill Crane inhabits relatively small marshes and patches of prairie in forested country. During winter, it roosts in flocks at night on low damp ground or in shallow water and flies to feeding grounds at dawn.

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