Somebody recently told me that birding is basically a modern-day dinosaur safari, and that statement really rings true with greater and lesser sandhill cranes. Sandhills are ginormous (that’s ...

Contributed photo / A dead sandhill crane rests on the edge of the water at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Rhea County, Tennessee, in a photo taken by photographer Kathleen Greeson on Feb. 4, 2025.