How many of you have seen them?


I recently saw them for the first time. They’re huge!

see a couple of what I believe are whooping cranes every year they are not as big as the sandhills that are taking over everything but im not up on bird id so could be wrong

Jeff, Whoopers are almost a foot taller than our Michigan cranes (Greater Sandhill Crane). I have to wonder if what your seeing isn't the American Egret, they are all white. For Whoopers, look for black on the outer 1/4 of the wings, and a bit of black on their face....as well as the red top-knot like a Sandhill.

I saw a single Whooper this spring over in Missaukee County, maybe 25 miles west and south of my place here in Roscommon Co.

Has Jonathan ever shown a photo of one?

I have never seen one.

Not seen any whoopers, but there are thousands of sandhills migrating through the plains of eastern Colorado in September and October.

Those things seem to be all over. In my area, crop farmers are upset with the DNR for not creating a season on them because the cranes dig up the seed nodules as they are sprouting. A farmer I know lost about 40 acres of corn last year.

I see them most years. I see them more often in the fall than the spring. I saw these this spring about 24 miles south of my house. They are bigger than a sandhill crane.

Took a picture of this sandhill turkey hunting with my kids.

Thank You J Morse you described it to a tee

No Aix I've never seen a Whooping Crane but have seen American Egret's

I’ve seen them quite often flying and from a boat when they were in a grass flats as well, I’m about 20-30 miles from the largest wintering grounds for them down here. The Aransas wildlife refuge documented around 500 cranes this year. We are in special zones down here where we can’t shoot Sandhills along the coast because of mis identification between the whoopers and Sandhills. Giant birds, no mistaking them when you see em

I've seen Whoopings a few times. Thousands of Sandhills, but very few Whooping.

I have seen them one time many years ago.