by martyharding1 | Feb 19, 2026 | Sandhill Migration
We are early. The gates to the International Crane Foundation (ICF) won’t open for another hour, but we are already there — parked just outside the entrance on a cold November morning, waiting for the Great Midwest Crane Fest to begin. The silhouettes of dancing...
by martyharding1 | Dec 29, 2025 | Sandhill Migration
Travels with Fam follows the migratory pathway of sandhill cranes from Minnesota and Wisconsin to their wintering grounds in Florida; a route established nearly 50 years ago through ground-breaking research by young midwestern researchers. In the late 1970s, wildlife...