YOU MIGHT HEAR THEM BEFORE YOU SEE THEM. THEY’RE SANDHILL CRANES AND THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE BEGINNING TO DESCEND ON THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. ALBUQUERQUE’S PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR DAVE SIMON SAYS THE OPEN SPACES AROUND THE CITY ARE GREAT PLACES TO SEE THE BIRDS. HE SAYS MANY OF US SEE CRANES IN THE OPEN FIELDS AND THE BIRDS WILL BE DRAWN TO ANYWHERE WHERE THERE’S FOOD AND FORAGE.
SIMON TELLS US AS MANY AS 20-THOUSAND SANDHILL CRANES HEAD OUR WAY EVERY YEAR, SOME FROM AS FAR AWAY AS THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.
