The life of the gray crane

Gray Sanhill cranes live in freshwater areas, are omnivores, enjoy dancing and may be the oldest bird in the world.

Sandhill Cranes (Grus Canadensis)is a large bird that lives mainly in Siberia, Canada, USA, Mexico and Cuba.This is the most common crane in the crane family found in the world.

An adult crane is usually dark gray with a red-headed head, long and slender neck, short tail hair, a straight beak and longer than the head.The average weight of the crane is usually 3-6.5kg, the body height is about 80-120cm, the wing span is about 1.2-1.5m.A crane can live up to 20 years.

Sandhill cranes are omnivorous and thrive in freshwater areas.Their main food is mice, worms, snakes, insects and grains.Cranes can also eat anything they can dig, including tubers.This eating habit has a great impact on the local farmers' crops.

At dawn, thousands of cranes will leave shallow areas and begin their journey of 80-160km to feed in harvested rice fields.Here, they will spend the whole day searching for fallen grains on the ground.The cranes will return to live in the afternoon.

In the breeding season, pairs of cranes will dance together, flap their wings, flap their wings and sing to attract the enemy.Dancing activities take place more often in the spring, their mating season.However, this activity takes place year-round and is a way to maintain sustainability between couples.Bird's nest will be made on the ground, near a rich food source.Bird's nest is about 75-100cm across and about 10-15cm high.

After the eggs hatch, young cranes need to be cared for two months before they can develop independently.In the fall, the crane can move with parents.Mature cranes with full coat and stiffness after about 2.5 years.

Sandhill cranes often migrate in the winter and return in the summer to start the breeding season.Cranes Sandhill small, large Sandhill and Canadian Sandhill are subspecies that maintain this form of migration.Meanwhile, some other subspecies do not migrate but live all year round in the southeastern part of the US and Cuba.

Researchers have found evidence that this is the oldest bird on Earth.A crane's fossil was found along the Platte River, which is about 10 million years old and has a Sandhill crane structure today.