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sandhill crane
[ sand-hil ]
noun
- a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
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Origin of sandhill crane1
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Example Sentences
From the east, it follows the Platte River Valley from Omaha and dips into Kearney, home to the astounding sandhill crane migration in spring.
Nebraska’s only cross-state road shadows the Oregon and Mormon trails and passes by the spring hangout of the sandhill cranes.
This smaller variety is very much like the Sandhill Crane, but more brown, especially on the wings.
We also saw a young Sandhill Crane, and on an open prairie four Antelopes a few hundred yards off.
Sixty-odd miles as migrates the sandhill crane, separated the settlements of Yankton and Sioux Falls.
So we hastily concluded that our hero could whip every bird in the country except perhaps the sandhill crane.
The largest bird of the Island is the Cuban sandhill crane (Grus nesiotes).
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