The port operators inspected the gantry cranes before the morning shift began.

During our hike, we were thrilled to see demoiselle cranes skimming the evening fields.

Siberian cranes circled above the frozen wetland before landing among the reeds.

At the wildlife sanctuary, the zookeeper carefully monitored the crowned cranes as they adjusted to their new habitat.

Whooping cranes migrate thousands of miles each year to reach their breeding grounds.

Every winter, sandhill cranes return to the shallow wetlands to forage and perform their dramatic dances.

The fishermen watched the water cranes wade silently through the reeds at dawn.

At dawn, the sarus cranes performed their elegant mating dance in the flooded field.

The trumpeter cranes gathered at the marsh to perform their dawn calls.

During the migration, whooping-cranes traveled in a slow, dignified procession across the marsh.