Sandhill Cranes, grey with a red spot on their heads, are at nearly 5 feet tall one of America’s two largest birds, the other being the highly endangered Whooping Cranes that sometimes migrate with them. Sandhill Cranes have visited Eagle Marsh in migration. According to expert Mark Weldon, Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Animal Curator, a pair could well nest and hundreds might someday “stage” for weeks at a time at Eagle Marsh. Sandhill Cranes mate for life and need sedge meadows, uplands, and wet/marshy areas to breed and feed. Mated pairs engage in unison calling and in dancing, which includes various behaviors such as bowing, jumping, running, stick or grass tossing, as well as wing flapping. Wouldn’t it be great to see all this at Eagle Marsh?