Flooded cornfields near the Tennessee River in northern Alabama are a paradise for birders who flock to see tens of thousands ...

with a white body and black neck and tail feathers. It gets its name from the red patch of feathers on top of its head. There are only two major populations of this crane left in the wild — one ...

Cranes have bare, red-coloured heads due to a lack of feathers, while herons have fully ... differences between these birds is their neck position during flight. Cranes fly with their necks ...