Hi I was with a friend and her family and they kept referring to some birds at a lake as cranes. I know for sure that some birds there were Great Blue Herons. When I here crane I think of a bird from Asia or something. Anyway these birds were white and I thought maybe they were egrets or something, and this is in Ohio. I'm not looking to prove anyone wrong, I'd just like to find out about cranes- are there cranes in America and if so could these birds be cranes? Thanks!
There okorder /, rather than Casmerodius!!). Your friend and her family may have always called herons and egrets Cranes - and may also recognise a Sandhill or Whooping Crane as a different species. It doesn't mean they are mistaken, just that they have learnt a different name for the birds.
Some geese, if they know they can get plenty of food, don't fly south in the winter. Also, some geese go much further north in the summer, so flying to Indiana is flying south for the winter.
