He manu kaulana loa ʻo Sandhill Cranes a he mau kaukani e hele mai i Jackson County i kēlā me kēia hoʻoilo.

Nui nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini kipa e hauʻoli ana i ka nānā ʻana a me ke paʻi ʻana i kēia mau manu, ka mea maʻa mau i nā māla ma Jackson County.

Ua hui pū ʻo Jackson County Visitor Center i ka Sandhill Crane Tour ma kahi e hiki ai i nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea kipa ke ʻike i kekahi o nā wahi maʻamau e loaʻa ai nā crane sandhill i ke kalana.

He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole kēia kahi papa inoa piha, a ʻaʻohe mea e hōʻoia ai e kū ana nā manuahi i nā wahi ma ka palapala ʻāina i kekahi lā i hāʻawi ʻia. He mea nui nō hoʻi e hoʻomaopopo ua pili nā kiko i loaʻa ma ka palapala ʻāina i nā alanui ʻē aʻe kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā manuʻahi. ʻO kahi lula maikaʻi inā aia he māla palaoa a me ka pī i kokoke, a laila e puka ana nā manu ʻā a kokoke!

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka palapala ʻāina kaomi ʻana i kēia loulou. Pono ʻoe kaomi ma aneʻi e hoʻoiho i kēia pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo (paʻi iā ia a i kī ʻia i ka kī ma kāu kelepona) e haʻi ana iā ʻoe i nā mea āpau e pili ana i nā manuahi i ke kalana. Mahalo kūikawā iā Park Ranger Donna Stanley ma ka Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge nāna i kōkua mai e hāʻawi iā mākou i kekahi ʻike kūpono loa.

Nīnau aku mākou e noʻonoʻo ʻoe i ke kaʻa, palekana a me nā mea nona ka waiwai ʻoiai e leʻaleʻa nei i kēia mau manu hoihoi!

E nānā i ka wikiō ma lalo!