The cranes stage in the Flathead Valley each spring and fall en route to breeding or wintering grounds.
September 22, 2017
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September 22, 2017 5 a.m.
For cranes, a rest area preserved
You hear them before you see them, sandhill cranes, their prehistoric calls make you look up and take notice as they set their great wings and land in the fields surrounding the wetlands west of Kalispell.