Photos: Grab your binoculars for Wings over Willcox
Wings Over Willcox - an annual celebration of all things avian - takes place today through Sunday in Willcox and the nearby Sulphur Springs Valley. Take a look through the gallery to see photos of sandhill crane flocks over the years.
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A few of the Sandhill Cranes flying early in the morning at sunrise Thursday February18, 2010 in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife area south of Willcox, Arizona.
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Tens of thousand of sandhill cranes swarm the skies over the waters of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area just after sunset Tuesday, January 15, 2013, McNeal, Ariz. The 20th Wings Over Willcox begins Wednesday with thousands of birders heading into southern Arizona to get a glimpse of the area's avian attractions, including the main draw, the sandhill cranes.
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A flock of snow geese head into the waters of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area on Tuesday January 15, 2013 in McNeal, Ariz.
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A flock of sandhill cranes gets mixed in with a flock of ducks as the two groups wheel in the sky over the Willcox Playa at the Apache Station Wildlife Area on Tuesday January 15, 2013 in McNeal, Ariz.
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A lone sandhill crane flaps over the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in McNeal, Ariz.
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A sandhill crane has to swerve to avoid a flock of snow geese flying through the crane formation over the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area on Tuesday January 15, 2013 in McNeal, Ariz.
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A group of sandhill cranes fly in front of the moon as they make the early morning journey from the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area west of McNeal, AZ., to the corn fields around Elfrida, Fri., Jan. 12, 2007.
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Under an almost completely socked-in sky, Marion Erickson braves sunrise rains to get a look at sandhill cranes as they fly from the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area west of McNeal, AZ., to the corn fields around Elfrida, Fri., Jan. 12, 2007.
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Susan Haskew photographs the formations of sandhill cranes over Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area outside of McNeal, AZ., shortly after sunrise, Fri., Jan. 12, 2007.
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Sandhill cranes settle at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area outside of McNeal, AZ., Fri., Jan. 12, 2007.
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Sandhill Cranes flying at sunrise on Thursday February18, 2010, at Whitewater Draw Wildlife area south of Willcox, Ariz.
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Sandhill Cranes flying early in the morning at sunrise on Thursday February18, 2010, Whitewater Draw Wildlife area south of Willcox, Ariz.
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A Sandhill Crane flying early in the morning at sunrise on Thursday February18, 2010, in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife area south of Willcox, Ariz. The bird, along with numerous others, are heading to the nearby corn fields to feed.
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A few Sandhill Cranes in the nearby corn fields on Thursday February18, 2010 near Kansas Settlement Road. Game and fish say a record number of the Sandhill cranes are at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife area and Willcox Playa Wildlife Area.
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A handfull of sandhill cranes make their evening flight under the setting sun over the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area outside McNeal, AZ., Tue., Oct. 26, 2010.
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Wezil Walraven a naturalist with the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory in Bisbee, looks through binoculars at sandhill cranes that are wintering in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area in McNeal on. The birds can be seen through a spotting scope at right. Photo taken on 1/7/1999.
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A few Sandhill Cranes flying early in the morning at sunrise Thursday February18, 2010 in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife area south of Willcox, Ariz.The birds are heading to feed in the corn fields nearby.
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A sandhill crane touches down as it joins the flock in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area outside McNeal, AZ., Tue., Oct. 26, 2010
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Some of the Sandhill Cranes in the morning at sunrise sitting in the water Thursday February18, 2010 in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife area south of Willcox, Arizona.
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A flock of sandhill cranes fly around a viewing area near Willcox, Ariz., which was built by the Apache Powder Plant in Cochise County. Photo taken on 12/30/98.
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Sandhill cranes are the major attraction for visitors to Wings Over Willcox, AZ. JANUARY 9, 2004
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Photo of cranes flying near Whitewater Draw, Willcox AZ. in 1996. Tom Foust/Arizona Daily Star
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