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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Othello provides glimpse each March into world of migrating sandhill cranes

Two sandhill cranes show off their massive wingspans in a field in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge during the 14th annual Othello Sandhill Crane Festival. About 25,000 of one of North America's largest flying birds stop in the Columbia Basin during their migrations to breeding grounds in Alaska.