Other Names: blue crane
Length: 42-52 in. long
Wingspan: to seven feet
Weight: 5-8 lbs.; males average slightly larger
Flight Speed: timed from 18-35 mph; identified in flight by large size, broad wingspread and head folded back on shoulders
Age: one banded wild bird was recovered after 21 yrs.
Voice: low-pitched croaks; usually silent but in flight may utter honking notes
Food: stands motionless in shallow water waiting to strike small fish with pointed bill which are swallowed whole; also frogs, snakes, crabs dragonflies, etc.