A sandhill crane touches down as it joins the flock in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area outside McNeal, AZ. on Oct. 26, 2010. Photo KELLY PRESNELL/Arizona Daily Star 2010

Bird lovers, rejoice! Sandhill cranes have returned to their Southern Arizona wintering grounds at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department has trained it's live-streaming camera on the birds, making it one of only two in the country that offers viewers a chance to observe the cranes in their "wintering habits."

Watch the birds liveΒ here.

The best time to watch is 30 minutes before and up to 30 minutes after sunrise, just before they leave the roost to feed for the morning. They return to Whitewater Draw in the late morning and remain there for the rest of the day.

The live stream will be trained on the wintering grounds through March or April, when the birds will migrate north.


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