Niles

Niles, the sandhill crane, was born in spring 2013.  He was found alone at a Michigan truck stop collecting insects off of truck radiator grills. He was brought to Howell Nature Center in Howell, Michigan. It was there they tried to introduce Niles to other sandhill cranes, hoping to help him bond with others of his species. This introduction was unsuccessful, and Niles was too tame to be released back into the wild. Niles found a forever home at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in July 2014 and spends his days on exhibit in Perkins Wildlife Center & Woods Garden.

Daphne

Sandhill crane, Daphne, was born in spring 2011. She was brought into the Howell Nature Center in Howell, Michigan with a fractured right wing in January 2014. The damage to her wing could not be repaired and she was no longer fully flighted. After being deemed unreleasable, she was placed in her permanent home at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Daphne can now be seen in Perkins Wildlife Center & Woods Garden.

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