How Autumn Migration Transforms This Arizona Wetland With Thousands of Calling Sandhill Cranes

Every autumn, an ancient sound rolls across a quiet corner of southeastern Arizona, growing louder as tens of thousands of Sandhill Cranes drop from the sky. You can hear them from a mile away before you ever spot their gray wings and bright red crowns. It happens at a shallow wetland that fills with life from late September through mid-March, drawing birders, campers, and curious families alike. Best of all, watching this spectacle costs nothing but the drive. A Wetland Wonderland in the Sulphu