A. Texas, New Mexico and northern Mexico. A. Cranes are omnivores - they eat a variety of foods. In Nebraska they eat corn, other grains, invertebrates and plant roots or shoots.
Cranes also eat small mammals or birds and eggs.
They are difficult to hunt, and usually less than 5 percent of the population is taken annually. Hunting of western and eastern populations of cranes is not allowed. The red foreheads on cranes is bare skin which can be flared when cranes are angry or sexually excited. As a species, the sandhill crane population is stable or rising. A. Yes, large flocks of cranes like to feed in grain fields across their range.