Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Center is a paradise for birders who flock to see tens of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes every winter. Last year, the sandhill population that wintered at the northern Alabama refuge reached a new record of 30,000 cranes. (AP video/Kristin M. Hall)

Alabama refuge is a birder’s paradise as people flock to see thousands of migrating sandhill cranes

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Center is a paradise for birders who flock to see tens of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes every winter. Last year, the sandhill population that wintered at the northern Alabama refuge reached a new record of 30,000 cranes. (AP video/Kristin M. Hall)