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The Sandhill Crane flies south for the winter. In their wintering areas they form flocks of over 10,000 birds. One place to observe this is at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 100 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
common name for any one of a number of small, fragile-looking two-winged flies of the suborder Nematocera, order Diptera, which includes the families Tipulidae (crane flies), Bibionidae (hairflies), Ceratopogonidae (biting midges), ...
Nightjars are most active at dawn and dusk when they hunt for moths, beetles and crane flies. They demonstrate astonishing aerial agility as they execute rapid twists and turns in pursuit of their prey.
1 Mosquitoes, gnats, St. Mark's flies and crane flies, 2 Robberflies, Stiletto flies and Dance flies, 3 Hoverflies, 4 Fleshflies, Blowflies, Bottles, Houseflies and Root-maggot Flies, 5 All other fly families.
Introduction to Flies and Mosquitoes ...
FOOD:Various insects associated with riparian areas, gnats, beetles, wasps, crane flies and moths
REFERENCES: Burt 1952, Cstui et al, Barbour et al ...
One of three completely different arthropods nicknamed daddy-long-legs: Cellar door spiders (true spiders), Crane Flies (insects) and harvestmen (arachnids but not spiders).
Sandpiper feeds mostly on insects by standing motionless as it scans the ground and then dashing after prey to pick it from the surface. The bird's food habits have been poorly studied, but they are known to eat flies, midges, crane flies, ...
Silver-haired bats have been known to take flies, midges, leafhoppers, moths, mosquitoes, beetles, crane flies, lacewings, caddisflies, ants, crickets, and occasional spiders.Hoary Bat - Lasiurus cinereus ...
 See also: Crane, Mosquito, Beetle, Fly, Midge
  
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