Izak Valencia takes a peek through his birdwatching binoculars, one of the crafts available to children at the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival Saturday.
March 28, 2023
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March 29, 2023 1:30 a.m.
Bird fanatics
Sandhill Crane Festival draws full house
OTHELLO — Sandhill cranes have a special meaning for Debb Reiley. Reiley lives in Seattle now but spent 30 years in Alaska, the summer range for sandhill cranes. “The sandhill cranes would land by my house,” she said. The flocks would take flight early in the morning. “I would wake up, listen to them go overhead.” ...