May flowers are lining the highways and the number of fun events are increasing around the area. The Mississippi sandhill cranes are the rarest of the North American sandhill cranes, but the majestic birds are often seen at the national wildlife refuge a short distance off I-10 east of Biloxi, Miss. (Photo by Gerald E. McLeod) There are two species of cranes in North America, the whooping crane and the sandhill crane, out of the 15 species of cranes worldwide. The whooping crane is the largest, but the sandhill is the most numerous. Of the six subspecies of the sandhill cranes the Cuban, Florida, and Mississippi stay in one place year-round. The