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Anchorage: 3°/10°/Mostly cloudy
Fairbanks: -23°/-14°/Partly cloudy
Juneau: 27°/32°/Cloudy
Sandhill Cranes take flight from a field at the Matanuska Experiment Station on Saturday August 22, 2009. The cranes have up to a 7 foot wing span and are among the tallest birds in the world. They gather into flocks for the migration south.