▁available ▁to ▁bre eding ▁pairs . ▁Bre eding ▁pairs ▁are ▁territorial ▁and ▁prefer ▁to ▁for age ▁in ▁natural ▁wet lands , ▁though ▁wet land ▁cro ps ▁like ▁rice ▁and ▁whe at ▁are ▁also ▁frequ ented . ▁In ▁south - western ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh , ▁sar us ▁c ran es ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁wet lands ▁of ▁all ▁sizes ▁with ▁larger ▁numbers ▁in ▁larger ▁wet lands . ▁In ▁Australia , ▁winter ing , ▁non - bre eding ▁sar us ▁c ran es ▁for age ▁in ▁areas ▁with ▁int ensive ▁agricult ure ▁( prim arily ▁ma ize , ▁sugar c ane , ▁ground n uts ) ▁and ▁smaller ▁patch es ▁of ▁cattle ▁gra zing ▁areas ▁in ▁the ▁A ther ton ▁Table lands ▁in ▁eastern ▁Queensland . ▁They ▁were ▁observed ▁to ▁feed ▁on ▁gra in , ▁n uts , ▁and ▁insect s ▁from ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁c rop ▁fields , ▁including ▁stub ble ▁of ▁ma ize ▁and ▁pe an ut ▁cro ps , ▁hay ▁cro ps , ▁fields ▁with ▁pot ato , ▁leg umes ▁and ▁seed ▁cro ps , ▁and ▁after ▁har vest ▁in ▁fields ▁of ▁sugar c ane , ▁grass , ▁and ▁f od der ▁cro ps . ▁Territ orial , ▁bre eding ▁sar us ▁c rane ▁pairs ▁in ▁northern ▁Queensland ▁along ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁Car pent aria ▁use ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁habit ats , ▁but ▁prefer entially ▁use ▁low , ▁open ▁wood land ▁on ▁qu atern ary ▁all uv ial ▁pla ins ▁in ▁outer ▁river ▁del t as ▁and ▁le ve es