A Sandhill Sees 4147
Fossil records show that sandhill cranes were here 2.5 million years ago. Some fossils suggest that sandhill like ancestors were around as long as 10 million years ago. One need only hear the rolling calls of sandhills echoing through the damp dimly lit morning air to feel like you are listening to a time before mankind walked the earth.
Sandhills have grey plumage, however, this becomes stained and worn, and many birds have a rusty appearance. A red patch on their heads is actually skin rather than feathers. They have a long dark bill and legs, supremely adapted for roosting in deep water ponds and snatching up invertebrates, seeds, and vegetation. They migrate from the northern portions of northern continents during the winter. There are non-migratory populations in some southern regions. People travel long distances to see one of America's largest birds. Watching them cautiously approach, I begin to wonder if perhaps sandhill cranes come to see us too? #ILoveNature #ILoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #NewMexico #Nature in #America #USA #Wildlife #Canon #DrDADBooks #Bringit #Photography #Picoftheday #Photooftheday
A Sandhill Sees 4147
Fossil records show that sandhill cranes were here 2.5 million years ago. Some fossils suggest that sandhill like ancestors were around as long as 10 million years ago. One need only hear the rolling calls of sandhills echoing through the damp dimly lit morning air to feel like you are listening to a time before mankind walked the earth.
Sandhills have grey plumage, however, this becomes stained and worn, and many birds have a rusty appearance. A red patch on their heads is actually skin rather than feathers. They have a long dark bill and legs, supremely adapted for roosting in deep water ponds and snatching up invertebrates, seeds, and vegetation. They migrate from the northern portions of northern continents during the winter. There are non-migratory populations in some southern regions. People travel long distances to see one of America's largest birds. Watching them cautiously approach, I begin to wonder if perhaps sandhill cranes come to see us too? #ILoveNature #ILoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #NewMexico #Nature in #America #USA #Wildlife #Canon #DrDADBooks #Bringit #Photography #Picoftheday #Photooftheday