Rare beauty
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So, you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them, they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
The rarest bird in the United States, the Whooping Crane!
In the early 1940’s the population bottomed out at just 21 in the wild and two in captivity. There are now over 800 with 37 wintering over in Indiana! This shot was taken near Muscatatuck NWR, Indiana.
From the archives and taken on 02 February, 2021.
Rare beauty
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So, you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them, they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.”
― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
The rarest bird in the United States, the Whooping Crane!
In the early 1940’s the population bottomed out at just 21 in the wild and two in captivity. There are now over 800 with 37 wintering over in Indiana! This shot was taken near Muscatatuck NWR, Indiana.
From the archives and taken on 02 February, 2021.