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Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis)
Monte Vista NWR, Monte Vista, CO
ORDER: Gruiformes
FAMILY: Gruidae
I've been seeing a lot of Crane Flies lately and here's one now. Thank you for viewing, faveing and commenting on my images.
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One of the disused cranes on Millwall Outer Dock that have effectively become street art or monuments to a bygone age.
Another of yesterdays crane fly emerging from the water. Here you can see its old shell under the reservoirs surface. Amazing how much they expand as they change from an aquatic insect to their short lived flying form. I was quite surprised by just how much effort it takes them to break through the surface tension.
The Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum), is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and is the national bird of Uganda. The name is due to its yellow crown of feathers, tipped with black. This crane moves gracefully in a most stately manner with a very dignified gait. In flight it is beautiful, using slow down strokes followed by quick upward strokes of its wings.
The Grey Crowned Crane has a breeding display involving dancing, bowing, and jumping. It has a booming call which involves inflation of the red gular sac. It also makes a honking sound quite different from the trumpeting of other crane species. Both sexes dance, and immature birds join the adults. Dancing is an integral part of courtship, but also may be done at any time of the year.
This beautiful Grey Crowned Crane was photographed on a late evening game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.
Sandhill Crane, Merced National Wildlife Refuge. I'm not exactly sure what is going on with this one, since it's pretty late for a bird of this age to still have as many brown feathers as this one, and its neck appears to be going through a molt.
Taken in Lichfield
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Came across this wee one about 3 miles south of the Beaufort Sea. It's parents are off to the left of this photo, it was walking towards them. They look so gangly as a chick but grow into a beautiful adult bird. Sandhill Cranes do nest on the Arctic Coast, but have not seen but a handful of them in the past 9 years.
Sandhill Crane - Delta, BC Canada
Delighted to see these two Sandhill Crane colts out at Reifel last week. They were both less than one week old at the time. June 30. Here it is now five days later and I am just getting around to posting my photos of the Crane family. Sadly I learned last night of the demise of the youngest of the two colts. This is quite a common occurrence. The survival rate of Sandhill Cranes is very low apparently, and with an abundance of mink, hawks, eagles and raccoons, a death is bound to happen. I am now very eager to see the surviving colt live on. He is the one on the left.in the first photo.
IUCN status: Vulnerable (VU)
The Sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240cm. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs. It weighs 6.8-7.8 Kgs. It is a social creature, found mostly in pairs or small groups of three or four. Known to mate for life with a single partner, its breeding season coincides with heavy rainfall in monsoon. Nests are constructed on water in natural wetlands or in flooded paddy fields. Usually a clutch has only one or two eggs, which are incubated by both parents for a period of 26 to 35 days. The juveniles follow their parents from the day of birth.
--https://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/priority_species/threatened_species/sarus_crane/
Endangered Whooping Cranes in Central Florida.. What a surprise to turn a corner and see these two wondering around. They are both banded with tracking devices. Whooping Cranes are very tall. These two stood about 4 feet. There are only 20-30 Whooping Cranes in the state of Florida and are often found with flocks of Sandhill Cranes.
Who'd have thought that these relics of Bristol's maritime past, electric cranes from the 1950's, redundant after the docks closed in 1974 but now restored could look so pretty?
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During the Sandhill Crane migration it's unusual to see a Whooping Crane among them. In years past I have found one in the last days of March. I hope to see one this year as well.
The Sandhill Cranes are the birds that "sparked" our interest in birding. They hang out in our area in Central California during the winter. The dancing ritual is great fun to watch. The bird in the air was one of the highest jumpers I have seen, making it look really easy to go straight up. I think the bird on the ground was pretty impressed also.