Cranes
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Rear quarter portrait of a sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis formerly Grus canadensis, Gruidae) at White River Marsh State Wildlife Area.
Seneca, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
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sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis formerly Grus canadensis - Gruidae) at White River Marsh State Wildlife Area
west of Berlin, Wisconsin, Green Lake County
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A wild Whooping Crane dancing - the colors on the top of the legs are transmitters that track their migration paths! Like how they chose colors to match its head! You can even see the antenna.
A few of my own textures were added!
Happy Sliders Sunday!
Florida Sandhill Crane. Florida sandhill cranes inhabit freshwater marshes, prairies, and pastures (Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2001). They occur throughout peninsular Florida north to the Okefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia; however, they are less common at the northernmost and southernmost portions of this range. Florida’s Kissimmee and Desoto prairie regions are home to the state’s most abundant populations (Meine and Archibald 1996). MyFWC
I have a lot of images remaining to process, but wanted to get something posted from my weekend trip to Jasper Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in northwest Indiana. This location is an annual stopover for thousands of cranes during migration, with just under thirty thousand reported earlier in the week before our arrival. We were not fortunate enough to see them in quite those concentrated numbers at the refuge, but did find large flocks-- ranging in size from dozens to hundreds-- in the surrounding farmland. The weather was variable, but there were times when we had quite nice light for photography, which is not a given at this location.
a pair found in Enonkishu Conservancy in the Greater Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya
IUCN Red List Status: ENDANGERED with population trend
updated in 2024 as Decreasing
also Grey Crowned-Crane
Balearica regulorum
Grijze kroonkraanvogel
Grue royale
Grauhals-Kronenkranich
Grulla Coronada Cuelligrís
Gru coronata grigia
grou-coroado-cinzento
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It was fun to try to capture some silhouettes of the cranes as they came in to roost around sunset with the sky ever-changing its hues.
Bosque del Apache, N.M. 12/13/2019.
A pair of Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) search for waste grain in a harvested grain crop in the agricultural landscape near Simpson, Saskatchewan, Canada in east central part of the province.
Thousands of Sandhill Cranes stop in the province to rest and feed on waste grain as they migrate south for the winter.
23 September, 2014.
Slide # GWB_20140923_4694.CR2
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Found the coyote stalking the crane and then he seen me and ran away. Maybe it was the cranes lucky day that I came along. Athabasca county Alberta.
Art - Layers
Cranes in Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge this morning. 7AM
The sandhill crane is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. Wikipedia
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Apparently, Cranes are among the oldest living birds on the planet. The earliest unequivocal Sandhill Crane fossil, estimated to be about 2.5 million years old, was found in Florida.
Taken at Myakka River State Park, Florida.
Adult sandhill cranes appear uniformly silver-gray from a distance, but they have some variations. The rear of their crown and nape are darker slaty gray, and their backs, wings, and shoulders are darker than their necks and bellies.
More Badlands shots later. It's been a while since I've posted any bird images so here's the start of few I'll be posting in the coming days. This eight year old shot was taken in Texas near the gulf coast.
(Grus canadensis) Sandhill Cranes are known for their dancing skills. Courting cranes stretch their wings, pump their heads, bow, and leap into the air in a graceful and energetic dance. This one was tossing a leaf continually into the air - presumably to impress the female.
Interesting Facts:
Although some start breeding at two years of age, Sandhill Cranes may reach the age of seven before breeding. They mate for life—which can mean two decades or more—and stay with their mates year-round. Juveniles stick close by their parents for 9 or 10 months after hatching.
The earliest Sandhill Crane fossil, estimated to be 2.5 million years old, was unearthed in the Macasphalt Shell Pit in Florida.
Sandhill Crane chicks can leave the nest within 8 hours of hatching, and are even capable of swimming.
The oldest Sandhill Crane on record was at least 36 years, 7 months old. Originally banded in Wyoming in 1973, it was found in New Mexico in 2010.
A friend gave me directions to where a few hundred Sandhill Cranes were gathering as they migrate South. They were a bit distant for photos but it was amazing to hear them vocalize. Some even did dance moves 😊
Seeing the Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico was high on my bucket list. So, I marked it off in November 2017.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Katendrecht, Bayhouse, Cranes
Once The View, a prolonged failure and now rekindled and called Bay House. And the project is really being seen thru now.
In the caption of the previous pic I stated that it was the last one of the Sigma test series. But I forgot this one ;-)
It’s part of the new Sigma 150 2,8 Apo Macro album.
This is number 1221 of Minimalism / explicit graphism and 13 of Bundweg/Rijnhaven Zz.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam, Afrikaanderwijk, De Kuil, Crane, Engineers (cut from B &T)
A 'Terex' tower crane at 'De Kuil' building project in the Afrikaanderwijk. The crane had been used on a different spot of the building site, partially disassembled, transporeted and reassembled again. The engineers are busy with the last phase of the re-attachment of a part of the boom of the crane.
This is number 290 of People at work.
The sandhill crane is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird refers to their habitat such as the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Great Plains. Sandhill cranes are known to frequent the edges of bodies of water. Wikipedia
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