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crane, common crane or Eurasian crane
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Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis formerly Grus canadensis - Gruidae)
Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area
Leopold Wetland Management District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Waukau, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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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 Plains.
The 32nd Annual MV Crane Festival. March 13 - 15, 2015.
Late in February, sandhill cranes, the San Luis Valley’s oldest visitors, begin their annual trek from south to north, stopping off near the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge to load up on fuel. For millions of years, the sandhills have been spending their "Spring Break" in Colorado’s Valley of the Cranes and more recently, wildlife watchers have been drawn to wonder at this phenomenal natural spectacle.
I went to the Sandhill Crane Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska and was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting four days of rain but we had two nice afternoons of some sunshine otherwise it would have been disappointing for photograhy! One of the rainy evenings I was thrilled to see hundreds if not more than a thousand cranes arrive to Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. Here I've captured two cranes coming in to one of the fields to eat and rest for a bit on their migration south.
Taken 25 August 2018 at Creamer's Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
A single Sandhill Crane flies in to Creamer's Field to take part in the annual Crane Festival, probably without a ticket as usual. What to do?
Taken 22 August 2021 at Creamer's Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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
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 CuelligrÃs
Gru coronata grigia
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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.
The crane parents flew across the canal and the colt tried to follow them. The baby appeared to be struggling so the parents flew back across the canal. The baby was able to climb on lily pads and work its way back to shore.
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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.
This young Sandhill Crane Family is one of our local Florida variety. The chicks leave the nest within a week after they are born. These must be less than a week old. The parents are leading them along a mowed embankment near the water's edge, where they find little grubs to feed them.
The Crane-fly Orchid (Tipularia discolor), or crippled crane-fly, is a perennial terrestrial woodland orchid, a member of the Orchidaceae. It is the only species of the genus Tipularia found in North America. It is found scattered throughout the Southeastern United States.
sandhill crane migration...100's of thousands of birds roosting on the Platte River and feeding on farm fields during the day to fatten up prior to continuing their migration to nesting areas..
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.
The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest North American bird, is an endangered crane species named for its whooping sound. Along with the sandhill crane, it is one of only two crane species found in North America. The whooping crane's lifespan is estimated to be 22 to 24 years in the wild. After being pushed to the brink of extinction by unregulated hunting and loss of habitat to just 21 wild and two captive whooping cranes by 1941, conservation efforts have led to a limited recovery.
(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.
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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While photographing the lone Snow Bunting, we heard and saw a small group of Sandhill Cranes flying overhead, followed by another group, and soon there were dozens of Cranes landing in a nearby field. We quickly made our way over to where the action was, and by the time we got there, about 80 or more Cranes were enjoying the open water in a farmer's field.
Two 60 tonne overhead cranes, built 1942, in the MotorWorld München - these cranes date back to the time when the building was part of the Ausbesserungswerk München-Freimann.
The building - including these two cranes - is a listed structure.
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Eastern Africa has a great variety of birds and many are particularly colourful. One of the larger eye catchers is the Grey Crowned Crane.
The Grey Crowned Crane is one of 15 species of crane and unfortunately it is listed as being endangered. That being said we came across a few on our trip, but most were distant sightings. This particular one was seen and photographed in the Amboseli National Park.