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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!
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.
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 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.
Crane fly is a common name referring to any member of the insect family Tipulidae, of the order Diptera, true flies in the superfamily Tipuloidea.
We have been making numerous trips to Woodbridge Ecological Reserve (AKA Isenberg Crane Reserve) trying to capture a decent image of this skittish crane. This particular day proved to be a great photo day. The sun was in a perfect position and the birds were out and milling about. The birds were still quite a distance away but all the other elements were in place for us get a decent shot.
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.
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.
(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.
Second in my big birds of North America series is this Sandhill Crane photographed in a field near the highway south of Pinedale, Wyoming.
Sandhill Cranes are nearly 4 ft. tall, weigh up to 10 LBS and have a wingspan of over 6 ft.
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.
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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Cranes in the sunset. I might have hundreds (if not thousands) of pictures like these. Since these pictures, to me, do not provoke the same reaction as the experience while taking them, I probably did not succeed in doing these moments justice. ButI figured I might as well post them anyway, since I like them as a memory.
Sandhill Cranes are so interesting to watch. Looks like they have their own following as well. Did a little pano merging, it is a little flawed if you look closely.
Fourth installment on my headshot series. This crane and its mate followed us for quite a distance on a trail at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Florida.