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Pair of common cranes (Grus grus) standing among grass.
Para żurawi (Grus grus) stojących wśród trawy.
The magnificent sandhill crane is one of the iconic species that returns to California by the thousands each year, sometimes traveling 350 miles a day. ... Sandhill cranes are on the endangered species list, predominantly due to habitat loss. A great place to hear and observe them is at several of the wildlife conservation lands around the Sacramento River. Going near dusk you can watch as they fly out of the rice fields. They are shy so bring binoculars A great nature outing for adults and kids.
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.
December 2024: It was simply magical to see these two Sarus Cranes perform a territorial display with lots of trumpeting. They are known to mate for life, and pine the loss of their mates, even to the point of starving to death. They are the tallest flying bird in the world, standing tall at 152-156 cm with a wingspan of 240 cm - Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 🇮🇳
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.
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.
© C. Statton DiFiori
Most of the sandhill cranes have migrated on to their breeding grounds but there are still hundreds along North Snively Road near West Richland in Benton County, Washington. Thousands have passed through Central Washington. IMG_6045
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.
Eurasian crane on an icy flood meadow.
Eurasian crane or Common crane (Grus grus)
Lake Iidesjärvi, Tampere
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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.